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WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1917
WHOLE NUMBER 39,169
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0ERNAL SITUATION IN
STILL GRAVE AND CHAOTIC WITH
NO DEFINITE OUTCOME IN SIGHT
fSIACY
81 BOTH
SOW
LEADERS
Kerensky Endeavoring to Sup-
Turmoil Korniloff
press
Marcnlng to Capital
SEIGE KEPORTED PLANNED
Baltic Fleet Said to Be Loyal to Ke
rfnskr. But the Commander of
the Southwestern Army is Sid
ing With Korniloff.
(Associated Press Summary.)
The internal situation in Russia re
mains grave and chaotic and just how
will be solved It s impossible to
forecast. Apparently the chasm of dis
cord nas so widened that either M
Kerensky, head of the provisional gov
ernment, or General Korniloff, the de
posed commander-in-chief of the army.
rto. is- opposing- Kerensky and who
iemands almost dictatorial powers,
will be engulfed.
At the present moment neither side
seems to be willing to make conces
sions. Kerensky at the head of the
government in Petrograd is bending
jE his energy towawr the suppression
,f the turmoil created by Korniloff and
followers, while Korniloff is re
aped to be approaching Petrograd
rift trtopp in order to lay siege to the
rajital. To prevent such action Ke-
r&ky's adherents are tearing up the
tiSroad lines and otherwise are pre
ynng to resist. 4
While advices received in London
are to the effect that the Baltic fleet
is faithful to the Kerensky regime,
jther advices say that Commander
Denikene of the southwestern Russian
irmy. sent word to the Premier that
he would give his support to Kornl
loff. Official reports are to the effect
that Denikene and several other gen
erals have been arrested.
Korniloff has declared that his re
volt against Kerensky is animated by
!he highest patriotism and a desire to
save feussia from a government domi
nated by the German general staff.
GOVERNMENT IS APPARENTLY
CONFIDENT OF ITS POSITION
Petrograd. Sept. 10. The mass of
Petrograd's population knew nothing
of General Korniloff 's revolt until today
fhen the newspapers, contrary to their
Monday custom, published morning edi- j
tions. The government is apparently
confident of its position, as no display
of force is being made. Even at the
Winter Palace, during the all night"
sessions of the cabinet no special pre
cautions were taken, although the
morning two armored motor cars were
stationed in the palace square. In the
yard? of houses in the Vyborg quarter,
However, soldiers are. stationed and
small bodies of troops and numerous
Politicj.1 agents have Deen sent to
various suburbs of the capitol.
The population of Moscow was also
i?norant yesterday as to the revolt,
tut the council of deputies there heard
"f it Saturday night and the next day
declared itself in permanent session.
Jne council, in accord with the local
military' and executive authorities, in
tiding the commander of the troops,
General Verkhovsky, whose 'loyalty to
toe Petrograd government seems be
rond doubt, took special measures
i?ainst counter revolutionary manifes-
"uions.
, In this connection the council of
JPuties declares that General Verk-
K.y was recently summoned to
quarters at Mohllev by General
ymuon, who expounded the details
'l the plot and invited the general to
JIn- On his giving a categorical re
iisal. General Korniloff threatened to
"rt him, to which threat General
rkhovsky responded:
" i am not allowed to return im
mediately all the railroad officials on
'?e lines connecting Mihilev with Mos
w win declare a strike, thus cutting
u off from the reBt of Rugsla
eral veUPOn the account states, Gen
m Verkhovsky was allowed to leave.
KRMLOPF HAD CAREFULLY
pLAXXED TO ATTACK CAPITAL
Petrograd, Sept. 10. Regarding the
it "ary Prspects of the latest revolt
, f stated here today that weeks
so General Korniloff began under
mini pretexts to take tactical ad
cntr ative measures in order to con
roer a troPs for action against Pet
Srevp daring that he desired to
d'ew 1 military congestion he with
troor, Pm the caPltal and its environs
"PS devoted to the nro visional srov-
iutiP ueciarea, out at me same
6art5nt t0 petrograd various units.
rtH ly- cavalry, which -he consid
general , . j
Sjj j. - However, ntui nut
tai tv"16 to rerave all the governmen-
appears from this ao-
unt.
Dt mere are Deiievea w
the ci, niloE troPs in and arounfl
roaa I and Particularly on the rall-
Kiorit n PSk0fE and Dn- the "a
Wli(,,,"y of the forces in Petrograd Is
De on 'the side of .the pro
ltonal government.
