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WEATHERFORiECAST North tonight thunder tncts. and South - Carolina Fair.? and Wednesday,' ;,except, showers , in mountain dls- FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE vol. xxiii. no. j 88:; ,WILMINGTQN; NORTH CAROLINATUE SPAY AFTCRNOON, AUGUST 7l J 9 1 7; RECORD BREAKER .CROP Of GflTTOH AS TO THE VALUE FRO T: STILt CWPLEX iUiLSi Jl ibJii VA editio;: RIISAU in ninn :rv vl . erai e- n n r-n sv n n rr' n n rr' . V: i t g I I l I I f : I f -. i i i l i.. ..' -l I . II x '. ; i l - if i l . II i i ? if. - x l . . LJnr V - ,,;w.. r V A . 7 W I 1 1 1 I I '11 I v I) I I I 1 I ' 1 w 1 Before His Departure Today Noted Warrior Made State ment to Committee. WILL RECOMMEND CITY TO WAR DEPARTMENT Just Thejdeal Place For In fantry and Artillery Camps and as Base For Soldiers Who are Convalescent Committee Submits Fine Brief. Wilmington is to be favorably rec ommended by General Leonard Wood, the city's honored and distinyi' shed guest of yesterday and the biggest mil itary figure on the American cont.a ent today, for several things, the Gen eral expressing his views this - morn ing to the members of the commit tee that waited on him in a manner that sent joy to their , hearts. No ef fort will be made by The Dispatch to garnish the statements of General Wood, which it was very fortunate in securing prior to his leave of the city for Fayetteville, and the following are hard, cold facts, as., spoken by the head of the Department of the South east. ; - ' The General stated that he was very much" impressed with what he had seen here and greatly pleased, and that he would make two favor able reports. One to. the War Depart ment j-econimen-rinetthe suitability of Wilmington and! th'. Wlhifti .XTArkl camp site offered for an infantry camp and if the committee is successful in securing a range 2 miles wide by 8 miles longwithin 5 miles of the site offered, for' artillery, that he. will rec ommend Wilmington for an artillery camp. He stated that he considered conditions ideal here for the locating of an aviation camp, the site offered being about the proper distance from the ocean and the Cape Fear river. The second report, and which he stated would be of a very favorable nature, will be made to General Gor gas, head of the United States Health Service, recommending the site offer ed as peculiarly well suite for a great convalescent camp, where the men who are brought back from Europe for the purpose of regaining their health can have all conditions suit able for recuperation; where surround ings will be pleasant and climatic con ditions ideal for their recovery. The principal reason for recom- mending this city as suited for a con-j valescent camp was because of the! splendid work that' has been donef here by Dr. C. W. StUes, of the United States Health Service, who, , with the assistance of the splensidly organiz ed and efficient health department of the city and county has made of New Hanover and the county ideals-one of the model counties of the United States. :z " V.- It has been stated by Dr. Stiles he stated, and brought very forcibly to the' attention of the War Department that there are only four counties in the entire South which are as free from soil polluion as is New Hanover and which can be compared with this county. Two of these are in Texas, and the remaining two are either in Alabama or Louisiana. It is very interesting and more than p-atifying that General Wood, follow ing his tour of inspection, can make a report, of this nature to General Gorgas in which the health Conditions of New Hanover are lauded to the skies, endorsing the existing condi tions and the work done so very high ly in his recommendations for a con valescent camp. In this, connection it should not be