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N V' S"-" THE WEATHER 0 PAGES TODAY ONE SECTION Fair - Wednesday and Thursday; warmer on the C6ast "Wednesday. VD.IB'67 VOL. CI-KO. 11. CONGRESS TAKES FINAL ACTION ON THE GREAT TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLAR WAR W.X BILL Senate Follows Example of the House and Adopts Report Without Roll Call GOES TO PRESIDENT TODAY Senators Hope to Adjourn Session by Saturday, or Not Later Than Next Week SIMMONS EXPLAINS BILL Still Objects to Some of the House Provisions. ' Washington, Oct. 2. Congress finished its work on the great war tax bill late today when the Sen ate. following the example set yes terday by the House, adopted the conference report without a roll rait. More than two and a half billion dollars in new taxes are levied oy ine measure, wnicn nas been in the making since last April.; , - As soon as the bill is engrosseld and signed tomorrow by Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark, it will be sent to President t - t Wilson, who is expected ta sign it immediately. Discussion Wu Brief. Senate discussion, tocfay was brief, participated in -by " but few members, a!l of whom realized the futility of op position. Most of the criticism was upon the second-class postage . In creases. . - " The speedy action on the conference report raised members hopes for ad journment of the war session by Sat urday, or not later than next. week. The Administration soldiers 'and sail ors "insurance bill, which has passed the House, will be brought up tomor row in the Senate. Its disposal in a few days is anticipated. The only other measure the leaders expect to pu tthroughf before adjournment is the eight billion uollar deficiency appro priation hill, wnnse ionf prefis ATrnp.rt tr agree tomorrow and eecure adoption of their report with perfunctory debate. Principal Revenue Sources. - As finally drafted after one of the i longest and most strenuous struggles in congressional history, the revenue bill, which was passed by the House May 23 and by the Senate, after a month's debate, Sept. xO, draws prin cipally upon incomes and war excess profits. - . The bill now is estimated to raise fbout $850.C(T0.000 from incomes, cor porate and individual, and about on Million dollars from war excess profits, '"her major levies are $30,000,000' on tobacco; about $275,000,000" on liquors; STO.oori.noo on first-class mail; $40,000. on automobiles: $77,3'0.00u on freight transportation; $60,000,000 on passenger transportation; $32000,000 from stamp taxes and $60,000,000 from amusement admissions. Elimination of consumption taxes on sngar. tea. coffee and gas, electric' and telephone service, together with-House taxes on 1016 incomes and "a general 10 per rent tariff levy, were features of the evolution of the bill. Both praise and criticism was given the conference report today in the Sen ate. Senator Simmons, 'heading the Senate conferees, in a two hours ex planation o fthe conferees' work, said the bill had been decidedly improved, though he was unable to defend certain provisions insisted upon by the House conferees, including the second-class mail and munitions taxes. Senator Penrose, ranking Republican conferee, also said many objectionable features were included in conference compromises and that, the bill might work individual injustices, but lhat it had been improved in many respects. Smoot And LaFoIlr-tte Heard. Vigorous criticism of the bill, par tifularly the second-class postage pro , 'iion. was made by Senator Sn-.oot of ' tan. Many publishers he asserted. ' ' ' ' ' ' unveil . u t ui uunilin-)3- 1 iO and other senators expressed hope that before the new second-class rates ie came effective next July thejr will be rPpealed or modified. The closing speech was made by Sen ator LaFnllette. who reiterated his op position to the small amount of tax.i.; Hon proposed compared to large bond 'S''s and his demands for greater 'ax.