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FORCES CONCENTRATING
FOR ATTACK ON ALLIES
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STATE'S BOOKS
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Reports Indicate That Invaders
Will Make Effort to Drive
Allies From Southeast
Corner of Serbia.
AUDIT COMMIT
REINFORCEMENTS STILL
ARRIVING AT SALONIKI
Battle of Large Proportions
Apparently Pending in Stru
mitsa Region Between Bui
gars and Entente Army.
settlement
Not Committee Republicans
Will Provide for Campaign
Purposes, However.
London, Deo. 8.r-Wlth the Serbian
srmieis in retreat Demno ine aioh.ii
iain iand Montenegrin frontiers, u ib
taA that the bulk of the Ger
man and Bulgarian forces are being
concentrated to raova ukuuiol wo al
lied army in the southeast corner of
Serbia. Heavy fighting has' been ' in
,,-noTPSs there during the past few
There is confirmation of hints from
various sources that the French
troops have been forced definitely to
hnnrtnn the positions they haye held
Jni Serbia since the beglnninig of tho
campaign, me tan 01 muimsur ."
the southward progress of the Ger
man and Bulgarian armies,' however,
has placed the northern wing of the
French contingent in a precarious sit
iiation, and their withdrawal from the
angle formed by -the Vardar and Cer
na rivers has apparently begun. ',
The constant arrivall of . .fresh,
forces and war materials at Salonlkl
jivle evidence that the allies have no
intention of abandoning their ef
forts. Although the Germans ' announce
the capture of Ipck, Montenegro; pur-'
jiu. (y tne- augwmi- n- htmbihw"
armies evidently Ms 'proving a. more
7 dlffirult task in Albania than else
where. The Montenegrins contlnlue to
offer snlrlted resistance and . are
checking the Invaders wherever pos
sihle bv sharp counter attacks.
In Albunia the Serbian forces are
apparently incapable of organized re
Blstsance. Even and orderly retreat is
made difficult, ns the Serbian army is
encumbered with a large number of
cvillnns and prisoners; and according
to some reports is belnig attacked by
Albanians.
Latent dispatches state that the
French me bringing heavy guns into
action in the Strumltsa section caus
ing the Bulgarians to retreat with
heavy losses. O battle of large pro
' portions between the Bulgarians tend
the Anwlo-Krench forces apparently
to pending.
W'ashinKton, Dec. 8. The way from
Kpril and Prillp to Monastir . con
itltuted one of the most difficult bits
of ground covered by the, Servian
troops during the war of the Balkan
league against the Ottoman empire,
and today presents one of the more
ever ways before invading troops.
A road wns planned here by Ger
fmcnk'lneers. over the Kills and
through the narrow passes,, for the
Ottoman government before the Bal
kan war, in which Turkey lost this
part of Macedonia to Servla..,It has
been largely completed between Kop
rtli and Prillp, but little or nothing
i been nccumpllshuU along the sec
nd part of the way. From Koprill,
the. way climbs slowly over the hills,
md by Its sides grow wheat and corn.
Iu valley anon narrows bringing the
ooded hlll-sldea close tn upon the
. road, until It plunges into the famous
mountain pass, which the Servians de
fended so stubbornly and . galantly
igatnst Bulgarian Invaders. .
Here, it winds in serpentines curves
up over-hanging cliffs, a miserable
toad, narrow, soft and filled with ruts
ind hollows. Toward Its summit, there
S Inst strep climb called Prlssat
". which lies 1,200 feet above the
. and more than 1,500 feet higher
lhan Koprill lies. It was . In , this
trong position that the Servian army
nade the defense, which held the Bul
larlans for days at bay. The "way de
Wnds to Prillp into the etooey. little
nmlvaled, plain which spreads be
"en an s-shaped fringe of hills down
the city of Monastir, This fairly
bvl way continues beyond ths last
"visn stronghold Into northern
Oreeoe.
From Monastir, with Its mountains
hi either side and two before It, roads
""1 north to Philip west Into Albania
a south to Salonlkl
(W. T. Bost)
Raleigh, Dec. 8. The legislative
auditing commltte of the senate and
house, is here for Its regular work and
yesterday began going over the books.
