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v ' .' j -. . ; , ; v 'V i - The ?5VeatherJ Complete Service North Carolina. Fair west, showers east portion Saturday, (warmer t central portion; Sunday fair, warmer. ; -bf tKe St 4. , Associated Press - VOL. CI-NO. 294 WII,MlKGTOir; 1. C SATURDAY KOBiaKG; JUiY 13, 1918 WHOLE NUMBER 39,471 ON PRESIDEHTSASNO SENATE PROGRAM ISr TO MAKE DECISION ON CONTROL TODAY THEY DROPPED FROM TOE AIR. PICARDY FRONT WINS HMM SCORNED TO CONGRESS PRICE OF $2.30 Oi WHEAT VAL UED HIGH GROUN: AYS YON HERTLING Li NE W FRENCH&hOW HUN OLiyE BRANCH I m.i i ii , ZT.L 1 . 4 trench Advance Over Three- Mile Front and Penetrate; Distance of a Mile SUCCESS ON MARNBALSO Allied Armies in Balkans Con tinue to Progress Against the Austrians. , MENACE BULGAR POSITION Rumors of Austrian and Turk ish Mutinies. (By The Associated Press). Striking the Germans on a front that has been quiet for the past six weeks, the French have once more ' broken through the enemy defenses and ad vanced their lines. This new blow at the enemy was launched between Cas tel and Mailly-Raineval, on the Picardy front, southeast of Amiens where there has been but little flerh ting; since the French by a local attack, pushed the Germans out of Senecact wood, late la May. Penetreated Hon Llae a Mile. The attack was along a front of ap proximately three miles. It swept the Germans back out of the village of Castel and the Anchin farm about a mile to the south and cleared out a number of strong enemy positions. The French penetrated the German lines to a depth of more than a' mile.. The American attack on Cantigny, some time ago, advanced the line: materially at that point while the Australians and Americans on July 4 and 8 cut deep ly into the German lines .at Hamel and Villers Bretonneux, south , - of -the Somme. The French attack was launched at a point between positions of the Americans at Cantigny and the Australians further north. My Force Foe Off i Awe, The French lines aoutlr of - Castel have been parallel to and westward of the Avre river. The success gained there carries the French up . to the hils to the west of the river and Into positions which appear to ' dominate fte villages of Morisel, on the west bank and Moreuil on the east bank of the river. If the attack should con tinue successfully the French' may be I able to press the foe back across the Avre and thus have an admirable de fensive position to the southeast of. Amiens. Village of Itoagyort Tmkem. Between the Marne and the Aiane, the French have continued their offen sive operations. It Is reported that the Tillage of Longpont, south of Corey; the capture of which was reported on Thursday, has been taken by General P( ain's men who have also made progress north of Corey, at the Chav igny farm. East of Faverolls accord ing to the French official statement, the allied lines have been advanced, this marking a southerly extension of the fighting line which haa heretofore not been unusually active further louth than Longpont. British Frost Active, On the British front there has been hpirited fighting according to the Ger man official report, which indicates that from Ypres, around the Yys 'Sa lient and down in the Pioardy sector as far as Albert, there have Tteenscat tered attacks made by the British. Local engagements have been fought Im the region of Rheims, but. they have not been of great importance. ; ine French and Italians fcrhtine In Albania have carried their lines steadi lv northward. The town of Berat, the most important point in Southern Al bania has fallen into 1Ua1 hands. It s reported that larere Quantities " Of I Austrian supplies stored at -Berat were. destroyed by the retreating Austrians. Allied Balkan Success. Official reDortr. would annear to show jhat the advance of the French and Italians is reaching farther and farth er east into the mountains and toward tie rear of the Bulgarian positions around Monastir. Serbian , positions j'ear that city have been savagely at tacked by the Bulgarians, who after amingr a momentary foothold on the "rbian trfiTichsa morn Aritrcut rmf" i There have been lonai actional in 'the I fountain eortnn r . v. .nnf In orthern Italy, one Austrian attack tosle"5 b6en repulsed with eavy A revolt of Austrian troops in Ser- 1Qe mntinv nro X . j n O.0 OHJJl CRCU cAfcs ara flehtino- a v. A n -i laf State nf 1 HI nson in Alio ui... i j. tm murdered by Furkish soldiers BaiT:sH urrrs drive huics " ON THE MERRIS SECTOR ,Wltl the "British Jul Army in - France, ft!f: (By the Associate J -Press) "-ibn flnpratU . i u...i. . ltorm --"y nave Drougtt tne line we,t W1-"in a carter or a mus sec,,. that important hamjet and "cured fm- i, , Nation f nl compiews Hushed f Tuesday Australian units hlnn ;",dra nortnwest - or Merris jf 2-n "" i,!u yaras io a aepm ffom lards. and rove the enemy He ui6U grouoa overiooKing Yesterday the , British Inf an- try thpr I . lcacnea out ana claimed an rria -ru nswie ground west or ua, h J.u18.ada.vnce .rehed a max- RtnrtaH , OI aDu-;haif,a'mue.ana Ten Inches of Hail In Wake County. Ruins the Crops and Halts Trains Raleigh, July li. The most de structive hailstorm on record for this section of the state today ex erted its greatest violence around Holly Springs, a point 16 miles west of here, doing greatest damage ov er an " area abount eight miles square. Allv crops were completely de stroyed. Corn and cotton were stripped, leaving only short stalks scattered over the former fields. The hailstones weer of very large sie anrt fell to a depth of over ten inches. In some places it was suf ficient to impede the progress of trains. Governor Bickett has ordered a state agricultural expert to visit the scene and advise the farmers as to what can be produced. BRILLIANT ATTACK BY FRENCH TROOPS Reach All Objectives and Be sides Positions Capture Over 500 Prisoners. NEW FRONT IN BALKANS French and I tali a a in Albania Have rected Continuous Front from Adriatic Sea to SalonlkJ. Austria Crumbling. Paris, July 12. French troops at tacked over a front of approximately three miles between Castel and north of Mailly-Raineval (in. the Picardy sector) this morning, according to the war office statement issued todayv The villaga of Castel, the Anchin farm L - jyMtHnGerjn&S - post. tioa swr takea-teCTOO prisoners were! captured. The attack penetrated the German lines to a derth of more than a mile. The statement reads: "Our troops this morning launched a brilliant attack on a front of five kilometers between Castel and north of Mailly-Raineval. All of our objectives were reached and we have occupied the village of Castel, the Anchin farm and a number of strongly fortified enemy positions. French troops have pene trated the enemy line's to a depth of two kilos and have taken more than 500 prisoners. In Eastern Theatre. "Eastern Theatre, July 12. Near Yaramina a detachment of Bulgarian assault troops which had succeeded in gaining a momentary foothold on Ser bian positions was immediately driven J)Ut. . "In Albania our troops continue to progress. On the right bank of the Devoli river we have occupied the heights of Kayani. Upon the left bank of the liver we have cleared the whole mountainous region between the Deyo li and, the Tomorica with the exception of the heights which dominate the con fluence of those streams where the enemy continues his resistance. The total number of prisoners which have fallen into our hands is more than 400." "AUSTRIA CRUMBLING," DECLARES ITALIAN POLITICAIj OBSERVERS Rome, Thursday, July 12. (By The Associated Press.) "Austria Is about to crumble away," is the opinion of political and military observers here after the publication of the latest re ports 'from Albania and the Balkans (where the Entente allies have succeed ed In' perfecting a single front, ex tending from the Adriatic sea to Salon lki, on the Aegean sea, a distance of some 200 miles. SINGLE FRONT PERFECTED FROM ADRIATIC TO GREECE - Rome, . Thursday, July 12. Italian and allied troops in Albania and Mace donia "have succeeded In perfecting a single front extending, from the Adri atic sea to galoniki on the Aegean sea, a distance of some 200 miles, according to the latest xeports published here today. British monitors , and Italian de stroyers " are co-operating with the Italian troops which are penetrating into the heart of Albania. These forces are flanked by French troops north of Korltsa while further east the .Greek army which is dally, growing- In' efficiency threatens the Bulga rian,, positions. -: .:,'.,.:- In Albania there are many Serbians and Montenegrins who have, express ed their impatience to re-enter the struggle," to reconquer their native countries;' The JugD-Slavs and Czecho slovaks there are said to believe that thsir combatriots In tho ..interior of Austria will be of provincial-councils and a labor bureau; distribution of land among the landless ana the con-trol- of economic: activities. ." ITALIANS REPORT MINOR i vy, k . SUCCESS AGAINST AUSTRIANS ; Rome; July 12.