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-THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT.1 "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERVDY NEEDS IT." r The Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FR I DAYSj VOL.23. No. 63. MONROE, N. O, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1917. $1.50 PER YEAR CASIL CHESTERFIELD MAY GET ARTILLERY TARGET RANGE 130,000 Acre Tract Is Sought by the War Department For Year?. MOXROE PEOPLE OW.X SOME Chesterfield county, S. C. sand hills are About to come Into their own. The War Department, accord ing to reliable information received here, is contemplating establishing an artillery target range on 150,000. acre ot this bleak and bare land A United States army officer, who is attached to the general staff at Charleston, was on the scene Sunday Monday and Tuesday, and conferred with property owners, among whom was one or two Monroe business men, who own a few thousand acres In the tract. The Monroe Insurance k Invest ment Co. own nearly three thousand acres in the plot, which is about twelve miles square. Mr. M..K. Lee, president of the Farmers and Mer chants bank, also owns about a thou sand acres. Other individuals in this county own tracts varying from a few hundred to a thousand acres. The most of the tract, it is said, is owned by V. It. Bonsai, prominent railroad builder. 0 Chesterfield county, according to reports received here, is highly elat ed over the prospect of receiving the target range, as Government officials inspected the location without any solicitation of booster clubs and dele gations. The property owners, it is said, are exhibiting a willingness to co-operate with the government, and so far no hold-up has appeared on the part of any of them. .It is un derstood that the Monroe parties who own land in the prescribed tract are willing to lease their holdings to the government for a yearly rental of $1 per acre. It is said that the proposed site is an ideal location for a target range. For miles there is little sign of civili sation, and the soldiers could shoot without any fear of hitting some thing so a man jokingly stated on the streets yesterday. Very little of the land Is under cultivation, which adds to the charm of the location. A part or this land, It is said, once sold for as low as 80 cents an acre with timber standing on it. The buy er cut the timber, and then sold the land for a little profit. Others have bought tracts ot it in small and large lots, the Insurance A Investment Co. at one time owning 42,000 acres for which they paid $1 an acre. It is not known what bearing the establishment of an artillery range at Chesterfield would have upon Fayetteville's chances. That town, ftop lnaine the cantonment to Char lotte, has been making a desperate ef fort to secure a target range, ana u has seemed for days past that their wishes would be granted. The government is seeking Chester field for the sight, which makes out neighboring county's chances con siderably brighter. The people of the county, it is said, naa no inuma tion of the thing until an army officer nnnpared personally on the scene. Knthine of an official nature has been given out, but there is little doubt as to the War Department's intentions. The army officer, wno was on the scene, intimated, so it is said, that the government wouia oith.r hnv oiitrleht. or lease the tract for two years with the privilege of a re-lease for five more years. niv-i-i.iTinV cm THE MEAT PACKIXU IXDUSTRY NEXT Packers Voluntarily Offer to Put Their Plunu Under Incensing Sys tem. Washlneton. Sent. 12. Govern ment regulation of the meat packing Industry will be the next move of the food administration. A voluntary of fer of representatives of the packers to put their plants under a licensing system made to Herbert Hoover, the food administrator, at a conference here today, was accepted ana a piau nr mntrul will be drawn up shortly. The packers, numbering about a score, came to Washington to take with Mr. Hnnver the threatened meat shortage and the subject of rising prices. They are or one opin ion that prices can be brought down uttio unload a determined effort Is made to Increase the production of livestock. The great expon uemauu, they believe, will maintain prices at high level until long after the war. A licensing system for packing houses was provided In the food con two hill Puttinir it Into ODeration, will go far towards elmininating hoarding and speculation ana staDi Increased production of livestock Is a military necessity, Carl Vrooman, aaaiatant secretary of agriculture, de clared In a statement tonight after the packers meeting enaea. Births. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lee Fur gerson Wingate, It. F. D. 1, a son, August 17th. To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Clontt, Mnnrna. R. F. D. 1. a son. August 18. To Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer B. Hay wood, Monroe, R. F. D. 6, a son, Aug. lath To Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Phillips, Union county, a son, J. D. Jr., August 19th. t Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Colum bus Hagler. Monroe, R. F, D. 2, son. August zotn. To Mr. and Mrs. M. D. L. Preslar, Union county a son, Marcos Allen, AogostJ.rd.-T. L. Crdwell, Regis trar. ... KortiilofTs Rebellion fuelled. Gen. Korniloff's rebellion against Premier Kerensky apparently has been quelled, like other attempts that have been made to overthrow the Russian provisional government. Official reports from Petrograd say that Korniloff's headquarters has sur rendered and that Korniloff himself desires conditionally to place himself in the hands of the authorities. The government is demanding his abject capitulation. Meanwhile troops that had answer ed the call of revolt issued by Korni loff continue to desert his ranks and return to the government fold, de claring that they were misled by Korniloff s professed aims. Kerensky has been confirmed by the cabinet as commander-in-chief of the army and will have with him as chief of staff in his prosecution of the war against the Teutonic allies Gen eral Alexieff, former- commander-in-chief and one of the most brilliant officers in the Russian army. Added strength is also expected to be given Kerensky's rule by the appointment of new military officials for the dis trict and city of Petrograd. Russian Situation More Hopeful. Although the Petrograd war office early Thursday announced that no official communication had been re ceived from the headquarters staff at the front, late in the day the com munication was forthcoming. It in dicated that no great amount of dis affection had occurred among the fighting forces who, in the region of Riga, near Sventsiany and In the Ru manian theater, were vigorously on the offensive against the enemy, and that along the line east of Riga and in Rumania at several points they had won successes over the Teutons. In the region of Riga the German cavalry was compelled to retire south of the Rlga-Wenden road, while in Rumania a height was captured from the Austro-Germans after a vigorous fight and more than 400 men made prisoners. German positions to the south of Sventsiany, which lies be tween Vilna and Dvinsk, are being heavily bombarded by the Russian The situation in France ana uei- elum continues comparatively quiet except for the artillery, which is car rying, out reciprocal bombardments on various sectors. . In the Austro-Itallan theatre the Austrlans in another of their violent assaults against the Italians on Mon te San Gabrtele have been rewarded with slight gains. Their efforts to cross these advances failed complete ly before the main line of The Italian defenses. The Austrian official communica tion of Wednesday characterizes the Italian offensive on the Isonzo as a failure and asserts that the Italian losses have reached almost a quarter of a million men, among the 20,000 prisoners. OXE KILLED IX SMASH Concord Men Joy Ridlnjr in Charlotte Run Into Sen board linage vtun Fatal HeMiltN. That the blindlne Elare of a head light that was not dimmed was the cause of the automobile smashup uhlrh rnused the death of George M. i.nr nf Concord before day Wednes day morning, was the statement maue by Lieutenant Gowan Dusenbery, Jr., irii.r nf thA lll-fiiterl machine, that tore up the railing at the Seaboard Air Line underpass on Norm lryon street. According to Lieutenant Dusen bery, he was driving between 30 and 35 miles an hour. He stated that he la an pvnerlenced driver and a good judge of speed and that he was sure he was traveling that fast, rie aiso said he knew the road well, having rfru-pn wr it mnnv times in the last six years. When he approached the . .... 