I oonlS .stated also that pro-KorniJbff
Petrograd
t(l -u" r the nl
or the Tict nn hivr kd
esedj n quiet but among them is po-
a dangerous ferment, pHrii
3 Qirectai .. ......
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. tt5ini tne xs&isniviKi vr i-
-
War News Summary
The Russian troops on the Riga
front apparently aT still impeding the
Germans in their attempts at further,
advances into Russia, and in the
south, along the Bukowina frontier, as
in lower Rumania, where they are op
rating in conjunction with the Ru
manians, they have taken the offensive
and won victories over the Teutonic
allies.
Around Verdun the fie-ihHns- vtnrOAn
the French and Germans has died
down to intermittent artillery duels,
the Germans having ceased their vo
lent counter attacks to regain lost po
sitions in Champagne, there has been
a resumption of somewhat violent op
erations In which General Petaln's
forces have won successes.
From the Belgian coast well down
into Flanders the artillery duels con
tinue of a most violent nature, but
with Field Marshal Haiig's guns ap
parently doing the major portion of
the work. Aside from the usual trench
raiding operations the infantry is still
keeping to the trenches,,
German aviators continue their
shelling of allied hospitals behind the
lines. Monday night they carried out
their latest raid in the region of Dun
kirk where bombs which fell on a hos
pital wounded five women.
The Swedish foreign office announces
that it will not recall the Swedish
minister to Argentina because of his
connection with the use of the lega
tion by the German charge d' affaires
for the forwarding of messages to
Germany. The foreign office asserts
that the Swedish minister did not
know the contents of the dispatches.
Germany's reply to Pope Benedict's
peace proposal has not yet been made
public, although work on it is in pro
gress. Unofficial advices say Emperor
William has returned from the Eastern
battle front to confer with the imperi
al chancellor and the foreign mkilser
concerning the contents of the docu
ment. FEDERAL AGENTS
SEIZED MINUTES
Two Directors of German Lan
guage Paper Complained of
Mildness of editorials
POUR OF STAFF ARRESTED
Number of Letters From a TJ. S. Senator
From a Western State Are Seised
But Their Contents Are
Not Revealed.
Philadelphia, Sept. 11. Four mem
bers of the staff of the Philadelphia
Tageblatt, whose offices were raided
yesterday by government agents, are
now under arrest, and the remaining
two, for whom warrants have been la
sued, will appear in time for hearing
on Thursday. All are charged with
violating the espionage act througn
the publication of articlesj alleged to be
inimical to the interests of the United
States.
Louis Werner, editor-ln-chier, ana
Waldimar Alfredo, an editorial writer,
surrendered to the Federal authorities
today and were held in $10,000 bail
each. Peter Schaefer, president of the
company which published the Tage
blatt, and Paul Vogel, treasurer, the
other two men wanted, are in Cincin
nati, it was said, and their counsel
promised they would be here Thursday.
The men arrested yesterday are: Dr.
Martin Darkow, managing editor, and
Herman Lemke, business manager.
TTntil files, papers and documents
taken from the Tageblatt office yester
day have been gone over completely,
government officers will not indicate
all the specific instances of alleged vio
lations of the espionage act. They may
not be revealed at Thursday s neanng
as the accused may waive a hearing
without compelling the government to
show its evidence at this time. Among
the things taken xrom tne ingeuiaii
office were the minutes of the directors
meeting, according to Federal agents.
These, they say, show that two direc
tors complained that the editorials in
the paper were not vigorous enougn.
Agents of the Department of Justice
reported that other articles seized in
cluded a number ; of letters from a
United States senator from a Western
state. The contents of the letters were
not revealed. '
i '
: Tfc!erieke Under Bond.
Fhttadetphia. Ysept. 11. Lieutenant
CaptaiB Max Thierichens, former com
mander of th seized German raider
Prins Eltel Frledrich, was today held
under $2,089 bail for court by United
a...: rnRimllSlOTier liOng, i5ua,is
with eliding" Improper matter through
the tnall to a scnooi teacner at oBi
naw; Mich. Thierichens is in prison
awaiting trial on charges of smuggling
and. y'iolation of the Mann white slave
. Private Kennedy Dead.
ort Sill. Okla., Sept. 11. Roderick
R, Kennedy, Minneapolis, Minn., private
In the third aero squadron, died late
to day a result of burns received
wiieii he crashed two hundred feet to
hi r th In a burning . aeroplane at the
RUSSIA
WASHINGTON FEARS
SITUATION
Civil War Might Lead to Separate
Peace With Germany or Res
toration of Monarchy
OUTCOME IS NOT FORECAST
Moat Official Interested Would be Sat
isfied With the Complete Ascend
ancy of Either Kerensky or
Korniloff.