-"-The text of the of ficial statement issued by the war of fice to5ay reads: t- - - - ; " 1 "Along the front" in northern Italy there has been -'Intermittent artillery fire. v In the Arpa, valley our yatrols destroyed two snall enemy posts- and A.n.,A a t aw nriaonera,f:An-a:tempt?'. d enemy attack t Cornope failed with He and Germany Always For "Honorable" Peace, But En tente Will Not Listen. STATESMEN AND ARMY ONE Closest Agreement Between the Administration and the Military .Leaders. London, July 12. Debate on the general political situation was opened in the reichatag on Thursday by Im perial Chancellor Von Hertllng who discussed the retirement of Dr. Von Kuehlmann, German foreign secretary, the foreign policy of the government and the economic problems which had arisen because of recent developments in the east. According to a German official wireless message received here, the chancellor said: "I maintain the standpoint of the Imperial reply to the peace note of Pope Benedict. The pacific spirit which Inspired this reply has also inspired me. At the time, however. I added that this spirit must not give our enemies free conduct for an intermin able continuation of the war. "What have we lived to see, how ever? For years there can have been no doubt whatever of our willingness to hold out our hands toward an hon orable peace. We have heard ; until these last few days inciting speeches delivered by enemy statesmen. Presi dent Wilson wants war until we are destroyed and what Mr. Balfour, the British secretary of state for foreign affairs, has said must really drive the flush of anger to the cheeks of every German. "We feel for the honor of our fath erland and we cannot allow ourselves to be constantly and openly insulted in this manner and behind .these in sults is the desire for our destruction. As long as this desire for our destruc tion exists we must endure, together with our faithful nation. "I am also convinced I know . It that in the widest circles of our nation, the same serious feeling exists every where. As long as the desire for our destruction exists we must hold out fcifdrw wtrr taJt&rwxtthctnrnTlenctf our troops, in our army administration and ' our magnificent nation - which bears so "wonderfully these difficult times with their great privations and continuous sacrifices. In the direction of our policy noth ing will be changed. If in spite of these hostile statements by these statesmen any serious efforts of a paving of the way to peace were to show themselves anywhere then, quite certainly we would not adopt a nega tive attitude from the very beginning, but we would examine these seriously meant I say expressly seriously ef forts immediately with scrupulous care. "But the statesmen who have spoke up to the present time have not said a word about such possibilities. When such possibilities manifest themselves and when serious inclinations toward neace show themselves on the other side then we will immediately go into them. That is to say, we will not re ject them and we will speak to begin within a small circle. "I also can tell you that this stand point Is not merely my own stand point, but -that it is shared emphati cally by the chief of the army admin istration. The chief of the army ad ministration also does not conduct war for the sake of war but has said to be that as, soon as serious desire for peace manifests itself on the other side we must follow it up. "You will be interested to know how we are working on this stand point and certain problems will ap pear which the present time forces up on us. ' "Regarding the east, we stand on the basis of the peace of Brest-Lltovsk and we wish to see this peace carried out in a loyal manner. That is the wish of the German Imperial adminis tration and it is supported in this by the chief of the army administration. "However, the difficulty of the exe cution of the peace of Brest-L.itovsk does not lie on our side, but in the fact that conditions in Russia are still exceedingly uncertain. We are inclin ed to believe in the loyalty of the pres ent Russian government and especially In the loyalty of the representative of the Russian government in Berlin. ' The Imperial chancellor then spoke oi the " reasons wTlich lead to the res ignation of Dr. Von Kuehlmann and concluded: "The name of the man who is pro posed as . Dr. Von Kuehlmann's . suc cessor is known to you. Admiral Von Hintze possesses a thorough know ledge of