1 II-.1.A underpass, ne saia me glaring usut nf an annroachinc automobile blind ed him and he was unable to see the road. He applied his emergency brake, but the car did not stop until it wax wrecked. "My theory is that when I shut down on the brakes the car sklddea, he testified before Recorder Jones yesterday morning, while being tried for speeding and reckless driving. Solicitor Standi asked If It was not a rather bad mixture of gasoline and whiskey. Lieutenant Dusenbery re plied that It was not. He stated that he had hatr two or three drinks of whiskey, but that he was not drinking heavily. It was shown by Policeman McLean that when the oarty drove up at the Southern Manufacturers' club, some two or three hours before the acci dent, he warned them that they were running too fast. He said they thank ed him politely. The officer said he was satisfiea tne party naa oesa drinking. Dr. Frank Smith of Concord stated that the party left Concord with something like three pints of whis key and that approximately half of it was left. Dr. Smith bore several scratches and bruises as a result of the wreck. Dusenbery was fined $25 for speed Ing. Iord Chief Justice of England In In America. An Atlantic Port. Sept. 12. Rt. Hon. Viscount Reading, lord chief justice of England, arrived here to day on an American steamship from Great Britain. He is accompanied by f.aitv Reariinff. i.nrd neadinc announced he was oa "a specil mission on behalf of the British war cabinet, naving io u with finances. He was accompaniea by Col. E. D. Swlnton, an assistant secretary to the Britian war caDinei, and J. M. Karnes, of the British Mil m 'a 1 treasury. U.ISTOX IEAXS INTERVIEWED BY THE FAMILY ATTORNEY Man Under Suspicion for Killing Wealthy Woman Talks Willingly .Met lawyer at Door. Concord. Sept. 13. Phil. C. Mc Duffie, attorney for Mrs. Anna L. Robinson, mother of Mrs. Maude A. King, who met a mysterious death near this city on the night of August 29, was in Concord today to have an interview with Gaston Bullock Means; business manager for Mrs. King. Mr. McDuffie asked to have a talk with the former manager of Mrs. King's affairs and received an invitation to call at the Means home. A short time later In company with C. B. Ambrose, Mr. McDuffie called at the home and was greeted at the door by Gaston B. Means. Af ter being seated, Mr. Means said: "Mr. McDuffie, whom do you rep resent!" In reply the lawyer showed him a letter embodying power of attorney from Mrs. Anna L. Robinson. He al so explained that he had a letter from Paul and Will Robinson, broth-' ers of the dead woman, but Mr. Means did not ask to see it. Mr. Means then asked, "Who Is this with you?" Mr. Ambrose was introduced with the answer that he was a man assisting the solicitor in the investigation. Mr. Means then asked if he were a representative of the federal government, to which Mr. Ambrose replied, "Yes, from the de partment of justice." "I shall have to ask you to leave," said Mr. Means. "If Mr. McDuffie wants to talk to me, he must be alone." After the federal agent had left Mr. McDuffie said: "I want a full, complete and defi nite statement at once, and under the circumstances it seems to me that you would not want to wait for the executor ot the will to act. It would be better for all concerned that you be exceedingly frank at this time and under these peculiar circumstances." Mr. Means was then asked for all documents or affidavits in his posses sion in connection with the alleged will. ,To this Mr. Means replied that the original will was In the posses sion of a big New York lawyer whose name he refused to give. Asked it he had consulted with former