North Carolina Newspapers

f THE WEEK'S EVENTS' txj3rt25t l:is if tei Stall. Katist isd li.il Tail i F:t Uses far Yisr C9ies:E3ct. ROUND ASOUT TKE WORLD A Coidnsa Record ef Happenings lntrst From All Po nts f t World. Domestic Jr S liavis birthday was finngly cel ebrated UmHighout he Southern .11 states. Monday, Jun 4. Wallace J llerpont, Jr. sun it the Biayur of Savannah, Ga., while tie wa out with his ife and children in the ter of Calibouga souud, near Sa. vaiiDah. was attacked by a shark, and hi army was practically, severed from hi bwiy. Only the suprenw presence of mind of hi wife saved h.m from dea h. Twenty one known death-. more than nee hundred injured and unes timated propwrty damage re-ultej from a series of tornado- thai swtpt sev eral towns and sections of s..utpc.e ern Kansas, nor h central t'kUhouia and southern Mis-.mii Contiacts for ,1. .".'" pairs of for the army and tuny h.ie b.n b' through the National IvtVn-e Council VHMvcry is to he completed wi'J.m eight moi.ths, nd the average price per pair will be It The army will get :,t'H,iit pairs of the shiH-s and the navy MJo.lMV The construction of fory now build In at Foil Mcl'herson. (.in,, near At lanta, is expected to start in the very Bear future for the 1 urpose of accent niodai ing approxima'e'v one thou-an! additional interned German sailors who ate to be sen there. Ktisli S'rong. who killed Sam ft. 1 ut trell, Jr., claiming that l.uttrelt had drugged and assaulted Mr. Strong, was found guilty of voluntary man slaugh'er at Know. He. Tcnn . and will be -entenced to the peniien' lary. New- ftof.i Wa-hing'on is to the fleet that individual Automobile own eis will ie ta. ! from $7 "0 to It is utider-'ood that thi- Ji apply 10 trucks, la' to a.roio U.-ed for ( lea.-iire a id joy r:d - Col. Theodore Koo-tvel', dress delivered at M.ivla. vised wealthy ri'i-ns of t rot to use labor to bean if tales while the toutp'-y i- ; 1'ro'ahiv the larjesf !i since Virginia n' drv ill ad ad unify I 11- ! c their e--,t li eior raid a a- m ide in Ua litta n l, lieu th.- p.'Ia . -e:.-tboir live handled or m.o. 1; i.e. w tii-key in a leadinc be, : I'risoner- at the Maty and la ter tiary are huymu I.i t y la an h ti I One man -pent : ..f the .'T1 m ciimu'ateit to Ms ciedd for K""d l havior. It i r fn,T- d ! v a f ;;.. r Wes Vi'aritiin tfii.ti rol '-. r tloa ;! !'- er iten i.ir !: 1- siih-c :: e 1 I a' (liillai-bond-X to f -av.n 1. 'y l.o. tn "tiadi) t I- d O M ,.e bell' 111 tl foil' p Point. Iminltt .Mo. n viihit d ir.li.r itaa of Slllls iilnl iiiitireil t the town w ph the schoo! house a 1 1 . 1 1 ward to l-'vo. whet 'f 'to -'ip h d li fanned wa- k 'ieil by llv:..1 ,;i A llloVellU ! t til fh.-ilUe 'he 11 .1 Hie of ISerllll. Wis. s tXi''-'i, tn ;i...ll!le ilefiuite form, wlati .t' ps are to be taken to piaoe tl . c'le- ion before the voters in the near future The Indian Hume ".Mll-olilit ,n" i- -.a;,; In pe favor ed by ninny The harvest of Oklahoma's wheal crop Pas be tm In t art or county in j and should pay all exp nses as well that state. las indemnify mc citizen- for the loss The wheat crop of Oklahoma this, of property, year is normal between 'wipy-five Croat unrest is reported in Spain, million and thir'y million lii-lu-ls. I'nofticial reports say thai the soldiery ' i" takms part in the riots in llarce- Washinzton '"i11 nd o tor towns Contracts have been awarded to an (ireat Hritain's losses in cereal ships American firm for ihe construction of, if reported as nn'y 6 per cent. This a two-sipiailron aviation field In I cralifyini;, as the food economy France, where American fliers w ill re-1 board had expected at least a loss of ceive final preparation before taking -a Per cent. their places at the front. The Spanish government has order- A Pekin dispatch says that eleven I ed the seizure of a carco of Argentina Chinese provinces no longer recognize i wheat on board the steamship Ho-ario the authority of the I'ekin government, and it is reported that the president is virtually pnwerle-s. The American commission to Russia, headed by Klihu Hoot, has safely land ed at a Russian port. Exemption of "popular price" mov ing picture shows has been prac irally agreed upon by the ways and means committees of both houses of con Kress. "Popular prices." it is under stood, means in and 15 