The committee is composed of Sen
ators Harry Stubbs of Martin and
Dorman Thompson of Iredell; Repre
sentatives Joe J. Laughinghouse, of
Pitt; Harry P. Grier of Iredell and
Cyrus M. Faircloth of Sampson. Mr,
Faircloth is the republican member
of the committee.
.This Is not the committee, however,
who will do the auditing for campaign
purposes provided for by the republt
cans at their recent executWB com'
mittee meeting. That body raised
$1000, and will raise much more to be
put Into a fund devoted to a complete
audit of state books. And when com
pleted the republicans say they are
going to have something to cause talk,
The committee will of course not em
ploy expert accountants living in Ral
oigh or North Carolina but are going
elusions,' from' ' which a
could then be reached.
Today this was finally accepted.
and Colonel Faille of the general staff
Is leaving for Salonlkl to consult Gen
eral Sarrall, the French commander,
to this end, :
'.'Respecting ' the railroads, the
Greek government has never been un
aware that the personnel was in
adequate for the handling of the Im
menee increase -in traffic due to the
military' uses' to which the railways
now are put, but M. Bouralll was un
willing to surrender control of his
own property. ' As General Sarrall of
fers to assist in the operation of the
railways, leaving Greek control un
questioned, the government Is only too
glad to accept."
15 SEES
CLOUDLESS SKY
CHiairman qt Democrats Na
tional Coirxinittee Con
fidently of--' , yfVrospects
a ' fttee Meeting.
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URGES CUBES
IN INCH TDK
Secretary MoAdoo in Report to
Congress Favors Extension
of Tax to Get Additional
Revenue Needed.
MEN
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THOMAS FENCE CHOSEN
AS SECRETARY PROTEM
BAPTISTS ELECT
OftTES PRESIDENT
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Friendly Contest Waged at
State Convention Work of ,
Session Now Under Way.
Assistant to Chairman Declares
That There Is No Discord
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Between Himself and
Mr. McCombs.
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RECALL OF
EXPECTED
Believed Berlin Will Instruct
German Ambassador to Send
Attaches Out of U. S.
at Once.
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INCREASE IN COLLECTION
FORCES IS SUGGESTED
Advises That Provision for Ex
penditures of Government
Be Made by Taxation,
Not by Bonds.
- Charlotte, Dec. 8. With the elec
tion here last night of John A. Oates
of Fayetteyille, as president of the
North Carolina State Baptist conven
er or uuu "" " V.v tlon. tn eiaty-nfth session was for
to import angels who cannot have J sg
any consuming passion for a demo- t ' rtprt
oratio victory.
9829. .-Medau-P voter, mrfwdpylc
Collector Bailey Returns. ' .
Collector i J. W. Bailey has returned
to, Raleigh from Washington where he
looked on the gathering hosts and
concluded that a peaceful session .of
the national legislature is to be held.
, Mr. Bailey did not go up to take
any hand In the get-to-gether but had
departmental business. He saw many
evidences Of harmony and f.ejof dis;
'cord. He thinks sentiment in favor of
the president's program - has -grown
and will continue to grow.
The . collector's office turns out an
Interesting report of collections from
December 1914 to : December 1915.
The sum of $171,169.10 was picked up
by the Raleigh office under the emer;
l.-ency revenue act generally known as
the war tax measure. Of this amount
J11.fi27.25 represents the sales of
documentary and proprietary stamps.
The amount gathered from special
war taxes, dealers in tobacco, manu
facturers of tobacco, brekers, theater
proprietors, pool rooms, commission
merchants and bankers Is J54.841.85.
The law expires by limitation De
cember 81 but few are the optimists
who. hope to see the law end or the
party to gain the advantage that such
a cessation would bring.
Condition of Troops Good
The adjutant general announces
that Maior Henry Page's Inspection
instruction of the sanitary troops has
been followed by great improvement
In the condition of those troops and to
newspaper men today Major Page said
the examination had showed a splen
did condition, one very much improv.
ed.