Justice Charles E. Hughes, Mr. Means replied that he had not consulted with him personally but that Mr. Hughes had been indirectly approached by persons representing him. Mr. Means then brought out aonia papers bearing on the will case ana asked that Mr. McDuffie look over them. The attorney did so but said he did not find them relevant to his search for Mrs. King's property. "I insisted," said Mr. McDurfle, that in Justice to Mr. Means and every one In the case that he (Means) should make a more aennite state ment about the financial matters, as he had almost entire charge of Mrs. King's finances. To this Mr. Means replied that his recollection was, almost blank that he had asked to see If the solicitor could get the papers here. With these he said he could go over tne enure transactions to the satisfaction of everyone. He expressed the greatest willingness to tell everything and wa3 eager for everything to oe Known. Mr. Means was asked what was the greatest amount of Mrs. King's mon ey that he had for her at one time. To this he replied that he had as high as $90,000 to $100,000 about January 1st. Mr. McDuffie then asked to get n understanding of the plan of opera tion between Mr. Means and Mrs. Kin: how he eot so much money and whether it was turned over without any receipt, contract or power of at torney. Killed a Crippled Child Because it wan a ltotner. St. Joseph. Vt.. Sept. 12. -Mrs. Al vln Kennlnston was found guilty of murder In the second degree today for participating in the killing July 5. of Alice Bradshaw. the crippled A year-old daughter of a neighbor. The Jury deliberation lasted about forty minutes. Mrs. Kenniston, a neignno of the Bradshaw family, was arrested with Miss Etta Hicks, housekeeper for the girl's father, John Bradshaw on July 6. According to the police, both women confessed killing the child because it was a bother. Later John Kerwln. a farm hand was arrested. He has since pleaded guilty as an accessory after the mur der, and testified at Mrs. Kenniston's trial that under her direction he car rled Alice's body from the spot where It was hidden beneath some brush to the swampy field in which It was found August 9. According to Ker win. Mrs. Kenniston told him she choked the girl while Miss Hicks beat her with a club. Praised the Ird When Jailed. Rock Hill. Sept. 12. Evidencing the determination of the government to deal forcibly with those who failed to register under the conscription act. Judge Johnson in federal court this morning, preached a brief but timely sermon on obeying the law. The occasion was the sentencing of Fletcher Griffith, a negro of Wood ruff, who had refused to register and declared that he could not be made to register. He had preached his doctrine among the negroes of his community, evidently being a rell glous fanatic. He was found guilty and was sentenced to serve a year in prison at Atlanta and required to register In open court. When ar raigned the negro stood mote and the only words he ottered was to whisper once, "Praise the Lord." XO XE;ROES FOR FIRST COXTRIHITIOXS TO ARMY White Men are Being Taken at Pres ent and Xegroti Will lie Called letter When Conditions are Ready One Hundred and Sixteen Men lave Next- Wednesday. The one hundred and sixteen men who will be the forty per cent of the total draft of 290 called from this county, will leave next Wednesday. They will all be white men, orders not yet having been received for send ing colored men. On the 5th of Oc tober another forty per cent will eo, and the presumption is that a large part of these will be negroes. That will leave fifteen per cent to go later and the date for this call has not been announced. This will make up the 296 men which the county must furnish the first national army. The local board is now Issuing the summonses to the men to make up the 116 to appear next Tuesday to be in readiness to leave on Wednes day. Those who applied for exemp tions to the district board on the ground of having dependents to sup port, have lost heart. The local board was ordered to make up its list in numerical order and this is taken to mean that there will be no