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.... , -.r- s nrir- Stak THE WEATHER Tartly cloudy Wednesday, probably rain near the coast; Thursday rain. 1 10 PAGES TODAY ONE SECTION n t rur-n m 1 i i i -i cur jimiwij .v?. ei- - -mmi VOL. CI-NO. 4. GERMAN AIRMEN AGAIN biyiL.UMU LAS1 NIGHT; Lizi up A latest Report on Monday Night's Raid Shows Fifteen Dead and Twenty Injured BRITISH PUT DOWN ATTACKS Crown Prince Rupprecht's Forces Make Futile Attempt to Re gain Lost Ground FRENCH REPULSE ATTACK Russians in Riga Region Hold to Positions Regained (Associated Press War Summary.) For the second night in succession the Germans have raided the south eastern section oi England and reach ed London. t " Tuesday night's visitation apparently was staged earlier than the one on Monday, but the Germans did not suc ceed "in penetrating to the heart of the city, being stopped on the outskirts by the defensive forces. A score of cas ualties are reported to have been caus ed by the few bombs which the Ger mans were able to drop. Latest re ports on the raid of Monday night show fifteen dead and seventy injured. Follow Same Coarse. The German airplanes Tuesday night followed the same course as the raid ers of Monday night, attempting to ap proach London through Kent and Essex and up the course of the Thames. Lit tle property damage was done Monday night. British airmen and the anti aircraft guns of London's defense mak ing it too hot for the Germans to stay long. The airship -raid of Monday night on the Yorkshire ana Lincolnshire coasts had little success. The Zeppe lins did not penetrate far inland and bombs dropped at a coast town caused injuries to three women. German Attacks Fall. - -Ib.rjHjr;t d-own PrLafr Rupprecht of Bavaria became active again Tues day and made desperate attempts to retake the ground gained by the Brit ish last Thursday near 4 the Tpres Menin road ,in Glanders- In the nrst assaults the Germans succeeded in en tering the British lines at two points. Field Marshal Haig's men fought back valiantly and in addition to withstand ing further attacks by .the Germans, straightened out their line. The day's effort brought nothing to the Germans but additional casualties. Great ar tillery activity is in progress in the sector east of Ypres. Infantry Activity Slackened. Northeast of .v erdun the infantry activity has slackened. After their in effectual efforts of Monday the Ger mans attacked the French near the Boi3 !e Chaune early Tuesday. This attack, although aided by -liquid Are, also was repulsed. Berlin claims officially to have taken trenches here on Monday and to have held them against counter attacks. On the Aisne front the artil lery battle continues. Explode Italian Mine. There has been no great activity on the other fronts. In the Trentino in the region of Monte Nero the Austro Hungarians exploded a mine under the Italian positions, out. the Italian bar rage fire prevented the enemy from making any gains. The Italians have repulsed further local attacks on the Bainsizza plateau, northeast of Gori zia. Russians Check Enemy. German efforts to recapture the new Positions gained - by the Russians southeast of Riga on the PskofC hign road have been checked by the Rus sians. Assurances Given Russia. freat Britain and France have for mally notified the provisional Russian fvernment that they would not con clude a separate peace to the detriment f Russia. These assurances were in rpPly to reports current in Russia that ''rPimHiiy was endeavoring to mak! pe;ce at the expense of the new re Public. -t PP- n KTL1' TWO ATTACKS WERE MADE ON EA GLAND Uirion, Sept. 25. Another hostile air P'ane raid "on London took place to I'Kht. There were two attacks appar jUIJ". for after a 40-minute quiec ih 'ival, anti-air craft guns resumed flr in the London district. In the first attack, after brisk firing the defensive guns, lasting only ten minutes, the raiders were driven off without succeeding in reaching the city of London. The firing of the anti-aircraft guns the second attack was of only brief duration. The raiders were flJslly drivf -n 0ff an(i tne p0uce gave out the Clear" signal at 9:30 o'clock. A report of the raid was issued by F"eii Marshal French as follows: "The Thames estuary was again the ooject of a hostile air raid thi- even The Kent and Essex c -ast was rrop?efj at various points and a few oor,lIs were dropped, but no .casualties a yet reported. One raider penetrated as far a? the southeastern outskirts of London where t;v" bombs fell, causing some twenty ra sua 1 ties." ,v,l'l MAKE NO PEACE TO THE DETRIMENT OF RUSSIA petrograd, Sept. 25. Addressing the