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1 p volxxviu. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY MAY 2 1, 1917. NO. 35. J ESPIONAGE BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE SIMILAR MEASURE HAD ALREADY BEEN PASSED BY THl HOU8E. ' GOES TO CONFERENCE M iProMbltlon and Preu Censorship 8eo I tlnna I aft Out ku Umm Been a Long Bitter Fight Washington. After nearly three week of debate, the aenate, by a vote of 77 to 6, passed the administration espionage blU, pronounced one of the moet drastic and all-Inclusive, measures In American congressional history. A similar bill has passed the House nd virtual redrafting of many of the most important provisions is expected In the forthcomnc conference. During the day's final consideration, the Senate stripped the measure of provMons for newspaper censorship and restriction upon manufacture of grain Into Intoxicating liquors, and rejected an amendment designed to curb speculation in food products, al though sentiment obviously was over whelming in favor of such legislation later. . Aa completed, the Senate bill's prin cipal selections provide:. Authority for the president to em bargo exports when he finds that "the public safety and welfare so require (not in the House measure) ; Mall Censorship. 1 Authority for the poslofflce depart ment to censor malls and exclude mall matter deemed seditious, anarchistic or treasonable, and making its mmll Ing punishable under heavy penalties (not in the House bill); Tor punishment of espionage, de fined In most detailed terms, includ ng wrongful use of military informa tion ; For the control of merchant vessels In American waters; Punishment for conveyance of false reports to Interfere with military oper ations, wilful attempts to cause disaffection in the military or naval forces or obstructions of recruiting. For the seizure of arms and muni tions and prohibition of their exporta tion under certain conditions; ' For penancing conspiracies design ed to harm American foreign dele gations or for destruction of property within the United States; For increased restrictions upon 1s uance of passports with penalties tor their forgery or faUe procurement; and For material extension of the power to issue search warrants for Inspection of premises. Export Embargo. The clause giving the president power to embargo exports was re tained In the bill virtually as drafted by administration officials. It was modified once, but the, un qualified provision was restored after Ita necessity had been explained last week in a day's session behind closed doors. ' Vigorous efforts to retain provisions for the newspaper censorship and partial prohibition together with foodstuff conservation, luring the war, culmlated In final votes in which (the Senate voted 48 to 34 to eliminate all provisions for press censorship. On behalf of the administration forces Senator Overman, in charge of the bill, had moved to reinsert a modified censorship clause. As the House bill contains a provision for determination toy the Jury of culpability for violation of censorship regulations to be pro mulgated by the President, the admin totration is expected to bring strong pressure for drafting Jn conference of compromise censorship section. On the question of prohibition and foodstuff conservation, the Senate, by a vote of 4 (to 37, reversed Its action of Saturday in accepting Senator Cum tains' amendment providing that, dur ing the war, manufacture of cereals, grain, sugar and syrup Into lntoxicat Ing liquor should be prohibited. By this vote U struck out the Cummins amendment offered at food conserva tion step, but attacked as really a pro hibition move. - -i Best Remedy. For Whooping Cougb. "Last winter when my little boy bad the whodpiiig cough' trafe him Chamberlains Cone Rmeaiv." writer Mrs. J. B. Rob ert. Eaet St. Louin, 111. kept bis cough loose and relieve'; him ' of .too dreadful cougitip fdHb. It is the only cougb uied i'ine ( keep in the houee liecawe 1 liny v I HO liiuft luuuuriiiT iu iu. Thm remedy ir also good fut cold" and croop. " ONLY ONE DAYTO REGISTER. very Ptrsoi From 21 to 30 Most Ai swer President's Call at Sams Tirai-Tbi Regulations. ' Washington Pit-patch, 15 The war department today made the following announce ments regarding the registration of citizens liulle to draft: "The war department wishes to impress upon the people that there is but one day for registra tion. All males between the des- gnated ages mu6tregi9teron the ay set. The fact that five days were ullowed for the placing of the necessary blank forms in the hands of registrars appears to lave misled some headline wri ters. One day only the day fix d in the President's proclama tionwill be denoted to registra tion. "The war department is grati fied by the spontaneous offers of uncompensated assistance in caa- j ing out the work of registra tion. "One father in offering to serve as registrar writes. 