Washington, Sept. 11. Whether
Russia faces .anarchy and a reign of
terror as the fruit of General Korni-
loff's revolt against Premier Kere"n-as
sky's provisional government, depends I
largely, in the opinion of officials and I
MIDDLE
diplomats here, on the speed withjrnent was issued by Secretary Daniels
which the situation develops. las soon as the error was discovered.
If the deposed commander-in-chief,
with troops personally loyal to him,
makes a spectacular show of strength
within the next few days, it is believ-
ed strong political influences, now se
cretly wavering m allegiance to the
government, may swing over, tive hm
a preponderance of authority and pave
ii premier K.erensky. on the other
hand, is able to hold fastto the sup-I
port of enough of the various political I
Eroups on wnose attitude tn3 allegi-
ance of the army aepends, he may
il ; .ievoit quicKiy, aaopt some
i - iu a'!clPVnary rules adv.o-
Tw T k V Ivor"uo element, and
y.. ucmuuiMii; IorCCS into a
strong instrument te nght Germany.
Where the Fears Lie. I
The complete asoendancv of either I
Kerensky or Korniloff would satisfv I
most persons here most interested inmarines probably was lost
Russia s well-being. It is the middle I
situation, the conflict which would
make Russians kill Russians, whioh
they fear and which, judging by to-
days unofficial dispatches, seems en- I
tireiy possible. Civil war then might
lead to either separate peace witl:
Germany, or restoration of the mon-
arcny wrtn its inevitable train of evil
consequences.
-Mll or tne naze or the Russian Sit-1
uation as renorted unofftoiaiiv tnHav I
. . ' I
omciais developed the impression that
tne provisional government probably
would count on support of the navy, a
large part of the army, particularly in
the interior, railway employes and in
dustrial workers. Korniloff probably
expects the backing of a strong ele
ment of military leaders, Duma mem
bers, the intellectual classes, the Cos
sacks and other considerable profes
sional fighting elements of the army,
In addition it is probable he would be
openly supported by the commercial
int Ar art s: anri t Vi anr la 1 HamnrQtlA
litical group, as soon as he shows
strength.
Premier Kerensky s sources of
strength include the usual advantage
of government authority to make ar
rests and deal out immediate punish
ment to violators of its orders and the
extensive' system of government rep
resentatives among the troops at the
front. Through the channels of these
commissioners, fct is likely that the
. ljl m . i
informati-on cair.nhited to retir, th
information calculated to retain the
soldiers' loyalty.
Can Korniloff Control Troopa,
Anotner situation wnicn may ren
der difficult KornilofTs attempt to
march on Petrograd and seize Rus-
sia's rule by force is that the armies
have become so democratized they can
easily conduct negotiations without
recourse to their commanders, and
they may refuse to fire on their broth-
ers in arms when the time comes for
meeting of troops representing the op
posing elements
Opinion, here is divided as to wheth
er a passage of the crisis will lead to
a united and strengthened Russia.
Considerable concern s felt over the
repeated charges of leaders in the re
volt that the composite Kerensky mln
istry contains pro-German sympathiz
ers, or radicals whose ideals lead them
unwittingly to advocate German peace
terms.
Whatever the next few days may
davwin-n offloUals here noint to the
renewed offensive of the German-Aus.
trian armies in Bukowina as proof
that the n resent crisis will be used bylresriment having reached camo earlier
the Central Powers as an opportunity
for them.
INTERNED SERBS THREATENED
with sTCironin piishmrt
Message From Corfu Reveals Despot
ism of Bulgarians.