The department announces that
yreat Interest Is shown In these In
spections and that th eimprovemeni
cf the men Is every gratifying. The
officers who stood the examination in
October and failed have continued
their studies, made the conditions
handsomely and passed creditably,
They are now eMglble to take the sec
ond year's course. Major Page thinks
they will make satisfactory examlna-
lions in Marcn. mjui "
they will make satisfactory examina
tions In March. General Young Is
supplying them with all equipment.
PRE
IS H
iER OF GREECE
M OPTIMISTIC
Says Two Points Which Cans
ed Friction Are on Way to
Settlement.
S1NERS LEAVE
FOR CHARLOTTE
r. rton' Congrwie was
n in sMion today. Both houses had
Jjournea over until Friday In ord-r
n,Trm th ortanlsatlon of the
ta.Jr coror""". Meanwhile the
"""miwxi the prwldnfs tn-
to onngrMa, particularly
-wt resting to the national dv
ith.r.. rwv g (Vlr Paris, Deo. I
An agreement for a conference of
Greek military authorities and mili
tary representatives of the entente
powers to examine inio un
upon the necessities of the situation
r.n.Minr the allied demandv upon
nx K-a hn reached, and the pre
liminary steps toward hoiams me
conference have been taken. Premier
Bkouloudls announced today to an As
sociated Press correspondent.
L hark November 10.
sii(gated the Inapproprlateness of
non-mllltary dlplomatlsw seeking to
arrange the details of a situation es
..r,ti.ii mllltarr and of which they
understood little. Therefore I pro
mnferenee between the mill
tary authorities on either side author
ld to study the necenmu-s oi
situations and report on thm, glvlni
the (irck nvrnmnt and the entent
dlplomatUU the benefit of their Coa
transacted.
E. F. Aydlett, T. S. Franklin and
Rev. C: B. Waller were elected vice
presidents; Dr.' C. B. Brewer and
Rev.- William Glllmere, recording
secretaries; Walter s. Durham,
treasurer; F. H. Briggs, auditor; W.
N.-Jones, D. tu Gore, H. C. Brldg
ers, L. R., Pruett and Frank Shield,
trustees. ; ,-'
Questions educational, questions
moral, questions ecclesiastical, ques-
tions 6f inlsslonr will bo- dieoussed
and a program for the coming year's
work will be' mapped out. Baptists
from Cherokee, to Currituck have
packed their suitcases and are en
route here. The gatherings Is m the
highest sense representative of the
denomination throughout the length
and breadth of North Carolina.1 , The
debates will be on a high plane and
will pe characterized by eloquence, in
cisive reasoning and consecration.
The Baptist denomination is one of
the' most widely spread, and .one of
the' most active and energetic of all
Christian sects. There is an enthusi
astic of all Christian sec(s. There is
an enthusiasm, a spontaneity, a prog'
ressiveness tbat cauRes its efforts to be
remarkably fruitful of results. No
handicap Is too great, no obstacle suffi
ciently .ominous to -daunt the courage
of a Baptist body which determines to
extend its zone of usefulness to people
whose Gospel privileges are scant
Consequently It is of one of the great
est of the missionary denominations,
The State convention will bring to
a focus the brightest minds, the most
forceful personalities that have affilia
ted themselves together In the great
work among the Baptists have under,
taken and are accomplishing.
The visitors are coming to a city
In which the Baptist hosts are about
8,300 strong and where the roster of
their brethren ncludes some of the
most able ana useful men and women
of the city. The women are giving
royal assistance In the matter of en
tertainment. - Down at the church an
Informal bureau of information Is
maintained, T. 8. Franklin, chairman
of the committee on hospitality, being
tn charge. Boy Scouts are meeting
all the trains and these accompany
the visitors to the homes to which
they have been assigned. '
Ctpa. J. A. Parker la chairman of
the committee to meet Southern
trains. Mr.- C. O. Kuester Is chairman
of the committee to meet Seaboard
trains and Mr. Willie Brown la chair
man of the committee to meet Nor
folk Southern trains.