'I have two sons in the guard and oue in the regular army but I want to do my own little bit.' This is typical f hundreds of letters. All such offers properly should be made to the governors who are the heads of the registration ma' ebinery of their respective statec. "It should be clerly understood that no male resident of the Uni ted States between the designa ted ages are excused from regis tration unless he is already in the military or naval service of the United States; that is, a mem ber of the regular array or navy, the marine corps, coast guard service or that part of the na tional guard now actually in the federal service. Registration is listinct from selective service. Regist ration is a necessary pre- im i nary to the later process ol selection.- "It is useless to ask registrars to excuse any one from regisi ra tion. The registrar has no such power. -No one can suspend the aw requiring all to register. "It is import aut that all thai understand the significance of registration and it is hoped that the day will ho approached in the spirit with which tle government lias appointed it. Democracy is it's essence. No one can absent himself, nor can the well to do man hire another to represent tiim ou the occasion. The coun try's manhood will present itself on this day and by so doing will say in effect: 'Here am I. Take me,' "Not only has the individual citizenry of the country made a remarkable response to the reg istration call but the states thru their officiaf heads" have indica ted such zeal that there is great rivalry among some of the com inonwealths for the honor of making the first complete regis tration returns, "Many questions are asked daily at the war department con rning the registration of trav eling men and other absentees Ou the sixth day after thedate of ihe President's proclamation auy one subject to regisi ratiju who expects to be absent from :ds borne on registration day should go to the clerk of the couuty wbere be may be staying. If he is in a city of o;er 30,000 population the city clerk is the official to whom to apply. Hie absentee will be told how to reg ister and a registration card wil be filled out. This card must be mailed by the absentee so as to reach the registrar of his home precinct by registration day. The clerk to whom the absentee applies is not empowered to is sue the absentee a registration i certificate. This is issued by tbe1 ANOTHER I ' GAMPTO NEW TRAINING 8TATION WILL BE ESTABLISHED NEXT AUGUST. 6IVE SAME TRAINING COURSE Those Who Failed to Get In First En campment Will Be Given an Oppor tunlty to Make Application in the New Camp Soon. New York The fulL quota' of 40,00 men, which the War Department rc quested tor the officers' training camp throughout the country, was recrullei withiu twenty days after the iHsuana of tno call, Capt, Arthur F. Cosby, o the Military Training Camps Assocla tlon, announced here. After the completion of the firs camps, which begau their won Tuesday, Captain Cosby said It is ex pected another series of camps wll be held, probably in August. "Men who' were eligible but wen not selected for the first camp wll have an opportunity to make applies tlon for this new camp," said Captaii Cosby. "It Is nut nacessury for moi who contemplate going to the seconu camp to tend lu their application: now, as due announcement wilt bi given In the newspapers. "We will urge the War Department to announce at as early a date as pos sible the date of the opening of the next camp, so as to allow ample time to conduct the preliminary recruiting and examination In a more satlsfac tory manner than the recent emer gency campaign. "We shall urge more strongly thai with a three months' notice and prep aratlon, the merits of each Individual applicant miy be phased on more sat isfactorily and the Army authorities themselves will be better able to se lect the succesful candidates and give them a reasonable notice In order that they may wind up tnelr affairs pre paratory to entering Into active ser vice." CENSORSHIP MEASURE DEFEATED IN 8ENATI By Margin of .One Censorship Clause Is Thrown Out. Washington. The first legislative step toward conservation of the na tlon's food resources and a long ad vance tcyward an absolutely dry Unl ted States was taken by the senate In approving, 38 to 32, an amendment to the administration espionage bir. forbidding during: the war the use ol cereals or grain in the manufacture ol intoxicating liquor. Dv a majority of one vote, the Sen ate also threw out of the bill the ad ministration's press censorship ee tlon and then voted overwhelmingly not to put In a modified section a was done In the1 house This action Is exDectod to