Washington, Sept. 11. Interned Ser
high civilians and prisoners of war
held by the Bulgarians have . been
warned that any attempt to escape
would result not only in the death
penalty, but in the burning of their
homes in Serbia, confiscation of their
property and the deportation of their
lammes iu wigu i,uuiii. A"c 001
m ill.- X M r a A- -a - a a T V Caw
bian legation was so informed today
by cable from the official press bureau
at Corfu. -
This threat together with an admis -
sion of the sentencing to whipping and I may render more efficient service to I lawless elements of the negro popula
hard labor ! of Serbian prisoners who the nublic. Itrton are to be found; that the negro
tried to escape is contained in an or -
der addressfed by the Bulgarian minis-
to the Bulsrarlan general
May 20, 1917, and which
has come into possession of the head -
nuarters of the British army oa thai
TWO
SHIPS
i
PRORAGLY U-BOAT
SENT TO BOTTOM
American Steamer Westwego Re
ports Attack oniihant
Fleet, ProbaJ yonvoyed
-spy
NAVY JgiVES ACCOUNT
.- v : s
Error in Transcribing the Mes
sage First Made It Appear
Six U-Boats Were Lost
Washington, Sept. 11. A typograph
ical error in transcribing a statement
for the press today from an official
report to the Navy Department made It
appear that six German submarines
probably had been sunk off the French
coast whn they attacked a fleet of
merchantmen, including at least one
American vessel. The facts are, so far
known tonight, that one submarine
probably was destroyed and two of theParties that Sweden acted in good faith
steamers went down. A corrected state-
The department has only a meagre
details have been asked for by cable,
The report came from the American
tanker Westwego through Paris, the
vessel apparently having reached a
French port after the fight. The names
and nationality of the two ships lost
were not given.
. v
rope ana from the fact that she was
cruising in company with other mer-
chant craft, navy officers assumed that
the fleet was. under convoy of naval
vessels, probably of American destroy
ers. The tanker reported September
8, the fight having occurred Septem
hr n Th KrJaf ototamont
from Paris said that six. submarines.
had made a massed attack on the mer-
chant flotilla; that two of the steamers
were sunk and that one of the sub-
The Westwego is an armed vessel,
hut there was nothing In the message
to indicate whether the other ships
also were armed.
In preparing for the press in the bu-
reau of operations of the Navy De
nartment. a statement of the contents
of the dispatch It was written that
"all" of the six submarines probably
had been lost. Later on checking over
the messatre and the statement fasueri
n . v. j i at
lj me ui caa ii WO.B iuuiiu lani LUC
rH mau k- ot.i,
Officials were interested in particu-
iars cf the fight since if the vessels
were under convoy, as is supposed, and
either of the two steamers lost were
tl'JJl r"?.!?!100
submarines.
The fact that the submarine atacked
the merchant fleet In such force led to
tne conclusion tnat tne uerman com
mander erroneously thought he had to
deal with troopt transports or with
army suPply ships
DRANK GRAIN ALCOHOL..
i
As a Result, Supply Sergeant Thomas
and Private Hocknell Die.
Newport News, Va., Sept. 11. Supply
Sergeant James M. Thomas, 33 years
old, Greenburg, Pa., and Private Jesse
Hocknell, of Atlanta, 34 years old
m Awi Kora r f f Via T7M T "K PArnna n it fra at
111 Vlll U VI v7 va Vl VVlllJOllJ VlUO V
Artillery of the Chesapeake Bay dis
trict, stationed at rort Monroe, are
dead as the result of drinking grain
alcohol, while the army authorities are
making a searching investigation of
I the cases today.
Sergeant Thomas was found dead in
his bunk in the barracks at 6 o'clock
this morning, while Private Hocknell
I died
pital. Both of the artillery men had
drunk from bottles marked grain alco-I
hol and according to the army men, the
soldiers purchased the alcohol poison
here.
17,000 TROOPS AT SEVIER.
Mobilization of the Tennessee Nation
al Guard Completed.
Greenville, S. C, Sept. 11. The mob
ilization of the Tennessee National
Guard at C?amp "Sevier was completed
1 today with the arrival late this after-
I noon of four units of the second Ten-
I nesrsee Infantrv under the command of
I Colonel Charles B. Rogan. commander
I of the regiment, the other units of the
I in the day. There are now over 8,000
I Tennessee National Guardsmen at
Damp Sevier and nearly 17,000 troops
from the three states represented
there.
John R. Bender, recently appointed
civilian aide to General John F. Mor-
rlson, commander of the Thirtieth di
vision at Camp Sevier, arrived here to
day and will immediately assume his
duties as direotor of camp athletics.