Wednesday afternoon at 1:80 the
order will probably be: recognition of
new pastors and at 8:45 miscellaneous
tsiness. Wednesday night at 7:30
woman's work and at 8 o'clock for
elgn mission-
Thursday morning at there will
be devotional exercises, miscellaneous
business,, state missions, orphanage,
mlnlalters relist board, ministerial ed
ucation; .Thursday, afternoon at 8:30,
presentation of report on education,
secondary schools Biblical . Recorder
and miscellaneous business. Thursday
night will be college evening. Mere
dith and Wake Forest colleges and
general education being considered.
Frldsy morning the closing session
will be held. After devotional exer
cises at (.miscellaneous, business will
be transacted, and social service will
he considered, and a memorial servloe
will -be held. Adjournment will occur
promptly at noon and the afternoon
trains will be loaded With returning
delegates
Chairman McCombs In addressing
the committee said:
"We must all co-operate enthusias
tically for the full success of the party.
This committee has a wonderful In
fluence in carrying forward the party's
success. To ' my mind there is no
eloud on the horizon of the democratic
Bky and it Is our duty to see that no
cloud gathers. ; t
' Pence Elected.
Thomas J. Pence, assistant to the
chairman, was elected secretary pro
tein. Mr. Pence told the committee
that there was no truth in the reports
of discord ' between Mr. McCombs and
himself and that he and the chairman
had been and. continued to be in har
mony. .
After a short open session the oom-
mittee went Into executive session to
decide the contest in Kentuckv and
Oregon. The Kentucky case was the
first to come up.
It is thought that the time and place
for the convention will be decided late
today. , ,
Chicago and Dallas contested with
St Louis 25: Dallas 14; Chicago 13.
vention, but St Louis easily led from
the start and won on the second bal
lot. When the trend of the voting was
seen Texas moved that the choice of
St.'. JjouI,.bo' ,.Jad .ir)aninaiJ.ua.Jallas
hem second place on the nrst Daiiot,
but was displaced ,by Chicago on the
seoond roll call.
The result of the first ballot was:
St. Louial 25; Dallas 14; Chicago 13.
On the second ballot the vote was:
St Louis 28; Chicago 15, and Dallas
The majority for St. Louis was
gained on this ballot, when John T.
McGraw, changed West Virginias
vote from Chicago to the Missouri
city. Then the choice was made unanimous.
It has been customary heretofore
for national conventions to begin
work on Tuesday. The fact that Tues
day fell on the thirteenth next year
may or may not have had something
to do with the determination of the
democratic committee to begin pro
ceedings a day later. The official ex
planation, however, was that the
convention would not require more
than three or four days to complete
its work and It would not be too late
In the. week to start on Wednesday.
The committee was confronted by
two contests which threatened, for a
time to cause some feelings, but they
were settled in a comparatively short
time and the atmosphere, seemingly
was cleared. Urey Woodson, of Ken
tucky was seated in his contest with
W. B. Haldeman, of Louisville, and
Will R, King was seated from Ore
gon In a contest with W. H. Faster.
A part of the day was taken up In
healing the cause of woman suffrage
discussed by representatives of the
suffragist organization and by a
body of women in opposition. The
committee applauded all the speak
ers, but there was no effort to place
the members on record.
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REPORTED SAFE
Message Tells of Arrival at
Alexandria of ; American
Steamer Communipaw, Re
ported Torpedoed. -
SUCH IS BENRSTORFF'S
VIEW; IT IS STATED
Lansing's Reply Giving Rea
sons for Request for Recall
Will Probably Be Satis
factory to Germany.
JAP WARSHIPS ARRIVE
IT
Washington, Dec. 8, St. Louis Is
the place 'and June 14 is the date for
the next democratic national con
vention.1 This was decided upon last
night by the democratic national
committee, which completed Its work
today, after placing Itself on record
as . favoring the re-nominatlon and
re-election of wooarow Wiison as
president Complete harmony charac
terized the proceedings of the com--mittee.
.