Russian affairs, which Is a matter of great Importance in the present situation. . But It goes with out saying that I will give my counter-signature , to . the appointment1 of Admiral Von' Hintte " only on ' condition that he follows my line of policy and not his'own-T " ' ; SHIPYARD NEUBJTG; COMPLETION Hog Island iPlant Soon Be Workfns Full ' Capacity. Philadelphia, July 12. Rapid prog- ress is being made toward the comple tion ' of the Hog Island shipyards.' ac cording to Francis .T. Bowles, director of operations, who today r announced that thlrty-flve keels had been laid and that the number of " workers at ' the yard had reached' 28,600. This," Mr. Bowles said,- is but? 1,500 short of the number - of i employes that will-; ber ;re quired to operate the yard1 at ftfllrc pacity. ' All the ways are. expected - td be completed early in August.!. ' Members df the- t naval;! consulting lw)ardvfcretO!.ftBiakevievto-ttr.-1frthe-big- I plant today. - . r. Farmers Patriotic and Not De Prici-Spi pendent on xmg For Inspiration. la, a." BURDEN ON CONSUMERS Would Mean Additional Expense Of 387 Millionsltb the American People. Washington, July 12.-Ihs vetoing the 128,000,000 annual ' -agricultural appro priation bill because of its amendment fixing the government r , guaranteed minimum wheat price at 2.40 a bush el, the president- informed; congress to day that he did not belifrvfef the farm ers of America "depend upon a stimu lation of price to do . thlr. utmost to serve the nation and the world at this time of crisis." . . The president said the patriotic, spir it of the farmers; has been' "worthy of all praise and has shown' them play ing a most admirable aid' gratifying part in the full mobilization of the re sources of the -country.'. He .added that the bumper .crops they" have rais ed this year have relieved 'the anxiety of the nations arrayed against Ger many with regard to their food sup plies." - f Congressvwas further informed that the president did 'not believe that such inelastic provisions ' as Contained in the bill could be administered In a way that would be ' advantageous to the producer and .consumer because they establish arbtjtraryilevels which are quite independent of the normal market conditions.- - The E administra tive method in fixing prices, he said, has been entirely satisfactory and should be continued." .i - A fixed minimum prIca;o,f $2.40 a bushel, the president said;1 would In- crease the price of flou from $10.50 to $12.50 a barrel and would -put an additional burden of $3S?,000,OOQ this year on the consumers. Sach an in crease In price, . he. said, .irauld force a similar .increase, in canaaa,.: tnus en larging the whole scale of flnancl j,era0hin rhis the entire world. The house is expected to - pass the bill tomorrow with the price fixing amendment eliminated, Reaving the guaranteed price at $2.20 a. bushel. Some senators from . wheat growing states were disposed tonight to urge the senate to pass the bill over the president's veto, while others suggest ed that the wheat price amendment might be added to the $11,000,000 emer gency agricultural bill to' which is at tached the prohibition amendment. . YOUNG WIPE MURDERED. Hartaad Held for Death of 16-Year-Old Girl. Rocky Mount, July 12. Mrs. Ida Lamm, of .Bailey, N. C, 16 years old, was shot and killed at her home at that place yesterday morning.. Hoover Lamm, her 18-year-old husband, has been arrested , and lodged In jail at Nashville charged with the killing, ac cording to news reaching here -today. .. ' ' .: . " ; ; Coroner Griffjtlv of Nash cpunty held an inquest over the death yesterday afternoon and", the jury returned a ver dict that the woman came to' her death from shots firqd from a , shotgun in the hands of her husband. The entire load of small shot took effect in Mrs. Lamm's breast... Lamm has made no statement regarding the tragedy. GOVERNMENT TAKES; THREE SHORT LINES North Carolina Railroads Held By Administration. Kaat Carolina .Railroad Has Option of 1 Government Supervision orGnar- . antee of, Fair Treatment. Duke Lines Taken. , By S. R. WINTERS. Washington, CJuly 12 The Durham and Southern railway,' - the Aberdeen and Rockf ish and the Piedmont and Northern lines are three short "line! rail roads in North, Carolina that were in corporated in to - the system of govern ment controlled common ; Carriers by the United States railroad adminlstra ton today. , -t ?r . John Barton, Payne, - counsel for-Director General W.GTMcAdod;" tendered