-itinn of wea'lth. He said he would Wer until some time later some ob--pivationp he had intended to make in resard to the bill and "matters con lertPd with it." KI, ,'!' HIMSELF RATHER THAN ' ""r 1 SERVE IN NATIONAL ARMY;; Raleigh, Oct. 2. Brooding over the Possibility of having 'to serve as a Elected man in the new National rmy. Levy Webb, of near Wilson. N. ' - yesterday killed himself. When billed several weeks ago 1 for exami nation before the local exemption fardb he reported and was given a I'rnporary discharge for mental deftc :"ticy. information, reached the board ihat ;,e --...d deliberately played the iart . o:,e feeble-minded and he was tor further examination. Itiu-r than comply he took his Wn German Supply Danger of E Strong Attacks Are Centered Upon Apex of Haig's Salient in Flan ders Which Threatens the Ostend-Lille Railway Line French on the Aisne and Verdun Fronts Withstand Assaults. That extreme nervousness over ap proaching events pervades the German front in Flanders is indicated by the infantry attacks Crown Prince Rup precht of Bavaria daily is throwing against Field Marshal Haig's army on the Ypres salient. These attacks are being centered upon the apex of Haig's salient in the line which is pointing dangerously to ward the Ostend-Lille railway, the ul timate gaining of which by the Eng lish, Scotch and Australian contin gents would work sad havoc to the re plenishing with supplies of the Ger man lines to the south from the naval bases At Ostend and Zeebrugge. In-sto.-ming waves of great strength the Germans have made valiant efforts to wrest from the British positions captured from them in the recent of fensive but everywhere except at two smal points they met with decisive repulses under the hdrricane of fire which swept against them from guns of all calibre, strewing the ground with their dead or wounded. Numer TO E TITLE OF FULL GENERAL Is Planned by War Department in Order to Give Pershingt a Suitable Rank BAKER SUBMITS PROPOSAL Chief of Staff Also Would Have Title of Kali General Lieutenant-Generals Would Command Corps Under pVrshlng. Washington, Oct. 2. Revival of the grade of full general-is planned by the War Department to provide suitable rank for Major-General John J. Per shing,' commanaing the American expe diti.onary forces in France. It was learned tonight that SecretaryJ Baker already has submitted the de partment's program which provides for the title of general to be held by the officer serving as Chief of Staff and the making of several lieutenant-generals to command corps under General Pershing, to the Senate Military Com mittee and that legislation carrying it into effect is to be pressed for prompt passage when Congress re-conyenes in December. Have' Been But Four Generals. But four American army officers have borne the title of general Washington. Grant, Sherman and Sheridan and only a few nave been lieutenant-generals. Since General Sheridan died in 1888 the rank of general has been ex tinct. No provision for a lieutenant general on the active list has been made since Lieutenant-General John C Bates retired in 1906, though there are three officers of that grade on the re tired list Gen. Neiso"n A. Miles, Gen. Samuel B. M. Young and General Bates. Secretary Baker explained to the committee that early promotion of General Pershing was essential be cause he is to command a great army of many corps, entitling him to the highest military title and in order to obviate embarrassment resulting from the high rank of the . allied comman ders with who he is associated mar shals, field marshals and generals. It is equally as jiecessary, he , pointed out,! that the . Chief of Staff, the directing head of the army in Washington, should rank all other . officers, except the expeditionary commander, and that staff officers generally should have rank corresponding to that of officers in the field. Perhinsr Has nisen RapidW. That General Pershing would be promoted has been taken for granted in army circles ever since he was se lected by President Wilson for the su preme trust of leadine: America's sol diers against the . Germans, though the general belief has been that lieutenant general wouTa be the rank. Until the war army major-generals were nomi nated and recently he was next to the bottom or tne list in tnai graae, uonvine- hi mnow are Maior-Generals Wood, J. Franklin BelV - c wn,rrv an TnsVer H. Blis V -11 f whom wr wearine their two stars long before Pershing was aa- vanced upon retiring from his memor able expedition into Mexico. Execution of fae Administration plans will not give General' Pershing spectacular promotion for the first time. He was a captain of cavalry, 46 years old, in 1906, when President Roosevelt jumped him over the heads of hundreds of other officers to make him a brigadier. His brilliant cam paign against th Philippine Moros had , : tContinued oa PS Xwo.) REV V ' - ' " 1 . ,. . . r : : i m WILMINGTON, N. CM oiite Faces Ang Destroyed ous prisoners also have been taken by the British ar.d to a man they have evinced gratification that they are safe from the inferno of bursting shells which the British without ces sation