throw the censorship fleht Into conference, where the In fliiBiirn nf th administration can be brought to bear more directly. What will be the outcome no Senator would predict with confidence. The prohibition amendment was adopted under a rule limiting debate sharply, and there were only brief speechs on eac lislde Just before the senate had voted down 47 to 25, a proposal to forbid sal eof Intoxicants rinrlnff the war Effective September 1 the amend niRnt la calculated to confine sale and pnnsnmDtlon to whiskey and other grain liquors already In stock and to wines, brandies or otner urings mi rinnnnd uDon other materials for main constituents Another opportunity to vote upon it will be offered wheu the unate takes the bill with tne amena ment from the committee of the whole w nnnonents.of the prohibitory pro vision are not confident that they will h hi to overturn the action Elimination of the press censorship Motion ended a long and bitter ngnt. The vote was 39 to 38. Opportunity .m nmn also for another vote on this section The prohibition amendment was pro posed by Senator Cummins, Republi can, of Iowa. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S . CASTOR I A regiwlrar in his borne, precinct, . "Persons too sick to present themselves for.regist ration must send a competent person to the county or city clerk on the sisih day after the date of the Presi dent's proclamation. The clerk will give instructions for redstru- tiou." "Aunt" Mary Dugeer. Notwithstanding the fact that Aunt Mary Dugger had lived wai 83 years, the news of nor death which occurred Feb. (5, brought ladnebs to our hearts; Jjut with suduess we were mado to rejoice when the sweet thought cuiuu to us that we know the. sweet lift ihe is now living will be eternal in the presence of the Redeemer, whom she loved, and spent hei life iu serving. m Sister Dugger was born July 4. 18JJ4. She joined the Baptist huich June 12, 1H58. Sister Su vanna Dugger, who died f o u i lays before her mother, w a boin Nov. 20, 1H(55, and dieu Feb. '2, ID 17; Savanna was w 4;ieat sufferer but always seeuieu to be patient anil cheerful. Sht ivns a onian of but few word, nut was kind and thoughtful foi lather, mother, brother and sis. teis. We feel that Savanna nnl nother are happy today an tin no-ence of tlieii loving fc'uvior, vhile the loved ones here have o stnnd many trials and temp ations, we know what a great loss has been sustained by then ud tin1 com in unity a kind uei hbor. 'I heiefore be it Hesi lvod: 1. That Willowdalochurcl. takes this method of expresssinji with sorrow and regret our low Hustained in the death of these two sinters. 2. That we do honor to theii 'lienory, not lor the mistake- they khave made, but for t h t ;ood deeds they have done. e tlso desiie to express to the be reaved relatives and friends out leepest sympathy, and would ai- ture them that their loss is hen veu's gain, and would urge the unsaved not to delay, but thai low in the time to prepare foi the great change. 3. That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of thic uliuroh and a copy sent to The Watauga Democrat with a re cent to publish. -To her i hildren; You only know that she has gone, and that the nine re turn less tide which boif ler from thee still sweeps on, nd you who loved her with it ;lide. Fix a IIi.aiii, Km ma IJk.nnon, Com. Proper Food or Weak Stom ach?". The proper food for one mm imy be all wrung for another. hwry due should npopt a dint uited lohis ugeutxi oecupntion. Plume who have weiik stmuarhf eed to liUPHperuillv i-aitful nil" -hoiild eat slowly and mast n aif heir food tlioromlily. ItisalM) inportaiit that tl ev kep tliHi h.owel regular. When I hey be :ome eoiii-tipnted or when the 'eel dull Hiid M.ti M after rutin" 'hy should take rhamberlamV Tublctx to strengthen the stom ich and move the bowels. They rn paHj to take and pleasant in effect. It is all right for cats to fight i'i the daytime but when t h e y stage a grand operatic concert preparatory to a declaration ol hostilities about 1, a. iu., East ern time, they are covering too much ten itory.lkocky Mount Telegram. Don't Let Your lujj;h IJuiigOu A rouco that ruik mid mik iitH i ftaniferoiiM, it nnuVrniiucH vour lu'iiit h uuil ttirivex on nir- lei-t. Itlve il Htonce with Dr. KiuiiH Ni'w l)iwover. T hi xooimut; I'i'ifiim rwiMU.v H)t.l8 . k i IIih llirout. looHetm iitilOL'in,lrthur Dunn, speaking for the US hiitiHptic pr'iicrti. M kill llip uerin Hin I tie I'oltl i (tiii kl.v ln- km Up. (-hildren i.wj piontips ulikn tiii'l Dr. ICti!'M Wiv lis,vv. rv i(mtiiit lu luku hh w. II nx iff.ftitp. H(UPH hottl- hHiiflv iu your mulicine clntforgrippH, ! croup, hih.ij! Iiionclihl aff-tv liouc. At dingihty, 50c. El Oil POSTAGE RATES 8ECTION REFERRING TO NEWS PAPERS IS LIKELY TO BE MODIFIED. TO REACH VOTE THIS