overlooked that Dr. Charles T. Nesbitt, county health of ficer, the members of the Board of Health and the splendidly organized health department are in a big meas ure responsible for existing , health conditions an essential ,fa'ctor in bringing about a .condition that is branded as ideal by the famous-army officer. ,. The following is a copy of, a brief submitted to General Wood by the uHMnutec this morning, prior to his departure for Fayetteville: ' V ' Wilmington Camp Site Brief.' . Aren 7,700 acres. ;iv Elevation From 0 to 58 feet above sea lfcvel. ; : Typfls of Soil 2.100 acres of Nor ik fine sand; 3,000 acres Norfolk and: 2 200 acres Portsmouth sand; acres Portsmouth sandhill; 100 Porsraouth Galveston clay Sli;fer Supply Extension of city Zn lhroueh 10-inch mains 2,000, gallons daily, complete in 90 days; est mated cost $65,000. or twenty 8- Xl m alons of water a day; com a nthin 90 days; cost estimated - Sewerage Septic tank system; es ( Continued on Page Sight.) .' io v:,vy vyii. yjni-ii tj yvy - . - ' ..-. ,4. CANADIANS ABOUT HAVE '. ; LENS. ' - ;- ; . : (By Associated Press) . Canadian Army , Headquarters in France, Aug. 7. (By Canadian Press). The Canadian outposts r around Lens have established a' ' riew line ' in a group of houses 4 which: is within a few yards of the enemy front line at that point. The Lens-Bethune road is now , safely within our lines al- 4 most up to the city of Lens. ; Held hr Loridori--Distinguish-ed French ; and British Statesmen: Present - (By Associated Press.1 . London, Aug. 7. A conference of the representatives . of the Entente .'Allies, a continuation of the Paris conference, was commenced in Lon don this morning. Datid Lloyd-George, the British Premier, presided i Among those attending werevPre--mier.BibotanA liiuster. of .WarPain UriPremiervArth'BaIf Brit Jsh Foreign Secretaiy, and Arthur Henderson, .and other members of the British war cabinet.. All the Entente .Allies, in -Jact, were represented by either Ambassadors, Ministers or spe cial representatives. GERMAN SUBMARINE IN NETHERLAND WATERS (By Associated Press.) Amsterdam, Aug. 7. The German submarine U-30, accompanied by two Dutch torpedo boats, today entered the waterway of the Netherlands fish ing town of Maassluis, 10 miles west of Rotterdam, according to dispatch to the Hahdelsblad. It is understood that the U-boat merely ia awaiting better weather. . TOBACCO IS NEEDED p"R TROOPS IN FRANPF (3y Associated Pre8. '. Washington, Aug. 7. The Young Men's Christian Association's ship ment of tobacco for the American troops in France has been lost. Word came from Paris today from, the Red Cross Commission to France saying no suitable tobacco to re-place the lost shipment "was obtainable there and lirsrpd that ten tons of tobacco i . - I ilGlFERECICE OF ALLIED LEADERS diaIely- ceptedan offerof the Lig-,A whicll.ia composed of the former gett & Meyers afNlouBx6 will be delayed donate J0.. 1, according to an Pna2fs; of : 8okl?S bacco ana announcePment made , here today by 10.000 cutsjDf chewing .wlu J . John p O'Ryapf who will be forwarded to the American received word from the troops at once.' Prance has agreed to i.4. t,. admit the tobacco free of duty as well , War Department that this was neces- u ar.iaa tT,o imoririsary Because OK-ueiajr m tumpieuug soldiers. In This Country in the Last - Year Immense Gold , ,f Holdings. ' (By Associated Press7) Washington, Aug. 7, Money in cir culation in the . United ) States, the Treasury - Department's circulation, statement yesterday showed, reached a new record ' August 1. The total on that date was $4,852,084,469, an in crease of nearly 23 per cent, within a ' year.'This - includes . gold, silver, and all i forms of currency, but does not include money in the treasury, which would bring the total