cen's. Miss Rankin, congressman from Montana, "fathered" an amendment to lequire the department of agriculture to use women In the food survey work wherever practicable. It is p'nbable that all persons em ployed iu the food survey will be sub ject to military duty as soon as 'he survey ru completed. Secretary of the Department of Ag riculture Houston says his department expects to present a fairly accurate estimate of the food resources of the country early in June. The administration's food survey bill, first of Ihe food con' rol meas ures, was pas-ed bv the hoite with out a record Tote. It appropriates $14,770,000 for an immediate investi gation of the country's food resources and for measures to stimulate produc tion. A similar bill Is under debate in the senate. The food survey bill originally car ried an appropriation of eighteen mil lion dollars, but the committee reduc ed it slightly. loieno, unio, rep .rts a not over the selective draft proposition. Sev eral persons were more or less hurt. Ha Wouldn't Laugh. The eminent actor and the admired playwright were In company with an other man of mark. The actor told a tory In his best manner a miinner justly celebrated on two sides of the Atlantic a manner justly celebrated as effective, to say the least. The play wright observed that the other man of mark sat silent and glumly regard ing the opjxMlte wall. "That was a good story of Jndklns," the playwright amid. "Hay I aak why yon choose to coufar upon It such disinheriting .a'- re-rsTie to tte fi'l 1 f I'V the rmni!e of the won..! w.'.l i bold 'be That is ' in fcts V. ;.n:t.,a N in. o .'.ay ad i' t :-oli . at. t V U i-es - i. J he ihe na 1 in dtre he;"; ti'.etn. I; t"e C . 1 rve t -r An n..tnk.n-t. A Fr-i,t.o Tevt- di.-pa'ob. say 'ha: rrj.tic.-io 0 a. who fas twen k. led. e.p'v 1 and woun.ie.l r.o- it: e- '' aa .si.jbo.iv m-w io v- ho Is a boi.!r -tt; : op ,.;; an Amet .can wn and astt.n Cn.'od S ,,t s t-isp ;vi; 1 tV t'-orii' r wh.'e V;.:a ;;iei:ro:.a ar1 itta'iti: on tre sint'hem lanli ef 'he K:n 'r:i' '.to V i a 'vM down on tt nsea. Movco. whole ony a haruifat of sol dors were s'ai-otod, and took th 'own Si'en Movoan- w'e k:;;ed. and i he rest escaped ever the N rd, r. vther fh tke w..r.en and ch I dren. carry ing hal o's and bund t . European War A Pettvirad dopa'ch ys b jt Par- on Ros. n. to to rl.e I'ti:" ber i f tbe ci - I; 1-- 01 ati.t' rador i'e- an t lot mcr tot m ,1 cf otopi'v. p'.ih i" m Te tH.n m '- a- a I'teari- of evtt I'or i res. at 1 ha t e M.C'l for H cond.' ;'h 1 floltt .1 n'cii e a.i.e- 'o ba-i- f'T peace -. He -ays tl a ts.s-ib.e v'entral pow aims of th i'h 'he or i-nal . to ru n war th' coup of 'he enemy - are ab-oluvlv Iv'pc --, and the war 1ms ittii!y & nera'evl into a slow pise-s id' Kenera! cvhau tum. Kii-ian -'a'e-mcn oomo that s:i' ty demand- tltat Rns-ia hn 1 an vf from the w ai h. fore the cow r an irchy w re. k- the country They -ay die mu-t say smnlbve to u!t-ioR an 1 look the unvarni-litsi tnttb s'itiar !v tn the eye. Ktissian il;; loitia!s dmit central lio-aets are as w that he tiforincl ..1 a- the f o - ' x end d that tl .. ' in Uii - is no 1 is im r in Tw. man or,,,, . a "l.d l'n K'. Old I; .11-1 V.o. if lorp, r K!ati0 V. Prim ",l 'lid IH'I e-.ii w la T'e ti.n ip. t. i t'-o , -u' l; at ter nay 'It J il f-'i'l the jpire ttnl-'ss 1 VI it lei ' N - ll 1 at fort t',1 lire I f the pro! 1- 1 ii'ti ' II tin tit I. ' olid;' i.ai-- 111 Ku-- far fr-ttt he.ri; -I ' :t n ' I e cove; nt if K ton -a !'. the : I'-t-.L-iad. by woikii . n - and ml strike otjt '.nree imini'a n Hid. 1 at inc that K'-veniinent of of he t " on f t he loc: s-'lia nr. of t soldiers lb ! J Ife.ik - Itl l;::i:iv If f 1 1, tor..- of I'o'res-'ad the new ; iiivi-ioiiHl l!u--ia t. itlal f.eetitl pO:it0i i'h laiToascl in- that iintit! il.a'a . f no aim. vi'iori - !1 Tl 1 Clliple'e 'IS Of OCC'lp.d 'IT' i. d by the ih'i. iz.i' ;on ill.-'-- ait. ndintr the ckbolt'l lee, v oil 1 1 e I 11 ill P" 111 It lltlit e "ll'l'tl li' I ill rest, toi !'s are adv of Hungarian Soi nil. rn'i niational Soiialist confer. nie in -1 s-ion there. The HmiKrirmn Socialists say that C.eniiany should rehabilitate llelirlum. arriving at iiMia jtl( (.,-,; wa con.