exemp tions from the district board. The board has published another army list, that is. men who are mil ject to be called out when their turns arrive, it Is as follows: John Fred Lowry. Rt. 1, Marshville John Calvin Terry. Rl. Monroe John Roroe, R4, Waxhaw Henry Funderburk, RIO, Monroe James II. Rogers, Monroe Albertus Oats, Monroe Henry W. Presley, R3, Monroe blanchard Williams. Rl. Wineate James L. Hough, R6, Marshville win. o. Robinson, Monroe Isaac Rushing, Matthews lien Medlln R3, Monroe Pearl Corvlek, Waxhaw A. C. Ross. R4, Marshville Odell Massey, Rl, Waxhaw Clyde Smith, R3, Marshville A. C. Baucoiy, Rl, Unionville 0. V. McGhee, Monroe John D. Simpson, Monroe James E. Ormand, Indian Trail hinney Morrison, K8, Monroe Ben Stockton, Monroe William M. Pope, Monroe Henry Belk Simpson, Matthews Asa Pettie, R3, Waxhaw Reuben Perry, Monroe A. B. Secrest, R6 Monroe ' John McMillan, Monroe Willie Crawford, Monroe M. C. Austin, R4, Marshville Sam Ray Gaddy, Wingate Arch West, Monroe Joseph Deese, R26, Matthews David Andrew Helms, Monroe J. H. Mitchem. R2. Marshville Willie Cauthen, Waxhaw Joseph Maske, Wingate m. J. Hardage, Waxhaw Arthur Davis, R18, Matthews Maleoni P. Hoover, Monroe David Phillips, R3 Waxhaw Crawford Belk, Rl, Min. Springs Irl C. Bivens, Monroe Edward Hammond, R5, Waxhaw Jesse B. Parker, R9, Monroe John V. Knight, R4, Waxhaw E. F. NewHome, R2, Unionville Albert McCall, Monroe Murray Clark, Waxhaw T. B. Simpson, Rl, Lancaster, S. C. Robert Lee Shinn, R5, Marshville Will Porter, R6. Monroe J. W. Stegall Newton Grove, N. C. Frank Helms, R5, Monroe J. R. Harrison, R5, Monroe J. T. McCain, Lancaster, S. C. A. A. Hartsell, R5, Marshville C. B. Klker, Monroe R. V. Griffin, Marshville Ed Helms, Monroe R. E. Robinson, R4, Waxhaw J. A. Price, R2Monroe Dewitt Rape, Rl, Monroe C. M. Halgler, Rl, Unionville Andrew Gaither, Monroe J. D. Stegall, R5 Marshville Frank Carelock, Monroe Fay Watts. Matthews E. P. Warren, Monroe Willie Fincher, Rl, Osceola, S. C. D. V. Kezlah, R2. Monroe J. L. Griffin Rl, Mineral Springs Robert Beatty, Waxhaw Brooks Jerome, Wingate Fred Beaver, R8, Monroe John H. Barrino, Wingate F. O. Smith. R2, Marshville Samuel Allen, Rl, Wingate Herbert McCain Monroe James Trull, Rl, Indian Trail C. P. Griffin, Marshville Rowland Cauthen. Monroe T. H. Simpson, R2, Waxhaw Martin McGill, R9, Monroe G. W. Yarborough, Monroe Sam Hood, Waxhaw Wiley D. Rowell, Monroe Haywood McKeithan, Monroe C. C. Braswell, Monroe J. W. Meggs, R5, Marshville Jack Threatt, Monroe James E. Llles, Monroe F. C. Staten. R2. Marshville Aaron rteilly, R5, Monroe Samuel D. Hough R4. Monroe Willie Ashcrart. R3, Marshville J. Thurman McRae, Monroe Jesse Ashcraft, R2, Wingate Ernest Lee Bass, R9, Monroe John H. English, Monroe Wm. Jackson Railings, R8, Monroe . T. Benton, R28, Matthews Will Pethel. Monroe James A. Stark, Monroe Vann P. Helms. R2, Monroe Arthur S. Price, R2, Monroe Will Massey, R4. Waxhaw Samuel J. Wentt. R28 Matthews ascom Alson Helms, Monroe obert Kelt Baker, RJ. Waxhaw Andy Clark Hargett. Indian Trail jChal Patton, Monroe Walter McLarty, Monroe John H. McCollum, R3. Monroe Oscar Lee Hill, Monroe Wm. Tracy Gordon, R4,- Waxhaw Rrinkley E. Simpson, R18. Matthews Henderson E. Davis, R8, Monroe Wm. Lee Hallman, Marshville Wm. H. Leonard, R6. Marshville Kutnow Mitchell. Monroe Grady V. Williams Unionville Tcinorarjr and Conditional Dis charges. The local board of exemptions has granted discharges to the following named until December first: C. W. Simpson. R2. Unionville D. Will Hudson. R4. Waxhaw Bunyan Car nee, R5, Monroe J. R. Newsome, R4, Marshville Will Fetterson. R5, Monroe Brady Steele, R4. Marshville Jason Walker, R4, Monroe ; Zeb Belk. Rl. Unionville W. E. Jones. R3. Marshville Bun Hood, Rl, Waxhaw Wm. L. Carter, R3 Waxhaw Wm. R. Medlin. R9. Monroe John A. Drake. Rl, Unionville Zeb Cuthbertson, U8. Monroe Thos. H. Griffin. Marshville Jas." Mc. Gordon, R5 Monroe. Geo. V. Rape, R10, Monroe Henry Aycoth, R10, Monroe B. C. Griffin. R3. Marshville Horace Presson, R9, Monroe Walter H. Lee. Rl. Monroe E. M. McCorkle, Mineral Springs Thomas Ashcraft, Marshville Win, Isaac