soldiers' and workmen's delegates to-fJaJ'- General Verkhovsky, minister of J1'3-1", said Russia yesterday received f'Tmal assurances from France and eat Britain that they would not con (Continued on Page Two.) . : SCORE IS NATION'S SAVINGS 1ST BE TRIPLED Speakers Before Bankers' Assoc! ation Say This is Necessary to Win the War THRIFT CAMPAIGN IS URGED James B. Forgan Says If Comptroller's Bureau Were Divided Into Twelve Bureaus It Would Simplify Nation's Finances. Atlantic City, N. J., Sept, 25. A nation-wide campaign of intensified thrift as a means of winning the war was suggested by speakers before the convention of the American Bankers' Association here today. The nation's savings must be tripled, some of the delegates declared, if we are to be successful in our fight for democracy. "We have credit," one ;ankei said, "but credit is perfect fiction unless you have something to back it. In creased savings is an absolute ne cessity to win the war." Speaking before the Savings Bank section, George E. Edwards, president of the Uollar Savings Bank, New York, said there is but one source foi thfs country to go to for money to carry on the war and that is the cur rent savings of its people. "If the nation is to raise billions of dollars the first year of the war," he declared, "the person with the small est wage must purchase bonds." Several other speakers expressed similar views. Sentiment regarding the merging cf trust companies with the Federal Re serve system was about equally di vided. Breckinridge Jones, president of the Mississippi Valley Trust Co., of St. Louis, speaking before the Trust Com pany secXi9n-"nougb:trj)out : the;'noiftt that the provisions oftne Clayton act prohibiting Interlocking directorates does not now apply to a state bank or trust company. This was the opin ion of the Acting Attorney General of the United States rendered on Septem ber 10, but not made public thus far, he said. The act continues to operate in the case of national banks. James B. Forgan, chairman of the board of the First National Bank, Chicago, advocated before the Clear ing House section a plan for trans ferring bank examinations from the comptroller to the jurisdiction of the district reserve agents under the re serve board. "The country," he said, "has become too large and the national banks too numerous for one man in Washington to undertake the supervision of them through the reports of his examiners. The splitting up of the comptroller's examination bureau into twelve bu reaus, in charge of the twelve Federal Reserve agents as representatives of tha Federal Reserve Board in whom would be vested supreme authority, would greatly simplify the work and increase the efficiency of Government supervision." John McHugh, of New York, was elected president of the Clearing House section and Edward D. Hux ford, Cherokee, Iowa, was chosen head of the State Bank section. - The country banks, whose member ship is 70 percent of the American Bankers' Association, gained a victory today in the adoption by the executive council of a plan for the creation of a mutual insurance system by the asso ciation which will provide burglary, filadity . and depository insurance to the small banks. The plan will be submitted .to the convention Thurs day. GOVERNOR FERGUSON IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE Impeachment Report Bars Him From Hereafter Holding; Any Office 'of Honor, Trust' or Profit." Austin, Texas, Sept. 25. James E. Ferguson was formally declared re moved from office as governor of Tex as and barred from hereafter holding any public office "of honor, trust or profit" by the adoption late today in the Senate high court of impeachment of the majority report of a special committee of the Senate. The major ity report was adopted, after a mi nority report, recommending only re moval from office had been defeated. The vote on adoption of the major ity report was 25 to 3, with one pair and one absentee. 