-igncd to Switzerland. i Itread rio's are reported throughout Spain, and the food situation there is critical. Eighteen Rritish merchant vessels of more than sixteen hundred tons were sunk during the past ten days, London officially announces. Summer weather and long days fa vor warfare on the submarines, and the Knglish admiralty is taking full advantage of these conditions, so the press is informed. It is the opinion of Hie Knglish ad miralty that the submarine campaign is waning, and with hot weaiher and long days there is litle liklihood that submarines will make much of a show ing during the summer. The president of Brazil has been empowered by the Brazilian parlia ment to revoke the neutrality rf Bra zil in the war between the entente and the central empires as soon as the moment is deemed propitious. On the southern end of the line near the head of the Gulf of Triest n the Aiftro Pallan 'heater, the Ital ians for the moment have paused in their titanic effort to push forward to Triest. and heavy fighting again is In progress to the north around Go rizia, Plava and Vodiee. A statement reaches New York that the Russians have renewed activities against the Austrians in the eastern theater. The allied capitals have been In formed that the Brazilian chamber of deputies has authorized the use of German ships in Brazilian ports countenance?" "A good story!" the other replied, explosively. "Of course. It Is a good stot y. I told that story to Judkltis yesterday myself. And did he laugh? He did not. And today the plgtniled pirate tells It back to me and expects me to laugh. Not much. I'll choke first." New York Evening Post. A Real Anguish Producer. The bill that hurts worst each month is the one yon had forgotten about Claude Callan In Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Arr.er rtv :n HERALD'S REVIEW of NORTH CAROLINA A Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers PLANS UNDER WAY FOR SHORT COURSE MOST DETERMINED EFFORT YET TO PROMOTE CLL'B WORK. EXPECT 500 TO ATTEND. CiSPATC.HES FROM RALEIGH Dotegt and Happnlna Tbat Mark . Progrtta of Sort Carolina Po B t, Ga'.hfrta Around tnt Stat Cap tii. Ka'.e n. Fullv acii members of tha boys' agri cultural club of the state arenpevt d here for the Ntvs" aud girls' short cvut-e in ajiri, uluire to to given at at the V and H College from August :i to ; Wis are under way by the olf i e of agriculture club work to make one j of the uut determined efforts vet ru.v'.e by the Kxtetistcn Service to in-j struct, entertain and inspire the wuthful farmers who will attend this meeting Iaist Aiicist over It." I member of j he ug' i, ul'ura! cl.il v.si'ed the ol I. u. tor the short course, and it Is i estimated that over ."i"i will be on t this y. ar A spe, ial effort will ' e made to show the importance of f . I a' I feed pr'sli.ition to the ones w'.-i will con e ami the course of in- s'ii 'ion w,ll be along these line. j Th" o'.ly . h.irue will be the cost eh (-jo of the three meals for the four j dais atel the reduced transportation ih.ti.o-s Kis'ins w.i be furnished f bv the college. The l orn (".uii enrollment is .onti'i iii' g o grow says A K. Uohe-tson, corn i lab agent The u tility a-tei.ts mer the s'ate n-e ie-p.'tnliiitf iilmo-t il.nlv with additional nutn of young l.os w'.io de-ire to aist in the pro duction of more foisl crops liecently County Agent Morris, of Granville iwii ty. sent in H names for the corn club, bringing the county enrollment up to alKMH t'n. This Is a gratifying showing as this county Is one that Is devoted almost entirely toTobaoeo pro duction. CaswcU (ounty is another where tobacco Is tha main crop, y-t it also has a splendid enrollment of 7' members growing corn, pe.is and beans. County Agent C.raeber, of Me. klenbiirg. ami ProrTitt of Ruther ford, both have good enrollments and write that th" members ate all hard at work ami that the propped for their crops are flue, Stanly county continues to lead In the corn clu'o work, with a total en rollment of I'-"'. Ifvs and a many acre- of corn. In this county Mr. S. J. Lewis Is getting good results with i his boys aswcll as with his adult co- j operator. ' Mr J. K. Moses, of the Pig flub work, has Just received a letter from one of his enthusiatic pig club mem bers telling of the profits of pig rais ing "I have sold two more pig"," nays the boy. Iavid Worth, who lives In Wake county, "for $7 apiece, which