t v-';:a'. . . , - ' ': - ;-. .;.: . .'. .i.V. -V.V -..-, '1': THE WEATHER 10 PAGES TODAY ONE SECTION Fair Wednesday and Thursday with slowly rising temperature. VOL. XCIX-KO. 349. WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1917 WHOLE NUMBER 39,169 Stair 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 .. ...... . . . r - . 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- MAY SOON GERMAN CHILDREN DRAWN INTO FIGHT T 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 AN WILSON . 5 t- If if III 1 I .! f '. ! SalonJLKa ftont,- (Continued, .onPageTyg.) rw taken,- ... - , - at: - Ji camp ner uus moruiugi i .1 1 i.