1 nn CHARLES T. NORRIS PERFORMED AUTOPSY ON BODY OF MRS. BINGHAM New York, Sept. 25. The autop sy upon the body of Mrs.. Robert Worth Binghalm. who before her marriage to the, former mayor of Louisville, Ky., was Mrs. Henry M. Flagler, was performed at Wil mington, N. C, by Dr. Charles Nor ris head of the Bellevue laborator ies in this city, it was stated at Bellevue hospital tonight. Vital organs taken from Mrs. Bingham's body are being subjected to tests at the laboratory. Final results of the tests will not be known for several days, it was stated, as the chemical nature of the examinations make them neces sarily of long, duration. WILiMINGrTON, !N. C, WEDNESDAY MOROTG, SEPTEMBER 26, 1917 A TTACKED CASUALTY A. 7. A 4 REPORTM) DEMAND BIG RAISE i From 20 to 70 Per Cent Increase in Wages Will be Asked To day for Central Field OWNERS' REFUSAL LIKELY Declare Demands Are Too High and That a Raise Now is Not Justi fied Garfield . Urges No Let up in Production. Washington, Sept. 25. Immediate wage increases from 20 to 70 per cent will be demanded by the country's coaT miners, it was announced here to night, after a preliminary meeting of operators and miners' representatives of the central competitive field in Washington to discuss a general wage re-adjustment. The demands were formulated by the miners 'representatives tonight and will be presented at a joint meeting tonight. There Is every indication that the mine owners will refuse flatly to meet them, first on the grounds that they are too high, and second, that the recent fix ing of ccal prices by President Wilson will not pertnit of any increases. Basis for Entire Country. The increases asked, while stipulated for the central field, comprising Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and western Pennsyl vania, will serve as a basis for the en tire country and if t;hey were granted would have to be met by other dis tricts. The demands are as follows: Increases of 15 cents a ton on pick and machine-mined coal at all basing points in the United States. ' The percentages of increases grant ed on machine and pick coal to be ap plied to all differentials existing be tween thin and thick vein mines. Advances of J1.90 a day for all men emplbye(i in"ahT' arcfUnd" Wines," and Twenty per cent raises on all dead work and yarding. Today's joint conference was opened with a speech by Dr. H. A. Garfield, the fuel administrator, who urged both sides to let no differences stand in the way of capacity production of coal. Garfield Urges Harmony. "Under no circumstances," said Dr. Garfield, "must we allow production to stop. We must put aside for the time being all questions that might sepa rate men under normal conditions and work in the closest harmony. There must be no suspension of work." The miners' position was presented by John P. White, president of the United Mine Workers of America, who called the conference. The operators, aside from contending they cannot agord to pay the increases, declare the demands are unjustified, inasmuch as a general wage raise was granted last April which was to have lasted until next March. In addtiion they point to an increase given in April, 1916, which they say was grant ed with the distinct understanding no more demands were to be made for a period of two years. The demand of pick and machine miners' for an increase of 15 cents a ton, the operators say, would mean an average increase of about 25 per cent The increase of 1.90 asked by unskill ed men dn and around the mines would be added to a present wage of from $2.35 to $3.60. SPINAL MENINGITIS IS FOUND IN 42ND REGIMENT Three Quarantine Groups Established in Camp at Mlneola One Death Has Occurred There. Camp Mills, Mineola, N. Y.,' Sept. 25. Three quarantine groups have been es tablished in the "Rainbow" or 42nd division of federalized National Guard here as a result of an Investigation in to the appearance of cerebro-spinal meningitis infection among the troops, it was announced today by Colonel Gressinger, division surgeon. One death has occurred and a number of carriers of the germ have been discov ered in Company G of the 167th infan try, formerly the Fourth Alabama, through throat cultures. These carriers have been rigidly iso lated and are being treated every two hours with a new. throat spray. In addition to these the other members of their company have al3o"Teen put In a separate quarantine .while the entire regiment has likewise ben placed un der still another. Special surgeons were sent . from Washington by the surgeon-general to investigate the situation, and they, with the division staff, are working in con junction with the Rockefeller Institute of New York. Colonel Gressinger ex pressed the opinion that there was no great danger Tnt said that drastic steps have been taken as a precaution. NORWEGIAN SHIPS MAY HAVE BEEN SUNK WITHOUT A TRACE Stockholm, Sept. 25. A published list from the German side of the names of vessels sunk by submarines gives reason to believe that Norwegian ves sels have been the victims of the "sink without a trace' 'policy, made notor ious by von Luxburg. The latest list published at Hamburg contains the names of two of seven fishing steam ers which failed to return from their August cruises in the Arctic and were supposed to . have been lost, with all hands in storms. GOAL