up to $5,- 513,292,894. t- s' r ' : - 1: The per capita circulation, August 1, was $46.53. Within a year the per paptia, circulation has shown the phe nomenal increase of " $7.53, greater than Anriner nnv other similar neriod. The amount of-gold in the treasury ship f thW latb Commerce Com-, Although "the; organization is Ro and ; in circulation was, $3,086;218,498,' mission from 7 to 9 were adopted late man Catholic, the benefits of Its work an increase ' of $586,000,000 -within the yesterday , by the' Senate. , : The House in jthje army are intended: for men of year and 'of approximately $1300,000,- has acted and both measures now go any creed. ; Catholics all over, the 000 since thfNEuropean war started, yrt n REGENT SHAKE-UP hriction Among Some of New' Prices paid for this year's crop hee-"'n55;; r Members LiLly to De- 'Zfi-'" SnKfS Velop Soon. i. The average price per pound ; for 1 Jance grdsSut 1 (middling for the year just closed hei ori1malov aavance en&rda south of . . (By Associated I'ress.) 'puts . at 18.41 . cents, compared with ""jmaiov. c , l Copenhagen, Aug. 7. Will Dr. von 11.99 last year; 7.89 year before last! ' In Bukowina and on the river Bys Kuehlmann. br Dr. Carl Helfferich, Vice and 13.49 in 1913-14. The average trit2aon other hand, the Bus Chancellor, be the, real dictator of for-1 commercial value per balev of this sians ?ae been forced to wield more . f , , , . A1 'vear's croD was-J94 82 1 ground, in one case because of the vol- PCl adminirat ion: y ArSSnghe Sd increase In ? tary retirement of two regiments. - of Dr. Michaelis, the imperial German price during the past year, Mr. Hester! . Further south, in Rumania a further Chancelor? This is the political prob-, mentioned that the average value per ! menace? to the Entente lines became lem of the hour in connection with the bale in August, 1916, was $74.50 and j apparent today in the .announcement shake-up of cabinet in Germany. n,tbat by July, 1917, the average for, of the opening of a Teutonic , off en i.'tnnm n iLTi spot cotton was $130.71. sive in the Fokshani region, near the is known the versatile Dr. Helfferich , Tne sbort crop following in the 1 Point where ' the line turns southeast desires to have . a hand in steering wake of a short crop,' and an increas-l ward toward the Danube. Petrograd Germany's new course in world poli- ed1. demand,; accentuated by j; tho do-! concedes a retirement here and 'Ber tics after the war and it is rumored jmestic demand for war purposes, nat- lin announces the storming of Rus ;h9t tho nw oh9I,w iurally resulted in the high prices "fori sian positions north of KokshanCwith that the new Chancellor v unacquaint- thig yeap waa explanation given, the taking of :1.300 prisoners and 13 ed as he is with international affairs, Secretary fester reported that 1916-17! guns. desires to retain the ex-bank director ' crop-; at 12,940,934 bales, an 1 increase I In. 1 Flanders the infantry has . con- m v - (Dr. Helfferich) as his snedial adviser rinr? mnnth-niP- nrr,,,idriv rfcf field. t In fact "one of the avowea reasons tual growth of 1916-1Z was .placed at ceded the 'initial attack' was impend iorDr Helfferich's retention, despite J 12,966,000, against 42,175,000 a year! ing,couplecr:w!t.h the reports of great his present unDODularitv in the Reich-'a and il7,004,000 itwoVyears agoj :V- increased airt activity, seems indic ffoW nt impopuiarity in t he Reich -rnumber of;baie8 -carried over in: thejative of : af probable -early renewal of stag, ; was that hi services are indis- inTO-wr tlrt ftnnth irini, mill i the Entente off ensive ? efforts, i The Berlin j?agvjblattthe5 crelger'year'ago .AXS and th6 IVbssiche JZeitun all refer to the possibility of a conflict, asDr. vvon Kuehlmariri; it is "understood, is disin- ciiueu .iu ptJiiuit