Snead R3. Waxhaw Robert McManus, Rl, Monroe Herbert Coffee, Waxhaw Will Wilson Morris, R9. Monroe Verge Hailev, Rl, Monroe Will Frank Rose, R3." Waxhaw John R. Pigg, RIO. Monroe Carl C. Griffin, Rl. Marshville Vernon H. Cox, RIO, Monroe H. W. Simpson, Lancaster, S. C. John G. Rogers, R3, Waxhaw Wm. Rufus Smith, Rl. Wingate Jas. J. Penegar R5, Monroe W. R. English, R4, Monroe J. C. M. Vann. R2. Unionville John Cuthbertson, R2. Monroe D. A. Borden, R2, Marshville Bass Belk, Rl, Indian Trail Henry I. Moree, R8, Monroe B. D. Helms, R2, Unionville Ernest King, Wingate ' W. A. Baucom, R2, Unionville Ed Crow, Rl, Waxhaw David M. Simpson Rl, Indian Trail Andrew M. Craig, R6, Monroe Festus L. Griffin. R2, Monroe Jos. E. Mullis, Rl. Unionville G. W. Funderburk. R10, Monroe John Ellis Crook, R6, Monroe Calvin Laney, R10, Monroe J. F. Belk, Rl, Unionville L. J. Mullis, Rl, Unionville Mark Gordon, R6, Monroe Dock Laney, RIO Monroe Thomas L. Trull, R3. Monroe Luther T. Horn, R3, Marshville Joshua Whitley, Rl, Monroe R. S. Helms, R2, Marshville Carl James Ross, Monroe Rufus Jas. Blakeney, RIO, Monroe W. M. Taylor, Monroe W. B. Simpson, R2, Marshville H. B. Baucom, R3, Indian Trail C. E. Baker, Rl, Monroe John C.'HoIt, RIO. Monroe C. J. Tarlton, Rl. Unionville Win. F. Funderburk. RIO, Monroe Clifford Alexander, Monroe H. W. Baucom. R2. Unionville Joseph N. Philemon, Rl, Unionville Ltney Grier Elms, R6, Monroe Frank Lawson Fowler, U5, Monroe John Henry Price, R2, Monroe H. C. Smith, R2, Unionville Ranse Mangum, RIO, Monroe Will Paxton, R3, Waxhaw W. Baxter Blythe K3, Waxhaw Vance Little, R2, Peachland Chas. E. Lowey, RIO, Monroe John Redfearn, R6, Monroe James Hamilton, Marshville Ben Blakeney, R4, Monroe Wm. M. Freeman, Indian Trail Dillard Massey, Waxhaw M. M. McCorkle, Rl, Wingate J. F. McManus, R2. Marshville A. W. Adcock. Rl, Indian Trail Henry Lee, Rl, Monroe J. B. Thomas. Rl, Indian Trail Wm. B. Carnes Mineral Springs Oscar Cook, R6, Monroe Luke A. Russell, Rl, Unionville S. F. Ritch. Rl, Unionville J. B. McMurray, Rl, Lancaster, S. C John Barr Walfe, Rl, Waxhaw R. P. Laney, RIO, Monroe Walter M. Melton, R9, Monroe Chas. Wm. Moser, R6, Monroe Jason Walker. R4, Monroe Raymond A. Autry, R3, Marshville Milton Ellis Thomas R3, Monroe Lee Phillips, Rl, Marshville G. O. Clark. R3, Marshville Wm. H. Griffin. Rl. Marshville J. B. Hamilton. Rl, Marshville Banks A. Clontz, Rl, Unionville Wm. Cyrus Helms. R18. Matthews Ellis Griffn, R3, Monroe George Aldridge, Rl, Monroe Kemp Hamilton, Rl, Wingate Unconditionally Discharged. The board has granted uncondi tional discharges to the following named: Curtis Boyd, Monroe Frank Moser, Rl, Monroe Frank P. Helms, R26, Matthews C. A. Edwards, R5, Marshville Zeb D. Easley, R5, iaarshville Wm. R. Helms, Rl, Monroe J. Frank Helms, R8. Monroe Thomas Houston, R8, Waxhaw William Crenshaw, Waxhaw George Belk. R6 Monroe . Samuel O. Moore, R26, Matthews A. P. Freeman, Rl, Indian Trail John Roberson, R3, Waxhaw O. B. Shelly, Monroe Edward Helms, R4, Waxhaw T. A. Killough. R26. Matthews I T. Winchester, R5, Monroe W. O. Helms, R2, Marshville Wm. C. Griffin R4, Monroe Oscar Mills, R4, Monroe Lee Irwin Riner, R2, Waxhaw Olln Ntven, Waxhaw Atlas B. Sinclair, R8, Monroe Fred Rape, Monroe Jas. A. Medlin, Rl, Monroe SOLDI FRS AND SAILORS' IX. SIRAXCK RILL HAS PASSED .m-n.!m-nt passed to Equalize Al lowances of h M-nilitnls of Enlist. d Men and Ollieers Maximum Policy tilO.IHMt. Washington, Sept. 13. The ad ministration's Mldie,rs' and sailors insurance bill, amended so as to equalize the allowances or the depen dents of enlisted men and officers. passed the house tonipht. The vote was 319 to 0. Representatives Tlatt of New York, and Hersev of Maine. changing negative votes to aye before me result was announced, amid thun derous applause. As the bill went to the senate to night, privates and officers and their dependents stand on exactly tl,e same basis. Benefits and allowances now provided for are slightly higher than those originally proposed as the mini mum for privates by the committees and considerably lower than the max- inum amounts whieh officers and