Is J14. and the same man brought a sow here to be served. The fee was 12 .50 and Jl for feed. When all put together it will be J1S more In the bank. Don't tell me that there isn't any money in the hog business be cause I know it is " Solve Labor Problem In State. The county demonstration agents In North Carolina will be used for tha purpose of bringing the farmer and the laborer together and solving the serious labor situailon which con fronts the state. The clearing house for all such information will be the office of farm management of the Agrlcutlural Kxtension Service at West Raleigh. t The North Carolina State Food Con servation Commission In cooperation with the State Agricultural Extension Service has arranged or the farm demonstration agents In their respec tive counties to ascertain from fann ers their need of additional labor In producing food and other crops. Also for recording labor available for such purposes, and to bring farmer and la bore together. If the farmer wants extra help he ' should rommunlfate the fact to the demonstration agents with a statement as to the length of time the help Is wanted, the purpose for which It la to be used and'the wages he is willing ; to or expects to pay. Parties desiring work on farms should notify the dem onstration agent etating when they will be ready to begin work; what kind of work they ran do, for how long a period they wish employment ana what wages they expect. In counties having demonstration agents requests for labor needed and nr work or emDloyment wanted should be sent directly to the office New Cheese Factory. Desnite the fact that the factories are paying nearly twice aa much this year for the milk as they did last, cheese factories are apparently thrtT Ing In Western North Carolina, a char ter having been granted by tha secre tary of state to the 8llver Stone Co operative Cheese factory at Vitas ,ln Watauga county- Last year the fac tories In Watauga county paid a flat rate of 10 cente per gallon for whole milk used in tke manufacture of full cream cheese. TMe season they ar pavtnc fl cents per galton for milk. of farm n'.inaoniM. Vfm Rales' (rvitu !ter tti fort i.l to mad' to pat fj,m;er an4 prifc-iws t;r U:rer 19 u uoh !!v fakt! up thtw wtk neither the d- uiot strauon agent In the respect ive loutitie nor the tt farm man cemetit man ruarantee-s to !t lalsr for the farmer nor emilo nietit for th la!srer but they do ee t a -a best efltrts iu the-p hioa. Soy B aea 64 a Steak. Mr t It Williams. hief 1ie dl vision of agronomy state that the- i a a feat linrwM. this year in the acreage devoted to soy beau in th state. This t as tt should to. and j our people should te It that eoni" , of these bena are saved at th end of the season for food purp.s. Soy bean are much ri. her la pre tein than lima Nans or drloin steak. In fact thy contain practically d ubl : the amount f protein contained by 1 these two tap'e food product. The soy beans contain about the sam , amount of fat or oil that Is contained j in sirloin steak, aud more than tt' i Hues the amount of this constituent i than is contained in lima beans. The j fuel value of soy beans as a f.xsl ; product. Is slightly higher than sirloin steak and lima beans lr W. A. Kvans. president of the American Pub lic Health Association, has stated that for men who are engaged in bard manual labor, where thev burn up a lot of their tlswues In the effort, will And soy beans as slutable as steak as a fuel IVeaii-e of the possibilities In th u-e of the soy bean as a food pr.Hluct, the followii.j re. ipes Is given for the li 'o-mation of those who are interest ed In the mote extended u-e of this rich nutritious food rroduct when properly handled: Soak the beans In a 10 per cent, conm'o'i salt solution over night. Then drain off the salt water and roa-t the tieans In an oven or a peanut roaster In roa-t ing exercise great care that the be,ms are not s.ain hod. as this would impart a hitter taste to the bean. Watch from tune to time. ' and when the cotvledons begin to turn brown remove from the oven. j O'her recipes ian be obtained by writing to C It Williams. Kxtetnlos Division. A. & K.. Knlelsh. N. C. i Busy Preventing Blindness. North C arolina has been listed by the National I'optmlttee for the Pre vention of Blindness as one of the states of the I'nion most active in the work of blindness prevention. At the la.