MINERS WILL ON MEANS IS BOUND OVER AFTER WAIVING HEARING Was Afraid New York Officials Would Make an Attempt to Have Him Extradited IS HELD1 FOR GRAND JURY Counsel for Defense Fails in Ef fort to Get Papers Now in Hands of Officials Concord, N. C, Sept. 25. Gaston B, Means waived examination in the midst of his preliminary Clearing before a magistrate here late today and con sented to be bound oer to the October term of the Cabarrus county grand jury .on the charge of having murdered Mrs. Maude A. King, -of New York and Chicago. Magistrate; Pitt ordered him held without bail. Counsel for Means stated at the hear ing that they had been informed that threats had been maije that "New York officials here had brought extradition warrants to take the defendant back to New York" on fsome undisclosed criminal charge" and -they felt he would be safer in the custody of the sheriff of the county. , ' It was also announced that Means did not mean torun the chance of facing charges elsewhere with an un settled murder charge against him in North Carolina. Thischarge, his coun sel said, would te cleared up at the trial. v The agreement came after counsel for Means had madman unsuccessfu attempt to get possession of papers and documents seized JbyDistrict Attorney Swann's represestafjves t in Means' New York apartment and was accom panied by a lengthyV explanation by the defendant of his reasons for abrupt ly ending his fight Jn the magistrate's court. ? P$' i Mrs. Melviii Aids Means. Mrs. Mary C. Melvtit sister of the woman Means is alppgfefl to have kill ed, joined, -him - & st&3SOi& "WXltJ. from Circuit Judge Webb, at Gastonia, ordering Assistant JJistrict Attorney Dooling, of New York ,and other New York and Chicago officials who came here with Dooling to aid the prosecu tion, to turn over the documents to the clerk of the Superior Court of Cabarrus county. The writ is made returnable before Superior Court Judge Cline at Salisbury October 8. Dooling and other officials named in the order Informed Sheriff Caldwell that the documents re ferred to were in the possession of So licitor Clement who conducted the prosecution of Means. The latter is sued a statement saying: "We will keep the documents unless ordered by the court after the hearing to give them up." Have Allegred Second Will. Among the documents mentioned In the order was the alleged second will of the late J. C. King, of Chicago, which, if finally held legal, would give to the estate of Mrs. Maude A. King approximately two million dollars more than the wife got when her husband died. Mrs. Melvin, whose name was attached to theorder as Mary C. Mel vin .believes, according to the order, that C. B. Ambrose, a Federal Depart ment of Justice Agent, who came here for the hearing and was one of those named in the order "is an agent of the Northern Trust Company of Chicago and is vitally interested in preventing the will beTng probated." The trust company holds 1 the two millions in trust for a charitable or ganization. "I don't worry about what they be lieve I am," said Ambrose when asked about the allegation. "I have papers showing what I am." Means alleged in the order for the papers and documents that they were necessary for defense of his case, and. cited that none of them had been In- troduced by the prosecution in the pre liminary hearing. His counsel in court said they had been unable to get per mission to copy the papers, while So licitor Clement replied that he had been unable to get from the defense certain documents and evidences want ed. Magistrate Pltts Ruling:. "The defendant comes into court and waives examination and the finding of probable cause fo the reasons stated in the paper hereunto attached. It is therefore ordered that the defendant be committed tp jail without bond to await action by the October term of the grand jury. The grand Jury meets Oc tober 29, next," Magistrate Pitts said. Attorney General Manning of North Carolina .who was present at the hear ing, spoke one time for Solicitor Clem ent and when one of Means' counsel mentioned "contempt proceedings" as one possibility which might result from the proceedings by which Means sought to get the documents, Mr. Man ning announced he was interested in the case and declared "the attorney general won't be bull-dozed." Writ Is Agreed Upon. Solicitor Clement came into the court room shortly afterward and both he and the Attorney General contested in arguments with the defense on the wording of the writ. Finally the two' sides agreed with the attached expla nations. Magistrate Potts signed the writ itself ,but declined to sign the attached explanation. The