their dependents would have received. President Wilson scored a personal victory in the adoption, 141 to 77, of an amendment raising from $0,000 to $10,000 the nraximum amount of optional insurance policies that the government would issue to all men n the service. The original draft of the bill carried $10.00, but it was stricken out in committee. The mildness of the attack of op ponents of the measure on the op tional insurance section caused sur prise. It was passed over in a com paratively short time after a formal motion to strike it out had been ov erwhelmingly defeated. This fight. however, will be carried to the sen ate by the insurance companies, it is understood. The main purposes of the bill are to provide a substitute for the pres ent pension law as it would apply to men engaged in this war, a new system of allotments and compensa tions which will provide for depen dents of the soldier and rehabilitate men upon their return from war. Upon enlistment, under, the pro isions of the bill, a soldier or sailor would be entitled to take out front 1 000 to $10,000 worth of optional insurance at approximately $8 per 1,000. His dependents will be en titled to allotments from the govern ment of from $5 to $50 per month, and an equal amount, up to $15 per months, from his pay. Death or total disability resulting. the dependents of any person in the military or naval service, including women members of the nurse corps. will be entitled to compensation rang- ng from $20 to $70 per month and the Insurance. In case of total disability the In jured persons would be paid from $40 to $100 per month. Elimination of the committees compensation provisions came unex pectedly. No serious opposition to them was promised until Representa tive Black of Texas suddenly began assailing the salary basis proposal as a most undemocratic thing to impose upon an army fighting for democracy. He quickly won supporters and hia proposal to equalize I he benefits of all classes was adopted almost unani mously. Representative Alexander of Mis souri, opposed the Black amendment on the ground that a family should benefit from the death or disability of their support in accordance with hia earning capacity. The new rates per month adopted were: Widow, $35; one child, $45; two children, $52.50, and an additional $5 for each child up to four. One motherless child, $20; two. $35; three, $45, and $10 additional for each child up to five. A widowed not her would receive $30 a month, and no family allow ance would exceed $75 a month. Un der the original draft of the bill the compensation for officers' dependents might have gone as high as $200 a month. A widow's coiupensati'i;i would cease upon her remarriage and a de pendent child's would c-ue at 18 years of age. Monthly benefits to a soldier or sailor in case of total disab;.;ty would be ns fo.lows: "If he has neither wife nor child living, $40; wire, $55; wife and one child, $65; two or more children. $75; no wire but one child, $50, and $10 additional tor each child up to two; dependent widowed mother, $10 additional. Injured men requiring nurse care would receive an additional $29 monthly. A man losing both feet, hands or eyes would be entitled automotically to $100 per month. Amendments adopted would give claimants 10 years instead of one la which to file their claims for com pensation, prevent divorced wlveg who have remarried from sharing la a dependent's allowance and elimi nate proposed salary Increases for present employes of the government who are to administer certain pro visions of the measure. Opinions differ as to the cost or applying the measure. The first year appropriation is $176,000,000, bat It is declared by some that this will not be nearly enough. Parson Do you know the par ables, my child? Johnnie Yes, sir. Parson And which of the par ables do you like best?" Johnnie I like the one wherw somebody loafs and flshea. Phila dephia Record. After a bacat'o - posset the age of 4) it's up to iiim to marrry a widow. It he marries t all, for he nee Is a .fe who knew how cranky men are.
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