are pouring in upon the Ger man holdings. The big guns of the Germans have not bean idle during the fighting but their strength is in nowise comparable to the great array of cannon that Haig has sst up for the purpose of punding the German 6-itrenchments, for ward ing off attacks and for screening his infantrymen as they surge forward. As yet there has b"een no indication that the British commander-in-chief has the situation worked out to a point where he is prepared to turn loose his infantry for another smash Across No-Mans-Land for further territory un less the German activity is an indica tion. Meanwhile the French and Germans are engaged in violent artillery duels along the Aisne front and the Verdun sector, in both of which regions Gen eral Petain's armies also have been forced to withstand, and successfully, (Continued on page two.) TO T L'FOLLETTE American Rights.-Leagt ; Brands His Utterances as Seditious and Treasonable USED BY GERMAN AGENTS Telegram to Vice-President Marshall Says LaFollette's Speeches May Cause the Needless Sacrifice of Thousands. New York, Oct. 2. Expulsion of Robert M. LaFollette from the United States Senate was demanded in a tele gram sent today to Vice-President Marshall, president of the Senate, by the American Rights Lieague. "Thousands of young Americans who might otherwise have been spared for ycrirs of service to their country," the telegram read, "may now be sacrificed us a result of the seditious and treas onable utterances of LaFollette and his followers. In our own country, the futile, dangerous and contemptible policies recommended by the LaFol lette group have encouraged other traitors to bolder opposition to the war and have re-enforced the pacifist propaganda for a dishonorable and dangerous peace. These utterances have been spread broadcast through out Russia, inciting in the new democ racy distrust and disorganization and encouraging Germany to renewed en deavors. "We must respectfully protest against the mistaken tolerance which permits men like LaFollette to utilize positions of responsibility in our gov ernment for ur dermining the righteous purpose of the country and for inter fering with the organization of our resources for the defense of the re public and for, the fulfillment of our national obligations. We call upon the Senate to perform the patriotic duty of securing the immediate expulsion of Robert M. LaFollette." TELLS SUFFRAGISTS TO NOT LIFT FINGER FOR WAR LOAN Mrs. Havemeyer Is Applauded By Bal timore Audience. Baltimore, Oct. 2. Mrs. Henry O. Havemeyer, of New York, a member of the advisory council of the National Women's Party, in an address before a meeting of 150 suffragists here today, appealed to them not to lift a finger in aid of the Liberty Loan. Sne declar ed she would not work for it, although ' , rv,ii, r-Q ''"'"I" J the first Liberty Loan "I naven't the nerve to ask money," she said, "for a battle for democracy when we who demand true democracy are thrown into jails for doing so." The suffragists present greeted her with applause and most of them de clared thy were ready to follow he advice. Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, of Washing- tin nr -official of the National Wnm i roi tho wr, k,. i j She said e had threi ! u f fr- i Hnt mario n rtifferpnee Continue Demonstration Work. Kinston, Oct. 2. The Lenoir, .county commissioners yesterday agreed to continue their appropriation - for the maintenance of farm demonstration work here. Support of 1 the board was! automatically withdrawn when O. F. McCrary, demonstration agent for two years, left here a few weeks ago. -R. W. Freeman, district agent, yesterday promised to supply a man- to succeed McCrary, at (he earliest possible time. DEMAND MADE US WEDNESDAY MORNING, THIRD CONTINGENT TP TODAY First Draft Not Sufficient to Eill Up Ranks and Form Nation al Army Divisions SECOND CALL INDEFINITE No Decision Reached on Proposed Flan to Examine and Clas sify All Registrants Washington, Oct. 2. The third con tingent of National Army men will begin moving tomorrow to' the sixteen cantonments where approximately one-half of the 687,000 selected men called out by the President already! have been mobilized. Quotas now ready to leave home vary greatly, ranging from 17 to 40 per cent of the full state quotas, with a general aver age of between 20 and 25 per cent. Modifications of previous quota plans was necessary because of the condi tions, at the cantonments and avail ability of equipments. . Some canton ments are farther advanced and ac commodate a