latter con tained also a statement that Means In no manner agreed that there was any evidence by which he could have been held tor the grand Jury if he had seen fit to continue to fight the case and also described him as 'fully believing" that he would be "completely acquitted and (Continued on Page Two.) Argentine Deputies Vote For Rupture With Germany Measure Has Now Passed Both Houses of the Legislative Body. Should the Government Enter the War It Would Partially Relieve Brazilian and American Patrol Fleets Buenos Aires, Sept. 25. The cham ber of deputies voted today 53 to 18 in favor of a rupture with Germany. The resolution declaring for the breaking off of relations with Ger many adopted today by the chamber of deputies was passed last week by the Argentine senate, by a vote of 23 to 1. URUGUYAN CONGRESS WILL VOTE ON BREAK: WITH GERMANY Monteviaeo, Uruguay, Sept. 25. The Uruguayan congress 'has been called to meet in special session Saturday to vote on the question of severing rela tions with Germany. This action, was decided upon by the Uruguayan gov ernment as the result of the steps tak en by the Argentine congress. The foreign minister will explain the gov ernment's plans for a break with Ger many at the opening of the special session. WASHINGTON BELIEVES BREAK WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY WAR Washington, Sept. 25. 'Besides fur ther consolidating the Americas in the war for democracy the addition of Argentina to Germany's list of ene mies would mean the partial relieving of the United States and Brazilian fleets in the patrol of the South At lantic and even if there should not be more spectacular co-operation by sending an army to France. Advised as they have been of the sentiment in Argentina, the senate and chamber of deputies in voting for STATE MILITIA TO BE ROLL OF Governor Says Any Man Declining to' Serve Will Not Have the Honor Thrust Upon Him GIVES ORDERS TO YOUNG Adjutant General Will Proceed to Or ganise Companies In Each County, Beginning With Those of Largest Population. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 25. Pursuant to his proclamation issued Sunday, Gov ernor Bickett today directed Adjutant General Young to proceed to organize State militia companies in the several counties of the State beginning in the counties having the largest population. The Governor's order says: "You will designate an advisory committee of three men for each coun ty and direct such committees to care fully select the members for the militia companies. It is my desire that the men selected shall represent the intel ligence, the character, and the courage of the communities in which they live. These men are to be the special guar dians of our women and children, and the keepers of the peace and order of the State. The service they are to perform Tequires that the militia noil shall be a roll of honor. "I insist that the men selected shall be men who fear God, and make a decent effort to keep His command ments, men of fortitude who are able and willing for the public weal to face danger and endure hardships without complaint; men of quiet minds who will be very careful of human life, but will, nrVAM of am rk aaqcdi fir r Ckm o-nlo 14- all a ' tralsht to protect the helpless and preserVe the peace and order of the preserve the peace State. "These men are to be selected, but not drafted. The organizations are to be composed neither of volunteers nor of drafted men, but of men chosen by the committees because, it is believed that they possess peculiar qualifications for the service to which they are called. If any man who is selected shall de cline the honor, it will not be thrust upon Mm; any unwillingness to serve would indicate that the committee had made a mistake in the selection of that particular man. In designating the advisory committees you will take pains to name men who are themselves patriotic, intelligent, unselfish and un afraid." The county selective committees and the quota of men to be selected for each county will be announced within a day or two. BRITISH CASUAITY LIST. Wounded and Killed in All Ranks for the Week Total 23,035. London, Sept. 25. Total casualties of all British ranks in all the war the atres for the week ending today are reported officially to have been 23,035. The casualty lists are sub-divided as follows: Officers killed or died of wounds, 103. Men killed or died of wounds, 4430. Officers wounded or missing, 432. Men wounded or missing, 18,070. For the week ending September 18 British army casualties amounted to 27,164. The report for the present week includes the operations ain Flan