-d meeting of the general assembly a law was passed requiring all pliyhl rial's and mid wive to use the prophy lactic treatment, a one per cent solu tion of silver nitrate, against inflam mation of the eyes of infants within two hours after birth and to mak ro-ord of such use. The law farther provides that opthalmia neonatorum or bablee sora eyes, is a reportable disease, and as a still further safeguard as regards this disease, the law provides that all mid wives practicing tn the state register, without fee. their names and addresses with the secretary of the state hoard of health on or before the first day of July. 1917, in order that the prophy lactic solution and necessary Instruc tions may be furnished them- Provi sion was made whereby the stala board of health shall furnish this pre ventive solution and the necessary in- j structions for using It free to physi- ! rlans and midwives. Some Increase Necessary. In concluding the presentation of the cane for North Carolina carriers In their petition for Increased freight rates, applicable to Intrastate traffic, It was agreed by the railroad officials and the shippers present that some increase Is necessary and that the in crease In the intrastate rates be on the same percentage basis that the In terstate commerce commission adopts for the interstate petition now pend ing. There was a further agreement that the matter of adopting a new basts rate schedule such as the proposed Georgia schedule submitted by the railroad companies be deferred and that the question be further thrashed out In a heating July 5 before the cor poration commission. National Guard Officers Promoted. Dr. J. A- Dangle of Charlotte was rommiseioned by the adjutant gen eral's department of the North Caro lina National Guard as first lieutenant In the Medical Corps and aselgned to the ixmimand ( the twnitary detach went of the Coast Artillery. He suc ceeds I. J. R. Aehe of Chrkitte, re signed. Dr. W. P. McKay has been com missioned as a first lieutenant. Medi cal Corps, and will be assigned to service later. J. F. Williams, Jr., Raleigh, has teen promoted from sergeant to sec ond lieutenant Company B, Third Regl msnt, to succeed Lieutenant Parrich, promoted to first lieutenant. Life Extension Work Popular. The first month's report of the life extension work now going on in Ala mance county shows mat such health work Is not only what the people need but what they want. Since Dr. A. J. Ellington started the work about a month ago In this county, two weeks of the time having been given to lec ture work and organising, be has given examinations to MS people, and now has on file the names of U mora applicants. He gives on an aver age fifteen examinations dally, Ike patients being near middle ace. IE PEOPLE HA.VE HAD TOO MUCH OF SPIRIT -LET GEORGE DO IT." SOI WORK FOR HI 10 DO List ef Retmmedtlos Made te Farmers. HouMwiv, Gradenera , and Citntns Generally. Raleigh -John Paul l.m-a. execu tive secretary of the North Carolina Kisd Coiurvatton Commlselon, la re viewing th food situation in this state gave out a lot of good advice la hi suggestions of ways every person can help Improve th food situation. Mr l.u.aa wrote as follows: Too ninny of our people ar regard ing the food emergency, which la real ly just In Its ine pt, n. y, as a prob lem for the farmer, the tru. ker, their neighbor or someone else nior or lt remote from themselves. There Is something of the spirit of "I.M (leorge di il " Fortunately, this spirit has been rapidly disappearing and It Is not too niu. h to hop that all the peopl of North Carolina will qui. Vly realise that, while the farmers' re-poni!i llty and opistrtunity are gtvat.