larger number of men. Number Insufficient. Definite figures still are lacking as to the number of men to be transfer red to the National Guard,. Signal Corps, Aviation Service or other branches that will have to be filled up to war strength. It is certain, how ever, that the men remaining at the camps will not be sufficient to form the sixteen 'National. Army divisions at full strength. Slack With Examination. Secretary Baker indicated today that no decision had been reached as to when a second call will be made. There are many deficiencies to be fill ed in the first draft, physical examjna- j the campvs having resulted in many rejections. There seems to be evidence of undue leniency by civilian doctors who examined the men in certain sec tions, probably due largely to the de sire of locttgpoards to make a good showing in.jvtJrompt filling of their quotas. V ; No Decision On Examinations.- Decision p the War Department on the suggestion that the remaining seven million men be examined imme diately in ojrder that they may know when to expect a call to the colors and arrange -their affairs accordingly awaits action by Congress on the war deficiency bill. Funds to carry out the project are contained in hat meas ure. ( Secretary Baker said today that of some 35 governors who had been ask ed if they believed it wrs"! and .expedi ent to proceed with the examination of all registered men only two had op posed th plan. Those two did so on the ground that it would make too great demand on the time of the exam ining boards, virtually all the mem bers of which are serving without pay. The Department, the secretary added, had not reached a decision as to the wisdom of the plan and he indicated that none was to be expected' until Congress had acted and shown its will in the matter. LAST OF SECOND INCREMENT TO REACH JACKSON TODAY (Special Star Telegram) Columbia-, S. C, Oct. 2. Many mem bers of the National army will report at Camp Jackson tomorrow when men come from South Carolina. Flor ida and North Carolina completing the second increment movement. These men were not certified by district boards in time to .report with the movement cf Sept. 23. White men will be received until Oct. 5, when negroes will begfn to report continuing until Oct. 7- Mustering officers were unable to say toni&ht whether negroes will come frcm North Carolina and Florida. Two thoussnd South Carolina negroes are ready to move. Workmen began today the huge task of clearing timber from land to acommodate the 75 additional buildings-to oe erected under the enlarge ment of plans for Camp Jackson. The new buildings will furnish houses for a brigade and one and one half. The first regular football game will be played on Oct. 10, when the 306th engineer regiment meets . the 318th machine gun battalion. Officers and enlisted men will make up the two teams and some of the stars of yester day in Southern and Eastern colleges will appear in action. Many colleges of this section will te represented. The game will "be played at the Uni versity of South Carolina The huge Chautauqua tent, erected as a substitute for the big auditorium which has not yet been built, was used tonight for the first time. It seats 2.100. A New York company present ed, 'The Mikaoo" tonight. A number of other ligut operas are to-be given, the first three nights of each week be ing devoted to this class of entertain ment. On Thursday, Friday and Satur day nights free, entertainments will be given. The admission- to the paid at performances is ten cents. TWNTV-SEVBOTH DIVISIOI. IS NOW VIBTIALL1 COMPLETE aparjanDurg, o. uli. . -With the arrival of the Seventy-first, the Twen- ty-third and the Seventy-fourth New York infantry regiments during the last twenty-four hours, all the infantry units to be attached to the . Twenty seventh division of the United States army, undo command of Major-General John F. O'Ryan, except the Fourteenth, are now aT Camp Wadsworth, the train ing camp for the division. A portion of ,tn5 Seventy-first and alt ' of Jth . Twenty-third and , Seveuty- HContiBued on. Page Two.) . BEGINS MOVING THE C IS OCTOBER & 1917 BIG OFFERING OF TES IS $400,000,000 Treasury Issue Just ( Closed Brings Total Up to $1,250,000,000. LARGEST OFFER YET MADE Its Success Regarded as Presaging ttie Success of the Second Liberty Loan. Washington, Oct. 2. Liberty loan financing was marked today by the over-subscription of the largest issue of short-time treasury certificates of in- debtedness put out by the Government $400,000,000. The certificates bear 4 per cent