ders last Thursday when the British made a considerable advance, while in the previous week there was no mark ed infantry activity on any British front Hi a rupture in relations with Germany created little surprise among officials of the State Department- and it is be lieved here what the break will be followed by war. President Irigoyen has been con sistent in his determination not to permit his country to take any other than a neutral position, but it is con sidered Improbable he will veto the action of the legislative branch of his government. A political danger would face his administration in such a course, since a majority of the people appear to feel keenly the ridiculous position their country has been plac ed by the duplicity of the German minister. The discovery today that the strikes and riots in Buenos Aires were instigated and supported by Ger man agents only makes the situation worse. Entry into the war will enable Ar gentina to regain her prestige in South American affairs, damaged when Brazil formally broke relations with Germany and then sent her fleet to set to co-operate with that of the United States. Brazil did not formal ly declare that a state of war existed and it is believed that if forced to break relations, President Irigoyen will seize the opportunity to step ahead of Brazil in declaring war. Although great military support might not be given the Allies by Ar gentina, her economic aid would be important. Perhaps the largest pro ducing -country in South America, she could contribute plentifully to the food supplies of the fighting nations. 12,000 Members in Seattle to Strike Saturday Because of Delay in the Wage Raise TO AFFECT 19 SHIPYARDS Request of President Wilson and Sam uel Gompera for Further Delay Not Heeded Want No Gov ernment Settlement. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 25. A strike at 10 o'clock Saturday morning of 12,000 members of the fifteen metal trades unions employed in Seattle shipyards and allied contract shops was ordered, today by the Seattle Metal Trades Council, the central organizatfon of the fifteen unions. The strike call, it was said, was the result of insistent de mand of the rank and filA of the ship yard workers for a "showdown" on the long pending wage -ncrease con troversy. As near as can be estimated, three big steel shipyards, about sixteen wooden shipyards and forty contract shops will be affected by the strike. The Skinner and Eddy Plant, having granted the wage increases, will not be affected. Three wooden shipyards and. six or more contract shops also have signed the new wage agreement. Receipt yesterday of telegrams from President Wilson and Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, urging that no precipitate action be taken, gave some hope that a walkout might be averted, but this vanished wften press dispatches an nounced that the President was plan ning to have the Seattle wage contro versy settled by the Wage Adjustment Committee of the United States Ship ping Board in connection with similar controversies in other Pacific coast cities. These dispatches precipitated the calling of the general strike. The coun cil's board of business agents took the positio nthat the government had hope lessly misunderstood the situation in San Franieeo and Portland and that further attempts to postpone the walk out would be useless. Although about the same demands have been mlkde in all three cities, the metal trades men cplilaed, the Seat tle case differed' from that of San Fran cisco 1 nthat the workers had not gone on strike, but had continued at work pending negotiations with their em ployers under an agreement that the wage increases granted should be re troactive to August 1. SITUATION AT THE NORFOLK NAVY YARD IS STILL TENSE Norfolk. Va., Sept. 25. With 4,100 men representing a score of crafts out, after having declined to accept the new wage scale promulgated by the National Wage Commission, post ed last Saturday, and with work greatly impeded or entirely suspended in several departments, the tense sit uation at the Norfolk navy yard con tinued today. Labor leaders are con fident that the men will stand firm and that the trouble will spread un less their demands are met. Navy officials, while less communi cative tonight, hope that md-tters will be quickly adjusted and that the men will at once return to work. Yard of ficials and government agents are in close touch with Washington as they negotiate with union leaders in their hope of reaching an agreement. As yet none of the mediators said to (Continued on Page SevenJ. TRADES UNION MEN SEEK 'SHOWDOWN WHOIiE NUMBER 39,182 