-st pfih!y. est, h ix'i'sim has an Individual duty and responsibility. A large iiiitn!or of people who real lie their individual responsibility have asked thet.iiwlves and others, "What can I do?" In answer to th.s question ami for Ihe information of others who may have given the matter no thought 1 am giving below a list of recom mendations that are being made to farmer, housewife, gardener and citi zen generally. I can think of no one In any position or condition to whom some of these suggestions are not ap plicable. Here they are: Cultivate and fertilize every avail able foot of tillable land that you can possibly take care of. Cultivate more carefully and fertilize more heavily than under normal circumstances. Put stubble land In corn, soy ltens, peas, potatoes or sorghum as soon as the grain Is off. Here lies one of our greatest opportunities for increasing the acreage in food and feed crops. Where there is a poor stand of rot ton replant with soy beans or peas. Also plant these crops In corn. Save all the clover and vetch seed possible Both are going to lie un usually scarce and high priced. Vetch can be threshed with oats or by them selves. If you don't know how to har vest clover seed write the V. S. De partment of Agriculture for Farmers' flulletin No 6.r.0. Breed all sows and gilts for tall pigs and be sure to raise sufficient feed for them In the form of pasturos principally. Raise meat not only for your own demandu but for the market. Prices are sky high. Raise all the chickens you can,! whether you live In the country or In town. Shut up the cocks and cock erels and preserve your surplus eggs In water glass solution. Raise and eat all the fresh vegeta bles you can and can all the surplus you can't eat. See that every glass )ar Is filled with vegetables and fruits and if you still have surplus buy mors ar or cans. Don't throw away scraps of meat and fat. Use meet In soup, hash, cro quets, and fats for frying and short ening. Cook port at os In the peel. Tests have shown that 20 per cent Is lost when potatoes are peeled before cooking Vont waste bits of bread. Vse them In puddings or In dressings for meat. Don't despise eklm milk and butter milk. They have a high food value and are generally cheap. Use them largely, especially for children. See that all labor as well as food stuffs 1s properly used. The fanners are handicapped for lack of labor. The people of town and city must eee that available labor of men and boys Is of fered to the farmers. This service Is Just as patriotic and effective as that of the boys who don their uniforms and shoulder their rifles. Freight Clslm Office at Charlotte. Washington. To bring the freight claim department of the Southern Railway System more closely In touch with the shipping public to the end that quicker action may be had in the adjustment of freight claims, a central freight claim office will be established at Chattanooga, Tenn., effective June 1, with branch freight claim offices at Charlotte, N. C, Atlanta. Ga, New Or leans, La., and Louisville, Ky. The present freight claim offices at Wear ing. D. C and Cincinnati, Ohio, will be continued. Orphans' Home to Celebrate, Qoldsboro. One June 11th, the chil dren of the Orphan Home are going to give in Goldsboro a magnificent musical concert in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversay of the estab lishment of their home the Odd Fel lows Orphans' Home at Goldsboro. On the 10th day of May, twenty-five years ago, there was established in Qolds boro by the Odd Fallows of the State of North Carolina the Odd Fellows' Orphan Home for the care, mainte nance and education of the orphaa ahildrsn of Odd roHowa. FOOD Ef RGENCY PROBLEM FOR ALL SPYSYSTEM INBRV IR irt w GERMAN SPIES SHIPPED HIGH POER WIRELESS OUTT.TS TO MEXICO. wi was sim 10 stfiffl It Was Intimated That Through This System Germany Lear' of Amert ean 0streyr Flt Movement England. New York.- Evidenc that two rooi olete highpowrd wireless institu tions, assembled her from various source, were shipped pievrnieal 1 1 Mexu-u, supposedly for use of a C.r maa spy system ia this country, was nearthed ia connection with th ar rest of thre tuen oa charge of con spiring to aead wail containing uni tary lnforaiatloa, surreptitiously frow th V lilted States n Germany through members of Norwegiaa ship crews. It was intimated by the t'nlted State Commissioner, before whom the alleged plotters were arraigned, that it was through their Instrumentality that advanc news of the impending arrival ia England of the American destroyer fleet was sent to Germany before It even became generally known la this country that It had sailed. With only a scratching of the sur face of the mass of evident- in th Government's hands. Indications have been found that th secret mail sys tem was operated both ways between th I lilted