to President Henrys Clark Brjdgers of 4 the East Carolina railroad the option of governments auperyisbn or a guar antee of fair treatment-. and liberal routings' outsldethe "palsf 'of govern ment Jurisdiction? The Tarboro rail? war official wIUt4eM1eraloy er the proposal before ' announcing his 'deci sion. His short , line operates' from Tarboro to. Farmvllle traverslng Edge combe and J Pitt counties. - v v Senator . Fi M. Simmons - accompanied General , Mai Ageri,Wi?A: Blue:. of the Aberdeen Rockf Jsh Iroad; to the" office of-Mr. Payne, wltthith restrit that ; his railway Is now .in the t$nder. embrace of government, supervlsi an: .,.Thla railway bperates from1 TayettWlllevvla Hope Mills. "to r Rae f or d an d"- Aberd sen. "The " r "(Continued on Page Eight) - Jj . u , l: , v J- , ' - ' ' - A' Royalty has now invaded the air transportation service. The King and Queen of Belgium decided hurriedly to visit England to attend the silver an niversary of King George and Queen RUSSIAN-AMERICANS IAS PROPAGANDISTS Senator Hitchcock Presents a Plan For Employment Of V . x Such Agents in Russia. FOSTER TRADE REL,A?IONS Rnastan-American Committee Opposed to;IiUtary Penetration at This Time and Oilers Service as Trade Agents. Washington, July 12. A plan for action in Russia contemplating propa ganda and trade extension work by Russians who have . .resided in , this country "was presented toTJay to Chair man. Hitchcock " of the senate foreign relations cominittee :by a committee league "and- to represent 505,"ll5o Rus sians in the United States. The com mittee. opposed military intervention in: RiJBsia at this time. Senator Hitchcock promised to aid the Russian committee in . arranging a ' conference ' with President Wilson for a-su'bmisslon of their plans. They proposed that many Russians in this country:' be sent through . Russia for quiet, hut persistent propaganda, and also" by fostering Russian-American trade relations create sentiment for the United .States and the allies. WHAT GERMANS WOULD DO IN y CASE OF RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR Amsterdam,- July 12. German' offi cial circles are of the opinion says a dispatch to the Rheinisohe Westfael ische , Zeltung of Essen that in the event vOf civil war breaking out in Russia, .the vital interest; of Germany would force her to act on her own ac count in order . to eject the British in the; northi (The reference . here is evidently to - the Murman coast region where allied forces have been landed for the ? protection of supplies sent to Russia by. the entente). - Intervention by Japan in Siberia, adds -the dispatch, is regarded as of secondary Importance because Russia, haying no interests divergent - with those of Japan, would soon succeed in arriving at an understanding with her. v .; - - RUSSIAN BANKER ARRESTED ' WAS APFIIUTED WITH COUNT y London, July 12. Col. Serglus Cyon, a Russian army officer who has arriv ed at - Stockholm, aays that -i: Manos, a banker, was arrested in Petrograd some days ago, according to r a dis patch' from Copenhagen, to the Ex change Telegraph Company. Several documents and two million rubles dis covered" in the house where the bank er was 'apprehended proved, said- the Russian officer, .that ' Marios had been In" direct communication with the late Count Von Mirbach, the German am bassador at Moscow who was intimate ly connected with the monarchists. GENERAL' HO VARTH SET UP .x AS PREMIER OP SIBERIA ' London, July- 12.' Lieut. ; Gen. Hor vath, 'vice president and general' man ager of the Chinese Eastern railway, haying declared himself premier of a temporary Siberian government, has been ' proclaimed- provisional ruler of Siberia, .according to a dispatch to the Mail -from Harbin. ; ' " " i -.-Vy - -l . ; -' . v Tokio dispatches to London on July 10. stated that a new- provisional gov-ernment- had been established " in " Sib'e ria.' It' was said that . had the unan-lm9'ua'-' Blipport of the- population - and would. - continue to fight the central powers.0 The seat of this government itwa's said, was at Vladivostok.4 ' ' Thex. program of 'the new govern ment, as ' outlined in " the ; dispatch inr eluded the liberation.5 of - Siberia -f rom the Bolshevikl; the avoidance If -possible- of foreign intervention; universal suffrage, establishment of assistance If - ther allied "offensive - continues fa vorable. " ' ' ' ' ' - ' i,: . ' -Vmtfigkts Gunboat -Smith. ' S - jersey City, N. J.,- July 12. Billy Mieke of St. Paul" outfought Gunboat Smith of New sYork in all but the fifth rounds oft a -'ten-round, bout here to nlght." In the fifth, 'Smith landed a number' effective? blows. .'rrMiske weighed.' 