St Louis won on the second ballot.
Speaker Champ Clarke led the fight
for St. Louts, urging that city's claims
as necessary to keep Missouri in the
democratic column.
The members of the committee had
been Invited to lunch with President
Wilson at the white house today.
Washington, iDec. 8. Radical
changes in the income tax to reach
thousands not now subject to its pro
visions and to improve the machinery
of collection were suggested to con
gress today In the annual report of
Secretary McAdoo as means by which
tho greater part of the additional rev
enue needed to pay for the admlnls
trntion national defense plans can be
provided. The secretary proposed
to lower the exemption limits
so as to tax married persons
with incomes as low as $3,000.,
and '"single persons' with $2,000 in
comes. -The exemptions now are $4,-,
000 respectively.
Increases in the collection force, a
requirement that returns must be
made of gross Income in place of net
Income, and a change so -that the tax
shall not be withheld at the source,
were among Mr. McAdoo's other sug
gestions. He made no estimate of the
number of persons who might be
taxed If the amendments were adopted
nor the amount that might be ex
pected, but in connection with his re
quest for a larger collection force he
pointed out that examination of the
past personal and corporation returns
showed that 63 per cent of those in
spected disclosed that additional tax
was due the government. On the basis
of the examinations, the secretary says
that apparently more than $4,600,000
in personal tax and more than $20,-
891,000 In corporation tax still is due
the government.
"Many inaccurate returns are made,
said, the report, "some deliberately
and some ignorantly, and there are
without doubt, wholesale evasions of
the law throughout the country. It
Is absolutely certain that the govern
ment is losing through Inaccurate re
turns and evasions of the law a sum
many times greater than the cost of
the necessary field force to Investigate
and check the returns and to bring to
account those who are falling to make
returns aa required by law."
In keeping with his recent an
nouncement Mr. McAdoo suggf sted
the present stamp tax and the existing
duty on raw sugar should be retained
In force and said again that no Issue
of bonds Is necossary either to pro
vide for current expenses or In antici
pation of added burdens Incident to a
policy of military preparedness.
"The policy of providing for the
expenditures of the government by
taxation and not by bond Issues," said
'the report, "Is undoubtedly a sound
one and should be adhered to. A
CONFUSION IN REGARD
TO IDENTITY POSSIBLE
Vessel May Have Been Sunk
After Leaving Alexandria' -or
Message May Have Re
ferred to Petrolite.
Toklo, Dec. 6. (Delayed) It Is un
derstood that the Japanese govern
ment In view ot the disturbed condi
tion at Shanghai will adopt measures
for the protection" of Japanese and
Japanese Interests In the Chinese city.
It Is said that Japanese warships are
already on the spot and the cruiser
Tsugaru, which has left Tokohama, Is
believed to be bound for Shanghai.
Washington, Dec. 8. Secretary
Lansing's communication to the Ger
man government giving reasons for
the request by the United States gov
ernment asking, that .Captains
Von Papen and Boy-Ed, German em
bassy attaches be recalled immedi
ately will probably be satisfactory to
Germany. At least this is said to be
the view of Count Von Bernstorff, the
German ambassador, and likewise of
Washington officials.
It is believed here that the German
government will instruct the ambas
sador to send the attaches out of the
United States without further delay.
The general impression was that
Secretary Lansing's reply at some
length repeated that the two attaches
had become persona non grata be
cause of their military and naval ac
tivlty and that under diplomatic us
age existing between nations it was
unnecessary for one government to do
more than Intimate to another that
the presence of a diplomatic official
was distasteful.
Overnight advices from Berlin In
dicate that Germany will withdraw
tha officials as requested, although
the Berlin government might press
for a bill of particulars
The position of the state depart
ment Is- that It will . not discuss tn.e
facts" In the case nor. : reveal th
sources of Its information which led
It to decide that the actions of the
two officials had made their pres
ence In the United States undesirable.
President Wilson fully approved of
Secretary Lansing's decision and It
was said authoritatively that it would
be adhered to, no matter what Ger
many does.