States. Germany and Mex ico. Several hundred letters hav been a lied, written In Knglish, Ger man and Spanish, and some apparent ly In code. They are being translated in the expectation that they will open the way to full revelations of the al leged spy plot win. h Is said to point to other persons besides thiwe utoler arrest. The prisoners ar Harry F. Perlssl and Irving Itottaparts. both said to be American born, employed by a Ger man electrical lompany here, and Axel ', Mel. her. said to be a naturalized citizen from Sweden. PROHIBITION TAX IS NOW PROPOSED ON WHISKEY Committee Measure Would Prevent Manufacture During Pericd of War Washington- Prohibition legislation : was approved by the senate finance j committee as a new feature of the war j tax bill. j Prohibitive taxes upon distillation of ! whi-key and other spirits for hover- j age purposes, with a ban upon their ! Importation, were agreed tixin by a 1 substantial majority of the committee' j Taxes fixed by the home on beer, and wines were left unchanged though they ! have tutt yet lieen finally approved I General suspension of beverage pro- 1 duct. on by distilleries ami use of liquor now In bonded warehouses prob- j ably would bo the effect of the new j tax section If enacted Into law. Curtailment of lliiior consumption ' during the war and conservation of food -tuffs used In manufacturing dls- i tilled spirits. Chairman Simmons sa'd j constituted the dual object of the com mittee In adopting the sulistitutes for ' the house rates. In addition to the present tax of $2 20 a gallon on the Honor, a tax of 20 per bushel (from $5 to $9 a gal lon I upon all grain, cereal or other foodstuffs used In manufacturing whis key or other distilled spirits for us as beverage was written Into the bill. Senator Simmons said the in creases would be prohibitive upon manufacture while the law Is In effect or during the war. Increased taxes of f 5 per gallon upon molasses, syrups and substitutes used In distillation for bev erage purpose also was agreed upon. Permit for exportation would be given only for war purposes upon applica tion by a nation at war with Ger many. A supplementary legislation, the rommltteee further approved an amendment prohibiting Importation Into this country, Porto Rico, and the Philippines of distilled spirits made from any foodstuff except for Indus trial, mechanical or scientific pur poses. AVIATRIX BOOSTING LIBERTY BONDS SALE. Cleveland, O. Ruth Law, aviatrix. In a biplane, circled over Cleveland and environs dropping "liberty loan bombs." She has been secured to mako another flight, but the weather was so fine sho decided to make the trip now. She started from Nela Park in East Cleveland and flying at a height of 6.000 feet, dropped liberty bond lit erature. Thousands watched her flight as she circled along the lake front. TO TRAIN OFFICERS FOR MERCHANT MARINE. Washington. A rampalgn to recruit ind train 10,000 men to officer the ships of the new American merchant marine was announced by the Federal Shipping Board and the Department of Commerce. Henry Howard, of Bos ton, has been appointed director, with offices In the Boston customs house. The first nautical training school un der Government direction was opened near Boston. Fourteen similar schools will be established along the Atlantic. JOFFRE DESIGNATED TO ASSIST AMERICANS. Paris. Marshal Joffre has been designated by the Minister of War to continue his work, begun In Washing ton of assisting to organize American participation in the war. He will, therefore, be the representative of the French Government In co-operating with the American commander, Major General Pershing. Lieutenant Col. Fabry and Lieutenant de Tessan. both members of the French War Commission, will continue. YORK IS UHGOVERED HORE TRMHING" s EIGHT CAMPS TO TRAIN OFFICERS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN JULY. mm m are khied Volunteer Betw Jt and 4 Will Bt Tra ned t Ow.cr Second lnr mtnt of Hail Millie. Utm t he Ordered. Washington A se.'otid series of cf Ber' training canip will be held b ta Augut JT nd November :i la eight location, to develop oftners tor i the cond iucreaieiU of S' 1 to be called into service by the eelec i live draft. Adjutant General McCain I announced lu general, auali neat lone for eduiwioa to the. camps