iiimseii 10 oe reiegai- year- fina ;i.ii,ox3,uuu two ;years ago. ed to a subordinate place, 'The. visible supply of- American cot- A. second feature of the shake-up is! ton at the end of the. year was 1,504, the consideration shown the Catholic 000 , bales, r against 2,129,000 last year Center party whose demand for repre- and 3,282,00Mtwo years, ago. Total sentatioh in the imperial and Prussian visible and invisible, supply of Ameri cabinets for the Roman Catholic popu- ca was 2,525,000 bales, against 3,635, lation was recognized by the appoint-i 000 la?t year, and 5,629,000 two years ment - of three Roman Catholics, ago. " ; Spahn, Waldo w and Kuehlmann. With) Secretary Hester's report put the a revocation of the anti-Jesuit and Texas : crop 567,000 bales pver last Polish expatriation laws, also part of year; the group of Gulf States shows the Centrist -program, that party is. an increase of 496,000 bales for the considered to have done very well as 'year and the Atlantic States a de a result of the parliamentary crisis, crease of 1,060,000 bales.: His figures .While the radical and Socialist on the crop by States is given as fol party are ' dissatisfied at the marked lows in thousands of bales, (i. e., 000s concession to parliamentarism in the new cabinets and at ( the failure to consult the Reichstag in any way on the appointments, newspapers of the opposite camp are aggrieved at the shelving of Dr. Beseler, Prussian min - ister of justice; Count Loebell, Prus- sian minister or tne interior, anc Baron von Schorlemer, Prussian minr ister of agriculture, and other stand-! patters on Prussian franchise reform NEW YORK TROOPS HELD AT HOME CAMP (By. Associated Press.) the training camp at Spartanburg, S. c : . v.. : DECREASE IN PROFITS , OF EXPRESS COMPANIES ' tnv Assoeiflfed Pruer.i ' Washington, Aug. 7. Continued crease.in profits of ; express companies is shown in statistics covering op-j ?nnj : tff Anrll ' Cnayiiircr rnrmck tor all companies for April was $460.- "950. . felling off of: more than 60 l)er cent, from the- figures of April, I9i6: - ' ..' - ' - -; This. showing. was made in the face Of increased gross revenues of approx imately ' $2,600,060, the. total for last April "'-reaching ' $18,32.J108. An. in crease of approximately 30 per cent. . v operating expenses within the year.j i r from $7.uou,oux to nearly $y,uuu,uuu, i accounts for-the reduction in profits.! On y- 2 companies, the Korrnern and j the '. ' Southern, show increases in nrofi's for last April over April, 1916 J One -company, the Adams, operated at & deficit. ' -. - . i TWO IMPORTANT BILLS ! proposition of raising $10,000,000 wil'n " ' READY FOR PRESIDENT wluch to ' build and . maintain helpful K , I -V . .V - , . - ' institutiorxs, somewhat . along lines of (Tlv: Associated Press.) " l.the y. TVf . G. A. at each of the 32 can ; Washington. Aug. 7. Conference re-. tonments in ? the United , States, and torts on f the Priority Shipment ' bill welfare :.work : among soldiers gener and! the - bill "r.reasing the member-, ally..; -V : ;V -'C (Prices Paid Were the Highest I in Forty-Seven . : Years. RAPID INCREASE IN KKlUtUUKilNU IC.AK! I Comparative Figures as to Pro - ". duction, Prices! and Crop .Now On ; Hand7 - 7 (By AsstK-iate.l l'rsu.) New Orleans, Aug. 7. The total C0 UbaiUJV. fl0,UVV,VVV Br . J.POI a&V, tXM' retary riester. of ; the New Orleans cotton exchance. made miblift todav. ! . w ' ' . ' - over last year of 2,678 bales and 2,- 16777 pales .unaer .two years ago. This year' crop Jri grade t averaged middline to strict ' middling. I The ac - ' Total world; takihes'bf American Me6t ton. for the ye":erVrirfacd-'.at3 bxl.OOO ; baje's, against 14,171,000 last omuteaj: ( State Alabama . "Arkansas Florida .. , Georgia . Louisiana 1916-17 659 ..1,228 .. .. 