GEN. SGOH MAY e com,; AT GAMP JACKSON Retired Chief of Staff Named as Probable Successor to Gen. French, Now on Leave TROOPS COME IN SLOWLY Robeson Croatans Enthusiastic Over First Drill, But Are Eager for Uniforms By BRIAN BELL. Columbia, S. C, Sept. -.Movement of the second increment of the National Army to Columbia continues slowly. The men are coming 4n as they are cer tified by local boards, regular train service being used. No considerable movement is expected until October 3, when about 8,000 negroes are expect ed. Camp Jackson was excited today at the news that its commanding officer, Major General Francis H. French, had been granted two months' leave of absence on account of illness and that Major-General Hugh L. Scott, just re tired as Chief of Staff, would probably come here to command the Eighty-first Division, Brig. Gen. Charles H. Barth is now in command, pending the arrival of a major general. Representatives of the -War Depart ment commission on training camp ac tivities for all the cantonments in the Southeastern Department . will come here tomorrow for a conference which is scheduled to open at 9 o'clock and continue throughout the day. Eleven secretaries are here for the meeting. T. S. Settle, division commander, is here. The 14 Croatans from Robeson coun ty are enthusiastic over the first drills yesterday and today but want their uniforms. "We like this place fine," said one of the Indians, "but we'll like it better when we get our uniforms." They call their company commander the "best man." Tomorrow will see the departure of all former South Carolina National Guard. units, the-State-soldiers , moving to Oamp Sevier, at Greenville." ' . . - WILL DISCUSS WELFARE OF SOLDIERS AT CONFERENCE Columbia, S. C, Sept. 25. Represen tatives of the War Department Com mission on Training Camp Activities from cantonments of the Southeastern Department, will meet in Columbia to morrow for a conference at which the welfare of the soldiers will be dis cussed. Camps to be represented in clude those in North and South Caro lipa, Georgia and Virginia. Preparations are being made at Camp Jackson for approximately 8,000 negroes on October 3 when 26 per cent of the quota from Florida, North and South Carolina will be ordered to camp. In the meanwhile white men continue to report, counties sending additional men a sthey are certified by district and local boards. News from Washington that Major General Hugh L. Scott may command the Eighty-first CTVisipn has aroused interest at Camp Jackson. Brigadier General Charles H. rtarth assumed com mand here after Major-General Francis French became ill in Washington. CONFEREES AGAIN FAIL TO REACH AGREEMENT Return of the War Tax Measure to Senate and House Not Likely For Several Days.' , Washington, Sept. 25. Conferees on the war tax bill failed again today to break their deadlock on war ex cess profits taxation, but some pro gress was made on compromise nego tiations just before they adjourned until tomorrow. Return of the measure to the Sen ate and House before the latter part of the week was said tonight to ba improbable, and some of the confer ees were disposed to fear a final dis agreement. Virtually the whole question of wars excess profits was said to have been, thrown open today and a fresh start on various compromise proposals made. It was reported that the con ferees were considering entirely re writing the section, following sugges tions made personally by telephone by Secretary McAdoo. Among questions reported re-opsn-ed was the definition of corporate In vested capital, which the conferees had previously settled. Some mem bers also raised the question of reach ing railroads with an excess profits levy and of considering intangible as sets in calculating excess profits. House conferees were said to be la sistent on a flat 8 percent capitalize tion exemption, in lieu of the 6 per cent minimum and 10 percent maxi mum provision of the Senate. I AMERICAN AIRMAN KILLED. Douglas McMonagle Meets Death In Flight In France. French Front in France, Sept. 25 (By The Associated Press). Douglas Me Monagle. of San FrarTCIsco. and a mem ber of the Fafayette escadrllle. was killed in an aerial flight yesterday Ha arrived at the front May 5 and was promoted to a sergeantanoy August 25. Douglas McMonagle was a stndent at, the University of California. H wasi decorated witn the war cross lor brav ery under fire August 9. He Joined thH Lafayette escadrllle last June and par ticipated in various dangerous opera tions undertaken by the American airW man. ASSUM AD r i 1 1 w j. 1 A - f ..i ,.
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