Department of justice agents, it was
stated, are investigating reports that
German agents were backing the al
leged revolutionary movement against
the Carranza government under the
leadership of Huerta. Attorney Gener
al Gregory said today, however, that
no new information concerning the
allegation had been received.
The government will not furnish
Germany with reasons for the re
quest of the two officials, because It
Is determined to keep secret the
sources of its Information. ,
Secretary Lansing also sent a reply
to Qermany through Ambassador
Gerard at Berlin. Although there was
no indication that the text of the
secretary's communications would be
naide public, it can be said on au
thorlty that It declares that the Amer
lean government acted because of the
naval and military actions or tu at
taches, coupled with circumstances of
an accumulative nature which were
deemed sufficient for Mr. Lansing's
action. These alone were responsible.
Germany was Informed, however,
that an accumulation of circum
stances and conditions by Inference if
not otherwise had connected the two
attaches with attempts to violate
American neutrality.
The Archibald Incident, it was
said, was mentioned In connection
with the case of Captain Von Papen
and the trial of the Hamburg-Ameri
can line officials in connection wun
the case of Captain Poy-ed.
Rmphasls was placed on the state
ment that military and naval actions
alono were considered In asking for
the recall. Indicating that other Oer-
London, Dec. 8. A telegram front .
Alexandria, Egypt, received by Lloyd's .
today says that the American Bteam
er Communipaw, reported sunk off
the coast of Tripoli by a submaTtae
had arrived at Alexandria on Mon
day. It is nif erred that possibly
some confusion had arisen In regard
to the identity of the vessel reported
torpedoed.
If the report of the torpedoing of
the Communipaw is substantiated, '
the vessel must have discharged her
cargo of oil and have been on her
way to another port when attacked ...
It is recalled that the point at which
the Communipaw is said to , have
been sunk corresponds closely to the .
position of the American tank ship
Petrolite when she was attacked bf
a submarine on Sunday.
In an announcement from Rome of
the torpedoing of the Communipaw It
was said that the steamer was sunk
near Tobruk, Tripoli. The position of
the Petrolite was given as off the
southeast coast of the Isle of Crete.
The Isle of Crete lies directly . rth ",
of Tripoli, about 200- miles from the'"
African coast. '. . y ; y
Message to- Company. " '
New York, Dec. 8. A dispatch -from
Alexandria, Egypt, apparently
confirmatory of the report received
by London Lloyd's that the oil tanker
Communipaw was safe was received
by the Standard Oil company's of
fice here. The message stated that
the Communipaw reached Alexandria '.
Sundny and would sail for New York
on Tuesday (yesterday) .
The dispatch from Captain Nord
strom of the Communipaw was given
out by David P. Warden, manager of
the foreign shipping department of '
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey. .
"We are anxiously awaiting word
from our vessel," said Mr. Warden,
but have received no news except
whnt we have seen in the papers.
Whether a mistake was made tn re
porting the Communipaw torpedoed
or whether she was torpedoed after
leaving Alexandria, the officials of the
Standard Oil company can only con
Jecture."
Home neHrt
Rome, Dec. 7, (Delayed). Search
by two steamers one a Greek' vessel
and the other Italian at the spot
near Tobruk, Tripoli, where an Ameri
can oil ship was sunk by a submarine
failed to reveal any signs of the tank
steamer or of survivors.
The steamers were sent out as soon
as word was received at Tobruk that
a ship had been sunk. First reports
of the affair came from the captain
of a steamer who said that while he
was cruising near Tobruk he wltnes-;
sed the sinking of an American vessel
by a submarine. He thought that the
name of the steamer waa Columbia.
Inqulrlea made later, especially
through British authorities, proved
that the ship was the communipaw.
nation no more than an Individual', can " fl'clal9 wer not ,n ttn w""
Gorman Rucceasm.
Berlin, Dec. 8. The capture of 250
meters of advance French trenches In
the Champagne region east of Auber
ene, la announced by German army
headquarters. Sixty prlaoners were
taken.
The capture of Ipek In Montenegro
Is announced.