60 . . 2,164 .... 496 . .. 905 .... 924 .. ..827 .. 1,127 610 .. 3,941 1915-16 1,255 847' 60 2,320 403 806 1,100 ,893 1,370 510 : 3,374 UKianoma Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina . . Tennessee,, etc., . . 'Joxas "Full time has been universal in American mills the past year and many, especially in the South; have run. day and night," the report says. RUMORED RESIGNATION i OF PAPAL SECRETARY (By Associated Press.) ' Rome, Monday, Aug. 6 (Delayed) . Many Italian newspapers and some authorities on Vatican affairs continue to affrm that Cardinal Gasparri, the Papal Secretary of Ststte; has resign ed. The retirement of the secretary, it is ; asserted, will permit of the in auguration of a new policy ,by,the The official Osservatore Romano is silent on "the subject, but the ...... - r ' official -Vatican organ uorresuoncienza value of this; country's.coUotf crop in- f erlng, spirited resistocni drying l?-6 back ..the. , Anstrperman.', forces ll iKUUKQ JUiy OA IttSU, WtlS J.,4ii5,2WU,Ui), de-l'flatly denied that-the Papal Secretary has retired. ; ' I 1 :' i r . FOB THE SOL Knights of Columbus to Raise . Ten Million Dollars tor , V Helpful Institutions. . - (Bv'Asstvxtated rrew.l - ' Chicago,. Augr 7.tThe general con- vention of Knights of Columbus open- I it cnmiEls Teutons Winning in Some I Sectors and I .osmcr in Sectors and Losing in Others. J ARTILLERY THUNDERS . STILL IN FLANDERS ( Canadian Lines Steadily Clos- ing About Leris-French Raiding Operation in The 'Champagne. ; k t '" - The Russian front situation . contin- i ues complex, with , Russian troops ot- , OtheTS ' I . " Ten miles from Chotin, . just, beyond lhe. . extreme southeasterly corner of Ilrt Hftin V Taia. . i tinued inactive but total silence of the British official report on conditions ) there; simUar to that preserved while ! the great " bombardment . which pre- tF?W??l$ nv nistably: In' the BixeSndbte sectdr: s The steady closing; in' ot the Cana- . dian j pes about Lens also gives the" wyicQfuii luai me uuie ,i not . lar. mstant wnen tne effort to.gte the fl T O v tillt'K -fS ' TlSfrrri a v w ingv the rermahs from coal city, will will be launched. :" ; In the -Champagne; the ; French are carrying out important : raiding opera- tions and last night penetrated the German lines at these points, bringing back prisoners. General Pe.tain's ar tillery broke, up a spirited attack by. the Crown Prince in the Verdun re-' gion, between Avoncourt " wood and Hill ,304, inflicting severe , losses, t Canadians Press Forward. British Front: in . France : and Bel gium, Aug. 7.-r(By" the Associated Press) The British lines continue to tighten about , the French ; city of Lens, north of Arras. Canadians who on aaturaay nigntipushed their posi- tions forward approximately 200 yards .were drowned. ' . along a -front of 1,000 yards into thej , Zen f ,?i2ees; MILITARY; INSTRUCTORS terday, added 600 yards front. of a ,. r-rr rri r r?r rc Mrrnrn similar -depth to their distance 1 south I rOR CULLbCitO INlLtJJtJJ and west of the outskirts Of that min- " .'-KV" .v ' , V ing center. . : :''.-v. The Germans have been showing' signs of decided uneasiness in the i lens sector ' for several days, as has been evidenced by their 'practice of throwing a curtain of fire'on the Brit- ish trenches . each morning at dawn. Vimv ami Pnrhiia. tnwria hehind theyear Tne can issued py tne TOiutary been shelled daily by . enemy batter- jes .--; J - The rest of the' British front has continued in a state of. comparative calm so far as infantry actions have been concerned , Hurl Austro-Germans Back. v. Kisshinev, Russia, Aug. 7. Austro German troops between , the Dniester and the Pruth have been thrown back on the front ten miles from Chotin, ; j x , .. ui.n area reaching here. ; Chotin i& at the Junction of the Zbroc?: and Dniester I semi-'rivers on tne uaucian-wussian iron- lit ' . .r 3 ' ' tier. NEW YORK'S QUOTA IM MATTinMAt APMYi (By Asa)ciat4 Tress.) . New York, Aug. . 