will to the same aa for the Rrt n. bus a strong effort ill b and to obtain men abov SI year of age and the number admitted to tralniug will be smaller thaa tu the present raaips. Application must b sent to th commanding generals of the depart ment tn which the applicant lives, be tween June IS and July Uth Cltt ens between the age t( : and Blue months and 44 years ar eligible. The camp sites chuvea sad th areas from which applicant will be assigned ar as follows: Fort Myer. Va. Vermont. Maine, New Hampshire. Massachusetts. Rhod Island. Connecticut. New Jersey, Del aware. Maryland. Virginia and th Dis trict of Columbia. Fort Mcl'herson, Ga. New York CHy and continguou territory. Ala bama, Georgia and Florida. Fort Oglethorpe, C.a.-The greater part of New York State, the northern part of Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. Fort Iteujamin Harrison. Ind. The southern part of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. Fort Ugan, 11 Roots. Ark. tor oth er place to be designated! Wisconsin, Michigan, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. Fort Leon Springs, Tel. Illinois, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico aud Okla homa. I Fort Riley, Kan. Minnesota, North Dakota. South Dakota. Nebraska, Iowa. Kansas, Missouri and Colorado. The Presidio. San Francisco Utah. Wyoming. Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Callfoi ua. SENATE PASSES BILL PROVIDING FOOD SURVEY Already Pasted In Hcuts and Now Goes to Confsrsnce. . Washington The first of the ad ministration food bills, already pass ed by the House, passed the Senate without a record vote. Numerous amendments were attached to the measure, which provides for a food survey and crop stimulation, and it was sent to conference where the dif ferences will be threshed out while the two houses are considering the sec ond administration measure, providing for food control and price fixing. Th bill, as finally accepted by the Senate, provide for a comprehensive survey of food resources, and for the stuniulatlon of agriculture, and re stricts drastically the storing of food stuffs, fuel aud other necessities and speculation In future. The restrictive provisions were added by the Senate. Hoarding or storage of food, fuel or other necessaries of life In order to limit the supply or affect the prices would be made a felony under the sen ate hoarding amendment, but farmer Who hold their own products would be excepted. GREY VETERANS HONOR MEMORY OF THEIR FALLEN Washington. Confederate veteran, here for their annual reunlou, went to Arlington and paid tribute to the South'! dead. President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson attended the services, but the president did not speak, lie received an ovation from the old sol diers, however, and many shook hand with htm. The exercises held in the shadows of the monument erected to the Con federate dead by the women of the Confederacy, were opened with the sound of the assembly call by the Marine Band and tha singing of the "Star Spangled Banner" by a special choir, the old soldiers and the audience helping to swell the refrain. Flowers were strewn on the graves and special services were held at the tomb of the unknown dead and the grave of Gen. Joe Wheeler. Gen. Bennett H. Young, past commander-in-chief of the veterans, and Clark of Florida were the orators. S. MISSION TO RUSSIA ARRIVES IN THAT COUNTRY. Washington. Safe arrival at a Rus sian port of Uie American Commission to Russia, headed by Elihu Root, Am bassador extraordinary, was announc ed In a dispatch to the Navy Depart ment. The Commission left Washing ton about May 5, charged with greet ings to the new democratic Govern ment of Russia, and authorized to pledge unstinted aid from the United States not only in the prosecution of the war against the common enemy. To Cleanse Bottles. To cleanse bottles that have held oil place ashes In each bottle, cover with cold water and hent gradually. Let the water boll for about one hour, then al low it to stand until cold. Wash the bottles In soapy water, then rinse. One Horse Power. One horse power la not what a horse can pull. It Is a mechanical unit of power that can raise 83,000 pounds one foot high per minute, or one pound 83,000 feet high per minute. GIIP ORDERED