interest, mature December 15 and may be redeemed sooner upon ten days' notice. The amount of the over subscription was not stated by the Treasury tonight, but the, taking of the entire issue, which is $100,000,000 or one-third greater than any previous of fering, with a margin to spare was re garded as presaging the success of the second Liberty bond issue. Today's offering of certificates brings the total up to $1,250,000,000, or more than 40 per cent of the minimum set by Secretary McAdoo for the second Lib erty Loan. With the proceeds of the latest certificate issue available, thQ government will have anticipated the second Liberty Loan receipts to the ex tent of $1,250,000,000 and much of the money will have been paid out. The issuance of certificates of indebt edness in blocks from $200,00,00 to $400,000,000 is highly regarded by Treasury officials as a method of ob viating stress in the money markets which might result from the sudden withdrawal of a considerable proportion of a large loan. Continuation of the enthusiasm which Marked th bpen-frrs "day of the" Liberty Loan campaign was reported to the Treasury tonight from many sections of the country. N. CAROLINA EXPECTED TO RAISE $27,000,000 IN BONDS Richmond, Va., Oct. 2. Apportion ment of Liberty Loan bonds to each state embraced in the Fifth Regional District was completed tonight by Gov. George J. Seay of the Federal Re serve bank of Richmond, and letters announcing the amounts banking cen ters throughout the district would be expected to subscribe to the second issue sof the loan were mailed out to banks, trust companies and other sub scription agencies.- Secretary McAdoo has allotted to this district four per cent of the entire $3,000,000,000 issue. The various states in the district will be expected to subscribe in order to seoure the amount "imperatively de manded" as announced by Mr. Mc Adoo as follows: District of Columbia, $20,000,000; Maryland, $65,000,000; North Carolina, $27,000,000; South Carolina, $20,000,000; Virginia, $45,000,000; West Virginia, $23,000,000. Total, $200,000,000. The apportionment for this district, or four per cent of the total is $120, 000,000, but Governor Seay expects the full $200,000,000 to be raised and on this basis has made his allotments. No figures have been given out on subscriptions already received but it is said that, applications for the r, onds are being received In satisfac- ory volume. SECRETARY MeADOO IS HEARD BY INDIANAPOLIS BOOSTERS. Inidanapolls, Oct. 2. "If any possi ble chance a single loan offered by the United States government to the Amer ican people should fail, it would be a more fatal disaster, and have worse ecect than the loss of a great battle," William G. McAdoo. Secretary of the United States Treasury, said in a speech to a mass meeting of persons inter ested in. boosting the second Liberty Loan throughout the state here today. He made the statement concerning the effect of a failure of a loan, after having told how the United States Treasury is the heart of the war ma chine, and feeels the shock of every thing done through the expenditure of money. The "gold pile" in the Treas ury must be kept as plentifully sup plied as the coal pile of a business, Mr. McAdoo said. In opening his address Mr. McAdoo described the events wMch caused this countr yto go to war. T.ic tyo ob jects of entering the war, he said, were to vindicate American rights, and while doing that, achieve the altruistic ideals for which we contend. "The least that can be done for the Americans in the fighting forces, is t give them the . means of defending themselves, so that when they meet the Germans, every brave boy at the front will know that in his hands, put there by American love and American skill is a weapon, the best that possi bly can be devised, that will give him a possible superiority over his foe,' Mr. McAdoo declared. He continued, that he wanted the fighting forces to know that "every American dollar is back of them, and that lines of com munication and supplies would be kept open. We must be juet as willing to sacrifice all our money, as they are willing to sacrifice their lives for us." Mr. McAdoo was introduced at the mass meetiae by Charles W. Fair- bankBt Iormer Vice President of the United States. Preceding the mass meeting a big patriotic parade, in which weree more than 1,000 soldi-era, marched, through the business section of the oity. Mr. McAdoq also outlined to committee men who will have charge of the bond sale ni Indiana, the plans. In addition, he spoke at