DISCUSS STEP'S TO REDUCE
RETAIL PRICES OK
FOOD
WaVitnirfAn Sent 11 Maa anrAa Aa
elened to cut retail food Drices were
I w
lAioriissAii with the Food Ad - minifftra. -
I av v,v rem-esenta five of -all
branches ef the retail grocery trade.
I a comimlttee was named to work out
1 wia-ns hv which distributing houses
1 a licensing system for all srrocery
j stores doing a business of more than
I smn.nno anmnllv was suareested bv
reDresentatives of the trade. It
1 likely, it Is said, that this proposal will
be adopted by the Food Admlnistrsj
Sweden Will Not Recall
Minister at Buenos Aires
His Government Announces That It Holds Him Unblameable for
the Tenor of the German Messages Forwarded to Berlin.
Incident May Have Bearing on Swedish Elections.
Stockholm, Sept. 11. Baron Lowen,
the Swedish minister to Argentina, will
not be recalled, according to a state
ment made to the press tonight by Ad
miral Lindman, minister of foreign af
fairs. The foreign minister told the news
paper men that Baron Lowen was not
blameable for the tenor of the mes
sages which passed through the Swe
dish legation, sent by the German
charge to the Berlin foreign office, and
as he had acted in good faith and did
not know the contents of the dispatches
he would not be recalled.
Eagerly Awaited by Populace.
The foreign office statement was
made public late this afternoon and
was eagerly awaited by the populace,
which purchased special editions of the
evening papers or read it from bulletin
zoards.
The cabinet was In session from 2
o'clock in the afternoon until 5 o'clock
after which . the foreign office com
munication was made public.
it is tne general impression, even
(among the strongly opposed political
in the. matter of the German tele
grams, jtnix. public opinion nevertheless
is stirrred py the tact that German
code telegramB were permitted to be
forwarded without giving the Swedish
The incident s expected to place the
PUNNED A RIOT
Civilian Board at Houston Finds
Plot Was Afoot Before Fatal
Outbreak August 23.
POLICE HEAD IS ASSAILED
Is Declared "Not Qualified for the Po-
sltion He Holds" iBad Conditions
Were Permitted at. Camp
Iogran
I Houston. Ttr Sotv n xra.
I ...
d r rT tha Tnntn.n..ti, tt-u.j
v" u
cyiaies "anr nau planned a riot of
bloodshed among the white residents
of Houston two days before the deadlv
I outbreak occurred whih Xnat th Mt
of fifteen Houston citizens August 23.
according to the report of the civilian
I board of inquiry which reported to the
city council tonight The report also
criticises Superintendent of Police
Brock, for his "inability to enforce dis
cipline" among the police and declares
that "he is not qualified for the posi
tion he holds."
The committee 4s of the opinion that
the riot undoubtedly was precipitated
by two arrests of negroes made by the
police, "although sufficient evidence
was presented at the hearing to reveal
the fact that a serious disturbance was
intended by some of the negro soldiers
I VhATvlA laQvlna T-T.vn otnn on1
S,rwvs.Sb WVft
the ar
rests referred to simply brought it
to a head sooner and perhaps intensi
fied the crimes which followed."
Whites Slain Indiscriminately.
Continuing the committee says that
the "undisputed and convincing testi
mony of witnesses prove that the ne
gro soldiers went forth to slay the
white population indiscriminately, that
no negro was hurt or molested by
them, not one negro home was nred
into una iikii iirc utrgriuea w oi c want
ed before and during the riot to stay
off the streets
The testimony or the captain iai
charge of the fire station at Camp Lo
gan and one of his asi stats is that
when the shooting began in the negro
camp, one of the negro guards sta
tioned at the fire station remarked that
the troops were going to shoot up
Houston, that they had planned to do
so on the preceding Tuesday night, but
I could not get quite ready.
I Testimony is Convincing,
I "This testimony and the testimony
I of numerous oxrier circumstances in
I the record convince us (and our opin
ion is shared by Inspector General
I John L. Chamberlain, or tne united
States army who so expressed himself
I to us) that the prior connicts wrtn tne
I police were mere incidents oi tne not
that the not was unquestionaoiy con
I temnlated prior to that date, tnat it
I probably would nave occurred, tnougn
I possibly not so severe nao tne aiterca
tlon between police officers and the
negro sergeant, Baltimore, not taken
place."
Lewd Women Visited Camp.