WEEK Newspaper Men In Great Strongly Protest With Many Other Protests Are Different Sections. Numbers Effect- Made to Washington. Opponents of thfl Ways and Means Commitee's proposal to greatly Increase postal rates ou newspapers -anti magazines showed such a strength during debate on the war tax bill that It appeared likely the postal 'section of the measure would be one of the few to be mater ially modified before pasHiige. The attack brought the first defec tion from the ranks of the committee itaelf . which had approved the bill un animously and whose members of both parties have .roimlstently urged It" passage unamended. Just before ad journment Representative Sloan, a Re publican committeeman, told the House that while he would stand be hind every other provision In the measure, he could not support a pos tal increase amounting to "a punitive expedition against newspapers and magaslnes." Representatives Madden, of Illinois and McCormlck, of Illinois; Meeker, of MlHHorul, Republicans, and Moon, of Tennessee, Democrat and chairman of the postal committee, joined In the attack, which proceeded while a large delegation of publishers was telling tbe Senate Finance Committee that enactment would force many publica tions out of business. Debate Near Close. General debate In the House closed at 4 o'clock Tuesday and the bill prob ably will be brought to a final vote be fore the end of the week. The com mittee hopes to put through most of its proposals without - Important amendment, for the opposition has scattered Its fire against many indi vidual sections and has developed a concorted attack on only a few of them. When the measure goes over to the Senate, however, many changes are expected. Representative Longworth, Repub lican, made a long defense of the bill for the committee, reiterating that while thero were some Inequalities, passage was necessary to give the needed war revenue. He doclared 95 per cent of the taxes proposed would fall upon the wealthy or thoso ot moderate means. Representative Meeker prodlcted that enactment of the proposed postal Increases would mean the end of Na tional circulation for dally papers and Representative Madden attacked the new rate schedule as "the most unjust tax evor Imposed by a Government." Chairman Moon presented two amend ments to cut down the proposed rates. Representative McCormlck suggest ed that the' whole schedule should be re-wrltten so that the levies would fall on publicu'Jons lu proportion to their Incomes.. Representative McMormick also criticised the Income, tax section of the bill and declared the proposed ex cess profits taxes -"were oppressive and unjust. He predicted that the measure as a whole would work Immeasurable harm to Industry. 8enat Hearing. Spokesmen tor newspapers and pe riodicals, large and small, and from all parts ot the country appeared be fore the Senate Finance Committee to attack as unreasonable and confis catory the war revenue bill provision which would create a tone system with greatly increased rates for sec ond class mall matter. They declared If the measure went Into effect, many publications would be compelled to suspend. Don C. Selti, of The New York World, representing the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, eald the proposed Increase was not ft war tax "but an effort to further re press and embarrass the newspaper Industry." He told the committee there already had been a big slump in business which, , If It continued, would pamlyze the newspapers. The publishers, he added, were not seek- Inv aiwvlnt favnra. hilt wanted to he ! tilarari An fh mitti a Iftvpl with neonlfl engaged In other business. w - w W - - amaller newspapers of the country, said they could not stand Uie increase In postal rates with the Increased cost of print paper, and that many wou'd be compelled to go out of buslnesa it the bill was enacted FOLEY KIDNEY FILLS OPPOS NGREASE Clear Away The Waste. Bowel leuularity is the eccret of good health, bright eyes, clear complexions, and Dr. King's New Mie nils are a mild and gentle laxative that regulates the con gested intestines by leuiovinir t be accumulated wastes without gripine. 'Jake a piil before re- tiring and that heavy head.tbat dull spring fever feeling disea- pears. At your di uggist, 25c. PROFESSIONAL. E. Glenn Salmons, Kesident Dentist. BOONE, N. C. Offfcet Critcher Hotel. OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 toia a. ui; 1:00 to 4:00 p. id, Dr. G. M. Peavler, TreatsDiseases of tbe Eye, Ear Nose and Throat BRISTOL. 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Othc- w ith Solicitor F. A. Lio i ley - 9 ly. pd. OB. R,D, JENNINGS RESIDENT DENTIST Damnekh Elk, N. C. ISTAt Boone on first Monday of every mouth fur 4 or 5.da,i8i and every court w ek. Office .tt the Bluckbuin Hotel. -: I