7.-VVith more ex- emption boards examining candidates. today,, and prospects for an increase offlclalg helieve the organized out each day, it is estimated by officials in, Dreak against service in the . National charge of the selective draft that New Army. to be over. . Off icefs today con York. City will have enrolled 20.000 tinued. their search for several , of the men -in the new; Rational Army ,Dy leadel,8.wno have not been apprehend the end of the week. The general im- ed and Department of 'JusUce officiais rvrosslon at headauarters of the 189 - .u Exemption boards is that all will not ho onmiiod Wnr-Aneiist 25. - . ,- - , -.. ... . - . iiaeiuiuuie, nugucs ouui tuuiuvw rv,vw.- i; , w . w , ties Indicated that last nlght f passed DRAFT SLACKblC) . . - .without serious disturbances. a : ' v CUMT TC PR ISON The wounding of William McEwen, . . 1 . y: r rrYtfj deputy sheriff while, guarding a rail ' Hartford, Conn., Aug. 7. Four men. go, notorious snaice ieauer oi me iu from various parts of the State who dian .Working Class Union of Seminole failed to register on June 6th ' for the . county, and the confession of . Mat selective ; draft were found jguilty of Harris that he ordered the burning of violation cf the. act in Federal cdurt a bridge near Francis, were late de today and were sentenced td jail from: velonmentsr of the night 5 , ; one to six months. The six months The home, of Che ,Parney -' Fixico, sentence "' Was imposed - on rf Anthony known . as "Snake; the young. Sem Grasnitski, of v Bristol, who told the inole : who capturedv VBud" Manealey court r he .would rather be in" jail than in woman's clothing near Sasakwa fight for the United States.! ' He Twas Saturday ; night,- was reported to .have born inJlussia. :rM ?R4 . been burned early today. , .v .c - ?"-f ' I n s. ..V" 'fi,-. :,J'.-: ::.m mm m r . U U LSI s U H UUt7L3V: I - . ; ' " - - 't-;s . ltinrnin innAnn ; K - . - MM Mk - 1 ' B U T 0 C R Y i i Dutch Newspapers Show Sig nificant Parael as to . Germany. ; . ; EMPEROR TALKED i rMUCH OF CHRISTIANITY Yet Crew; of Submarine. In ; dulged in Barbaric Action in i Killing Crew of British . : , ; -. Steamship. ; ' (By Associated Press. 1 Amsterdam, Aug. 7. Dutch newspa 'pers print a paraUo! c0lumn. ;count of the murder of the crew an account of the murder of the crew pf the: British steamship, - Belgian Prince, a Berlin telegram giving the following extract from a 1 pastoral let ter. read in all the Protestant church es Of Berlin. last" Sunday. r 'iWe will comport ourselves " as Christians . towards our enemies and . conduct the war in, the future as in tne nasi witnnumanity ana cnivairy. service fwnicn -Jiimperorv Tninam ana the German Empress attended, at the Cathedral, v It- exhorts, the people to humanity and recognized the hand of God in the - protection from invasion XL.' Al 1 . J ' 1 : A. J v : ' the Fatherland .hopes .-to : enjoy. The British Prince was sunk July 31 by,a German '.submarine. According . to sdrvivors who reached a British port, the U-boat shelled the vessel and n the . German commander than ordered the erew to take to the boats and go alongside the submarine. The Germans, the surviv- ! ors assert, removed the life belts and , outer clothing of nil the - members of the . crew except eight, .smashed ?he life" boats with axes, and r then re-en-toicd ther submarine and closed the hatches,;' leaving the men on ' deck. i The submarine traveled on- the-3ur- face for about two miles and then sub merged. Thirty-eight of the crew V : (By Associated Press.) V ew xorK, Aug. i.