179- and - Smith " was ar;pound heavier.'- n. ; . I ? Mary. Thereupon they requisitioned an airplane last gatftrday and flew to England.' To ; say the people of the British isles, were, astonished and de lighted is putting the matter mildly. SUSPECT TRANSFERS OF GERMAN STOCKS Enemy Property' Custodian Is Probing Affairs of Three German Chemical Firms. SOLD SUSPICIOUSLY LOW German Interests Known to Have Closed Out Shares in Big Dividend-Paying Concern to American Purchasers. New York, July 12. Suspicion by A. Mitchel Palmer, enemy property cus todian .that commercial interests in Germany have been guilty of subter fuge in the purported sale of German owned .nchem'ical company stock in America to Americacn interests, has re-1 eftoh 'E. Lewi;' attorney general of the state of New York. Stocks which ' German interests, chiefly the gold and sugar refinery of Frankfort, Germany, owned before the United States entered the war in three allied chemical companies in America, have for several years been earning huge dividends. In the face of this some of this stock was sold to Ameri can interests at nominal prices far low er than is generally showed by the book value as disclosed' by federal ac countants, according to investigators. It is the purpose of the alien property custodian to learn whether the stock transferal was merely a deception and whether or not this stock is today con trolled by German -interests. If this is proved, it , was indicated, the next step would be seizure by Mr. Palmer of the three American con cerns the Roessler and " Hasslacher Chemical company of - New York; the Niagara Electro-Chemical Co., Niagara TS-aliR. N- v.. and the Perth Amboy ! Chemical company of " Perth Amboy, N. J. - ; , . These three .concerns before the war were controlled by the Frankfort re finery with American Interests owning 45 per cent. of the stock; By wire less just before . America entered the war seven per cent, more was trans ferred io these Anierican interests, ac cording to" testimony at the hearing here today, making 52 per cent, owned by Americans. CROWDER CALLS SPRUCE WORKERS TQ NORTHWEST North CajroUna to Fumiih 2--Llmit-ed Service Men in Class One Will Be Taken. Washington, ; July : 12i-Provost Mar shal Crowder today. Issued a call: for an additional 3,000 men' from 38 states to produce spruce wood In the forests of the northwest for airplane construc tion. From Class 1 only men who are qualified for special or limited ser vice will be accepted.," These, as well as registrants in the, second, third and fourth classes .qualified; - for. general military service may volunteer until July 23, but after, that, date sufficient men will be selected from Class 1 to make up, any. deficiency in: a state's quota." The men are to. on train July '29 for Vancouver,. .Wash. . The- allotments -y states ; includes North Carolina. 20...South Carolina 25; Tennessee j05;-Virginia .10. . . K t i-BICKETT: CANCELS "ORDER. ' Will Have ; CoimUlner ' Beasley In. veatlsrate Caswell Affair, 4 (Special Star Telegram). ; - Raleigh, July 12: Governor .Bickett cancelled - his order this evening for imro.tiirgtfnri of the. Lvdia ;: Snruf 11 case Involving 'the Caswell Trainings schooL . All Impending -v witnesse had declined I to testily, saying w7naa - nouimg j against tne scnoo, nogemeni. y ia governor will '- have, the public V welfare commissioner, R. F. -Beasley, Investi gate further. ' ' - - ' Coolest Weatker Om- Record- ' Bristol; Tenii;-Va, 'July 12.' Wltb the temperatur atO above Bristol tonight isT experiencing the-wolest weather on record-f or' July.?' Following hailstorms, high - winds and low temperatures crops in this section, are suffering from ' the abnormal weather, t r s . House Resolution to Take Over; Communication Lines Failed V Of Vote Friday. . . r.;:..;...