A large number of Ashevllle Ghrln
ra left yesterday afternoon and this
morning for Charlotte to attend the
ceremonial to be conducted there by
Oasla temple. . About IS members of
the ordir left yesterday, and 20 to 28
were ptumengera on train No. 34 this
morning,. traveling In a Pullman rar
provided by the Southern Hallway
rompany. An elaborate program hae
hvrn arranged for the occasion.
THE LARGEST
...
Avertlsement appearing in The
. Gasette-Newa today la that of
DUNHAM'S MUSIC
: . HOUSE
Calling attention to Chrlstmna
Hale of Pianos, eta.
concerned.
Secretary Ianslng conferred with
the president before dispatching the
reply. It la understood that tne sec
retary thought that under the clr
cumstancea the state department
might well Inform the German gov
ernment of the principal causes for
Its action without going Into a dl,
cusslon of the fncts.
go constantly Into debt, for current
expenditures without eventually Im
pairing credit. . A wise, aound
and permanent policy of rais
ing the additional revenue required
for preparedness and the expenditures
of the government should therefore be
dovlsed and adopted.
Mr. McAdoo expressed the belief
that with a return ot peace in Europe
customs receipts wnirn leu on rd,-
000.000 In the last year will Increase REPUBLICAN SENATORS
anfl mm uiav ivKiaitui"" nuKKenvmJ,
with a provision to make the surtax
of the Income tax law applicable at
$10,000 Instead of $20,000. the whole
or part of the additional revenues can
be raised. Taxes on gasoline, crude
and refined oils, Horsepower of auto
mobiles and "various other things"
are suggested aa further revenue rais
ing measures. .
The total estimated appropriation
for tho fiscal year which begins July
1, next Mr. McAdoo puts at $1,285,
S7.80I Including IIH.H4.87I for the
postofflce which Is reimbursable and TJTfJTIOLAS POSTPONES
,aoou 9VU,uuu,vuv mun lur wiv ii -
ama Canal and sinking fund. Re-
eelpta for the same year baaed on ex
1 Istlng law without extension ot the
i sugar duty or the emergency tax, Mr.
j McAdoo puts at $680,200,000 and ordi
nary dlanuraemema ai iii,vi,uuv
leaving an excetta of dliiburaementa
over receipts If legislation nnt P
ed tn change conditions, of $252,701,.
00. As explained In hla rwent state
(Continued on Pag Three).
TO SEE PRES. WILSON
Washington. lc. 7. Senator Gal
llnger and Representative Mann, re
publican leadera respectively In the
senate and the house, will see rresi
dent Wilson tomorrow and Thursday
In regnrd to the administration's na
tlnnal defense plana The president I
expected to point out to them hla re
lief that th eprogram ahould not be
made a party measure.
OPENING OF DUMA
Petrocrad, Dec, a, via London, Dec.
$. Emperor Nicholas haa Issued a re
script postponing Indefinitely the open
ing fit the duma and the council ot
the empire. The emperor's action
waa taken on the ground that
the budget commit! of the two
hndle had not completed the prepare
tloa ot the budget.
(ISO PARDONS A FEW
Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 7. James Mc
creary, who retiree today aa governor
of Kentucky during his fourth year
term aa chief executive, haa commuted
to life Imprisonment five death sen
tences and Issued pardons In 611 raaes, '
ranging from pistol carrying to man
slaughter. Hla pardon record full 49
under that of hla predecessor.
Governor McCreary exercised hie
pardoning power lrl five cases yester
day. REPORT ON COTTON
GINNING IS MADE
Washington, Dec. 8. Cotton ginned
In the United Statea prior to December
1 amounted to 9,711,463 running balus.
Including 13,311 round balea and 77.-
111 bales of aea island cotton, th
census bureau announced today. The
Innings by stitna were: North Caro
lina (13,177 bales; Houth Carolina. 1.
033,43$ bales.
" Waahlnston, Dec. 8. The National
Rivera and Harbors congrrim oprm-l
Ita twelfth convention todny.
tary of Commerce WHJIsin f lind
fleld made the opening aiHren