an informal luncheon giv en in his honor. V He departed thlsaf- CERT FIGA OVER-SUBS ROD PRICE OF 30 CENTS IS AGREED UPON AS MINIMUM FOR COTTOltf -Jk BICKETT WORKING FOR CAMP AT FAYETTEVILLE Raleigh, Oct. 2. The machine gun and artillery training camp may le secured for Fayetteville in competition with - some Tennessee cities! Gov. Bickett goes to Wash ington tonight to pull for Fayette ville. He has strong hopes of se curing the encampment for Fay etteville which is supported by &n undivided North Carolina delega tlon. 10 WERE KILLED IN y T Thirty-Eight Others Injured When i German Airmen Dropped Bombs Over London GOVERNMENT IS ASSAILED Press Argues That It Is Apparent That the Germans Have Outbuilt the British In Aircraft and May Soon Gain. Supremacy. London, Oct. 2. In last night's air raid ten persons were killed and 38 injured. The statement reads: "Dord French reports that the latest police reports state that in last night's air raids the casualties in all districts visited by the raiders were: Killed, 10; injured, 38.. "Bombs were dropped in the south western district of London during last night's air raid. One of them struck the pavement in 'a small square and 'another" feir ifr'the Tear" or some' work ing class dwellings smashing windows. The occupants had taken shelter in a school basement, thus escaping in jury. "Firing in the southern part of Lon don wasv spasmodic, indicating the raiders attempted to get through the barrage singly or in paris. Residents of the northern part report the most intense bombardment yet experienced, showing this is the favorite route of raiders attempting to reach the cen tral part of the city." People Remain Calm. Firing of guns and . occasional ex plosion of bombs are becoming mat ter of fact occurrences with London ers who, while heeding official warn ings to take cover, show no signs of panic or , even of great excitement during raids. The people have ac commodated themselves to the en forced alterations in their method of living and are hurrying home at the close of .working hours to take an early dinner and prepare to spend the evening in the security of their homes or in the greater safety afford ed by the protection of the subways, the basements and other underground refuges. Many carry wraps and food and make themselves as comfortable as the circumstances will permit in the corridors of the big hotels, which are becoming a favorite place for thr residents, the walls affording protec tion against flying glass. A large proportion of the people continue their usual work. Xast night, for example, the delivery carts con tinued on their rounds, the drivers taking jcover when the bombardment became" intense, only to proceed when the guns at intervals ceased firing, press Criticises Government. The London press is becoming strongly critical of the government. Semi-official explanations that the British cannot spare machines for re- ciprooal raids are. questioned by the Northcliffe newspapers, the Dally Ex press and others, which point out that the Germans are able to spare aircraft for raiding England and have enough along the battle lines to give the Brit ish a continuing fight, for supremacy in the air. It Is argued that the Germans evi dently have outbuilt the British in aircraft and may be expected to con tinue building on an increased scale and to improve the type of their ma chines, while the British are trying to catch up with them. Predictions that this would be the case were made monthsiaero by pome of the newspa pers and by experts like. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. Lord Montagu also pre dicts that the Germans will soon pass the experimental fatae of operations and be able to attack London in all kinds of weather, nearly every night. I Sflvera.1 theatres which advertised performances last night withdrew them at the lat moment, mainly be cause only handful of people ap peared. Others went through their performances in the piesenoe of a few persons, but removed patrons in the galleries to the ground floor. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO SUBJECT OF REPRISALS. London, Oct. 2. The Evening Stan dard states "on the highest authority" that the government is paying special attention to the subject 'of reprisals for German attacks on London and other places. It says: "There is no qualification about the decision of the government to take very effective reprisals at the very early moment consistent with the ad vice of the high military command." GERMANS PLACING PAINTING IN PLACES OF SECURITY, Geneva, Oct. t. A Swiss painter, who has been copying Dutch masters in the Cologne museum and haa just, returned here, says that the Germans now ate expecting -aerial reprisals and (Continued from Page On.). D MONDA NIGH WHOLE NUMBER 39,189 Grwers and Market Men Say Thati is Justified by Price of Manufactured Goods MEET IN NEW ORLEANS' Resolution Declares Against Cot ton Price Regulation by Any Congress Body TEN STATES REPRESENTED Some Delegates Wanted to Fix 42 Cents as the Minimum , New Orleans, Oct. 2. A price of 30 cents a pound to the farmer was agreed upon at a meeting here late today of" men interested in marketing and growing cotton in ten Southern states as being justi fied by the present selling prices of manufactured cotton products. The price was suggested in an amendment to a resolution adopt ed just previously which declared against price regulation of cotton by Congress or delegating of this authority to any other body. Adopted Almost Unanimously. Although the amendment, introduced , by L. B. Jackson, director of the Geor gia bureau of markets, met with some opposition, it was recognized as a compromise and was almost unani jnously adopted. Unsuccessful, effortsj. 'to have the amendment read" 35 instead ' of 30 cents were made by E. W... Dabbs, of Mayesville, S. C, and other leaders in the movement to secure a 30-cent minimum. To Confer With Hoover. Following the advice of John M. Par ker, state food administrator, the dele gates adopted a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of seven to confer in Washington with Herbert C. Hoover, Food Administra tor, Regarding cotton seed prices. Resolutions also were adopted en dorsing the movement to have bales of cotton standardized throughout the cotton belt by making them of the1 uniform size of 54 inches long by 27 inches wide. Ransdell and Parker Speak. While many delegates early today advocated holding of cotton for mini- nMSAc n n n-i n rr f TnMl OA ffi A ft cents, general sentiment was against . 5 such action. Addresses by Senator Ransdell, State Food Administrator-; :;! Parker and William B. Thompson, nrewiHortt nf the New Orleans Dock Board, opposed the fixing of a minimum . price. Growers were urged oy senator Ransdell and Mr. Thompson to hold their cotton, market it judiciously and : if necessary borrow money on it in storage. SPECULATION IN COTTON OILS FUTURES PROHIBITED New York, Oct. 2. Speculative trad ing in cottonseed oil futures on the New York Produce Exchange has been forbidden, according to a statement here today by Edward Flash, Jr., vice president of, the exchange. Recent fluctuations in this market, the only Open .cottonseed oil market In he coun try, have attracted the attention of the federal Food Administration, ha declared and brought about confer ences with exchange officials which re sulted in a decision to prohibit further; speculation. Operators are to be con flned to the filling Cf ciders from .'e gitlmate trade interests. BLOCKADE DRAWN TIGHTER. European Neutrals Will Suffer Moral Than Ever. I - London, Oct. 2. The Gazette' print a proclamation prohibiting the expor tation to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and The Netherlands of all articles ex cept printed matter of all descriptions! and personal effects accompanied bjr their owners. Although heretofore exports to Hol land and Scandinavia have been under strict supervision by the British au thorities, the new proclamation doubt less means that these countries now will suffer more poignantly than ever for the necessities of which they (have been short since the American em bargo went into effect. The new embargo undoubtedly is the result of the exportation from the countries under the ban into Germany of various articles, including foodstuffs needed by the enemy- in the prosecu tion of the war. The proclamation is the most sweeping as regards neutral countries that has been issued since the commencement of the war. THREE ARE TRIED AND FINED UNDER THE REED AMENDMENT Richmond, Va., Oot. t First trials iA of persons accused of violating .? ths Reed bone-dry law took plaes today in the UniUdStates district court for , Eastern Virginia when Jade Edmund ' WaddiU. Jr.. flnsd two men f S50 and each and a third 15. All "wrere ae-j cused of transporting liquor , from wet, . . territory Into Virginia, which is dry,, ' rxnntr-arx tn til Vsdera.1 lSW WhiOlTn ' Hvt last' Julv. ' '':' I IV,' it, a: it it : -.Hi) St'' v.. r ;-. it I " 'A t. m !.- , r.:. V ! V '5 r." ,- ?' .
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