The report declares that shortly aft
er the arrival of the negro troops in
Houston, there was manifested by at
least some of them a feeling of hostil
ity and defiance of the state law re-
nuiring the separation of white and
I ..... . . .
1 neerro races in the street oars: tnat
I on leave of absence from the
camn the soldiers usually frequented
I those sections of Houston and those
I establishments where the lewd and
I soldiers while on guard duty at Camp
I Logan were arrogant and Insulting
I toward white laborers, seizing tne
ialmos trivial circumstances as an ex-
j cuse - to curse and abuse them; that
- 1 the discipline existing at tne cawji
EG
SOLDERS
late cabinet in an unfavorable light
and also -have a great bearing on the
general elections now in progress. In
them the conservatives already have
lost seven seats ana the socialists and
liberals are gaining steadily.
Foreign Minister Lindman tonight
told the newspapers tnat no blame
could be atached to the Swedish minis
ter in Argentina, who had acted in
good faith and was without knowledge
of the contents of the code telegrams.
The minister reiterated that Baron
Lowen would not be recalled.
Admiral Lindman intimated that he
would not be astonished if Secretary
of State Lansing had more documents
of a similar nature in store emanating
from the European side and in good
faith and with the consent of Great
Britain forwarded to the German offi
cial representatives in South America.
SAYS GOVERNMENT'S ACTION
IS UTTERLY INDEFENSIBLE
Copenhagen, Sept. 11. The Politiken
publishes an interview with the Sde
dish socialist leader, Hjalmar Branting,
regarding the Swedish , exposures in
Argentina, quoting hi mas saying:
"The government has acted in an
utterly indensible manner. Our for
eign ministry assumed the function of
transmitter of telegrams for the Ger
man government and allowed itself to
forward communications without in
vestigating the nature of their con-?
(Continued on page two.)
SETTLE
WAR TAX MEASURE
Kitchin Says He is Pleased With
the Outlook for Agreement
in Conference
3 POINTS OF. DIVERGENCE
Income and Excess Profits and Second-
Class Mall Matter Sections Give
Promise of .Considerable Con
don.
Washington, Sept. 11. Three out
standing points of difference will ex
ist between Senate and House confer
ees on the war -tax bill when they be
gin work, probably tomorrow. They
are the income, excess profits and second-class
mail matter sections.
Democratic Leader Kitchin announc;
ed tonight that he would ask unani
mous consent tomorrow to send the
bill to conference, and none of
the
that
al-
Republican members indicated
they would object. The Senate
ready has named its conferees.
Confidence is universally expressed
that an agreement soon will be reach
ed on ''the measure despite the wide
differences on the three sections.
House members are pleased with
many changes made by the Senate.
"I am pleased with the outlook for
ati agreement," Representative Kitchin
said tonight. "TheTe are many just
and good changes in the Senate bill
to which I heartily subscribe. There
are others, of course, which I do not
approve, but the outlook for ironing
out our differences Is good."
fiome House members say the Senate
income tax section's provisions for
collecting information instead of tax
es at the source, gives corporations an
opportunity to escape taxation and
shift it to the people who supply
their funds. They also oppose the
Senate plan for excess profits tax as
sessments and hope to convert , the
conferees to the House system, though
there will be no difference of opinion
as to the desirability of raising a bil
lion dollars from this source.
A compromise on the second-class
mail rates is expeoted'by the House
leaders.- The Senate eliminated entire
ly the House proposal to raise the rate
enormously.
i!Iiiiiina.tion of the proposed tariffs,
and consumption taxes did not dis
please . House Democrats.
THIRD WYOMING REGIMENT
IS NOW AT CAMP GREENE.
Company of Oregon Troops Have Also
Been Encamped There.
Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 11. 'Comple
tion of mobilization at Camp Greene of
the t bird Wyoming infantry, Colonel
Cavender commanding, was announced
tonight by Major White, adjutant of
the 41st division. F:rst and third bat
talions arrived today, the second arriv
ing late yesterday. Strength of the
regiment was reported as about 1,760
officers and men. They left Cheyenne
September 7th. ,
A company or Oregon engineers,
commanded by Captain Parrish, en
camped early today. This company
left Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Cal.,
September 3.
These are the first troops to arrive
from Northwestern states for training.
German Pressure on Holland.