- postpone; prohibition President Asked by Leaders To . Scan Revenue Losses Before . "Dry" Bill Passes. Washington, July 12. While ... th ; ; senate today continued to debate the ; ' house resolution authorising govern -: ment control during the war of teje- g-:aph. telephone and radio systems,: : leaders framed a program for presen-; tation tomorrow calling for a vote pn the resolution at that time, postpone-' ; ment of a vote on prohibition legisia tion until late next month, and a mld summer vacation by interim - recesses ) for three days until August 26. i y( Prohibition advocates were said ". to have-agreed to this plan' and leaders expected its ratification : tomorow;,by the senate with the recess program; to begin tomorrow evening unless ".'the president's wheat amendment should " operate to keep the senate in session: next week. , ' Negotiations between senators on, the recess' arrangement continued . throughout the day ; and the" delay in 1 reaching a final agreement was .said ; to have blocked a vote on the wire control resolution. - With a roll call, " In prospect tomorrow, approval of the resolution was conceded In spite- of op-" position that has been voiced on the senate floor. ' . Senators Sherman, of Illinois, repub lican, and Lewis, of Illinois, democrat, were the principal speakers today, 1 the former opposing the resolution ,and the latter-urging Its enactment. yxv:, , Importance of final action on prohi- -bition legislation because of its possl- ble effect on the new- revenue bill, v soon to be framed by the house ways' and means committee, - was brought 'to the attention of President Wilson- to night by 'Senator-Simmons, chairman" of the : senate finance committee, and , Representative Kitehin, - chairman of io; ktoa pruifiueni esumsieB ui the Iosb of revenue to the government ' which prohibition would, causes with the request that he give it careful study before the prohibition" legisla tion is brought to' a vote in the seh ate.' '; .!:'!;:- Before agreeing today to the recess plan prohibition leaders got a definite promise that the senate would give the 911.000,000 emergency agricultural appropriation bill with its prohibition ' amendment right of way until a vols was had after the recess. y GARFIELD DECLARES NATION WIDE PROHIBITION IS VITAL Washington, - July 12. Immediate v nation-wide 'prohibition is absolutely necessary if the extra 100,000,000. tons of coal a year neMed by the country in its war on Germany is to be mined, , Fuel Administrator Gareflld- has been informed by the National Coal associ ation representing . bituminous opera tors producing 400,000,000 tons of coal ' annually. Dr. Garfield is .' understood -to have laid the association's recom- i mendation before President Wilson for his consideration. In a a statement, tonight the . asso ciation said that in the-opinion of. a special committee of Its members from -virtually all coal producing sections of the country which Jias investigated ' ; the question, "the country cannot have both booze and; sufficient coal this ' winter." . . . . .-.,7--V "The liquor traffic,, said the-statement, "is curtailing coal production, and the time has. come to eliminate It if there is to be the substantial-, in crease in coal output the war program demands." r RHINE TOWNS NOW ARE SHOUTING "KAMERADK Germans Have Bombed Londom a Ha dred Times But a Few Bombard-f - . . mnt in Hoaland Dlfferent.H J Geneva, July 12. Another campaign' has been undertaken along the Rhine in order to prevent allied. bombardment of Rhine towns. ' . ' :,f!nft . The landing of the Dutch of -Baden has been asked to pass a resolution re quiring the government of the grand- , duchy to exercise its i.;nfluence with the c.' imperial authorities to come to anar-1-rangement with , the belligerents , to ' abandon on both sides the' aerial, bom- ' bardment of towns outside, the, Bone of military . operations. V in a speech . in the landtag in favor of the proposi tion, Deputy Narun declared that aerial attacks on localities behind the front serve no military purpose and that pnly innocent women and children' suffer'' t t In commenting on this new campaign -T the Lausanne Gazette declares that the Germans since th,e beginning of .the war have bombarded London and Parts with . Zepperins and, .airplanes , more ,than a , hundred times, while tne auies ounng the - three iyeas'. for vvarlou' sreasons wer unapieto reply, but did net whine New the -Germans, Mt adds,- after, only a j few months of bombardment'of their , townst -are,; crying amerad.; ' :f . MUST .LICENSE COTTON SHIPMENTS TO PORTUGAL . . . -'.i. V.r " - ":"'- ' . Washington, July.;i2--Cotton . ehip ments to - Pprtuf al will be t licensed In tb,e future, ,the '., war trade board an nounced .tonight, only on cenditlon that the ! : cotton., shall be carried , at a freight" rate not jexceedlhg. $9.25 per hundred pounds 'oh" standard bales' and 16.29 on tU - density bales. J-: continued on Page Eight). ; m (Continuea? on- rttis') J