Amsterdam, Sept. 11. The Telegraaf
says Germany has stopped, sending ocal
to Holland. The paper expresses the
belief that Germany's attitude is In
tended as pressure on Holland to grant
a loan which has thus far been re-
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Resolutions Adopted in Demon
strations Sunday Use Strong
Language on President -
LOYALTY PLEDGED KAISER
Socialist Organ, Vorwaerts, De
nounces Attack on Reichstag
Peace Resolution
Copenhagen, Sept. 11. German chdld-
ren as well as German women are now
being mobilized in the agitation against
President Wilson's standpoint. A be
ginning has been made at Harburg,
near Hamburg, where all the puhllo
schools on Sunday participated in a
demonstration at which the usual tele
grams were sent to Bmperor WUBam,
Chancellor Michaells and Field Marshal
von Hlndenburg. The Roman Oaho
lic Mercantile Association of Germany
also adopted a similar resolution.
The Vorwaerts of Berlin points out
editorially today that the motive of
conservative and pan-German wire
pullers in utilizing the American note
to t he Pope for exciting anew the bel
licose passions of the people and above
all for delivering a mighty blow to
the democratic movement, is steadily
becoming more apparent.
All the resolutions were drafted on'
the same model. They commenced
with a display of strong language
against President Wilson and then pro
claimed a readiness to hold out until
victorious peace was attained. They
contained a more or leas open attack
on the relchstag resolution, declaring
it to be unrepresentative of the peo-.
pie's will and concluded with a decIa-;:.
ration of loyalty to the reigning dy-'.
nasty. " ,'
The new fatherland party of Admiral
von Tirpitz and Privy Councellor .Wolf - .
gang Kopp, who was once sacrificed "by'
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the former
imperial chancellor as t he Chief of the
"pirates of public opinion," has been
formed, as Vorwaerts points out, as
part of the same scheme to discredit
the reichstag majority and to persuade
Chancellor Michaelis to disregard the
peace resolution, entirely.
Vorwaerts has lost all confidence in
the chancellor's good Intentions to
swing around to the view held abroad.
Of Dr. Michaelis the Vorwaerts says 1
indications steadily confirm the im
pression that he will not dissociate
himself from the parties opposed to
peace based on good will because he
is only waiting a good opportunity to
avail himself of the help they may
offer against the reichstag
The Bremen labor unions have pro
tested against t he recent resolution
adopted by the Bremen merchant
guilds, which averred that in wide
circles in Bremen the population was
opposed to the reichstag majority at
titude on peace.
The resolution of labor men endorsed
the reichstag resolution, demanded
peace without unnecessary delay and
declared for democratic reform.
CONTROL SUGAR INDUSTRY.
Food Administration to Institute Li
censing System. .
Washington, Sept. 11. The entire
American sugar industry will be plac
ed under government control October L
the Food Administration announced to
night, by the institutio of a licensing
system to include manufacture, refin
ing and imports. The step was de
cided on with the approval of Presi
dent Wilson to prevent speculative
prices and to assure equitable distri
bution.
Beet sugar producers already have
accepted a scale of prices suggested by
the Food Administration, which means
a saving to the consuming puwic or
more than $30,000,000 between now and
the first of the year. Cane sugar re
finers have agreed to Import all their
requirements through a committee to
be named by the Food Administration,
which will apportion shipments mong
them.
Within a short time the Food Ad
ministration will announce a price at
which wholesale sugar should be de
livered to all the consuming centers.
I. W. W. DID NOT HAVE FUNDS
TO DEFEND ARRESTED MEMBERS
Chicago, Sept. 11. Investigation of
books of the Industrial Workers of the
World, seized in recent Federal raids,
discloses that the organization's funds,
are too low to, pay for the defense of
members arrested for anti-government
plots, it was learned today.
The records are said to show that
the organization at the time of the
seizure planned to levy a heavy spe
cial assessment to pay court costs.
Federal agents are trying to learn how
much of the levy was made, if any, and
who were the important contributors.
Investigation of the books is almost
complete.
FINAL CONFERENCE ON THE
REPLY TO THE POPE HELD
Berlin, Sept. 10, (via London, Sept,
11) The special commission of seven
Reichstag deputies selected to confer .
with Chancellor Michaelis in eonnec
tlon with a similar number o f mem
bers of the Federal Council, met late
this afternoon for a final conference
on the German reply to Pope Bene
dict's peace proposals.
As the sessions of this body have
been primarily , of a consulting nature
It Is not supposed that a vote on the .
final draft of the German govern-1
merit's answer to the Vatican waan
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