-raen wno nave had military experience ana are aote to give their time ; to the work were asked to volunteer today 'to act as f military instructors colleges and universities during the coming school traininfir camns' association says that there is a dearth of suitable material ior lusiruciorB-owmjs lu-.we, ;..wib number of men engaged in the work joining the colors. ;., - : ) Hunting For i Rioting Leaders. Many Under 'ArrestsPre- paring For Prosecutions. xv (By A ssoclftted Presa.) Oklahoma City, Gkla;, Aug. 7. With 'Hmff v nhiprtnrs under arrest and surrendering.. Federal and State um& jacy. inionnauon.. eP .af road bridge, fthe capture of John Har- nriinr nrPTnnrn rruhr nrn nr ,1 LIIUU IILU 1UIILU v iri nin iiiinnnii iiv;uiLflnuiviH , . i 1. ; : u . i. i. ) President Holding Important ; Conf erenfces Ooday With Officials. TALKS WITH THR TRADE coMMissidrr Chief Executive Determined to -v. ; Have Government 'Treated r airly as to Prices Calls at . ' (By -Associated " Press.) . vvasiuugLuu, Aug., ( jrreBiqeni vy,u-,, son took & hand today in the; gWerii ment's plan , for' regulation -of price's and. conferred with officials r.who : haye, the work in charge. He first went to the Federal Trade Commission . and keeping prices on materials 6rTthV 7,1.1..1.141, t nai uvvto - UN. n u ijN . ,m reasonable basis.' The "President spett inquiring particularly; as to theinVea- "ZflZ,' .tt ' ' J-'i'Li. i.i. Aftef he left,, the commission Issued a brief, statement concerning the con ference which said : , . "The President . was hertoday; ttt confer with; the Trade Commissicm.aa; to the progress being' made in its cost determining work no-yV being conduct ed at his request."-. ''v. ' ": i: rTo 3flpd a basisfor prices to be.iiat thetcomnssiott" tn ; inveattgaUn? lfirtH Ruction icts,.otjcqaU'cbk,6is4eL Irc peroleuntj tin,- 'alumln4m,yfre,rf b copper, lead, cement nd 'lumber. Tlie i copper ; investigation . is , Ubouty, cq&. ,plete and a report will go to, the-Ptes7 ident within . the next two weeks. The, next 1 article on .which cost, estimates mifm -honea .tf$ hVaUfniM :Ai mission hopes to havei deflnltd data wiihin a monthV i costs slow work. .Hardly-: any ' , steeli mius in tne country, it is said, manuM facture steel at anything approximate 1 ing the same cost. I ' K j' c "''; y ; 'The Trade Commission , probata? j Will make np recommendations as tb a price fixing policy, but its members j foresee a difficult task if the goverij.- his output on .a cost plus, percentage basis. In the coal Industry, a . plaft , has been suggested ' whereby a flat mm m k . ' price win oe paia, tne system amounif in or tr a iHi-tiiol nnnl '.. ' '' '' ,v . i -.f KILLED BY PROPELLER OF HYDROAIRPLAJfE '...vV.' ;- kr-'''..':v';)i;'V," ' ,"V , (By Associated Press.) '.'' --v',"-. New York, Aug. 7.Henry -Wells, in training with the United States re serve flying corps patrol at Hunting ton Bay, Long Island, near here, -was. killed, today by blows from the pro peller of his hydro-airplane when hW tried to start it by hand upon the .fail-. ure of the self-starter tio work.': Th whirling blades are' thought tc haVI sucked him against them fractulns, his -skull and breaking his arm,,. GERMANY'S CLAIMS AS TO U-POAT LOSSES, r;' . Berlin, (Via London), Aug 7.--It i' officially declared that,; contrary" io rumors of overwhelming losses In sub-j marines, the monthly average is 'little more than ;three ! underwater y boats ' lost durmg the period from February i 1 to August, while ther -' monthly Hzr't crease in submarines constructed - i, many times larger. ;."v-.' . KINGDON GOULD ASKS v FOR EXEMPTIOI YBr Associated. PrMt.) s;r'.j' " ' " V. New York, Aug.i 7.Kipgdon' GouU; -of Xake Wood, N.; railroad official and eldest, son of George' Jay 'Gould, capitalist, has filed at Tom's River,- lp J., a' claim of exemption from 1 eni forced, 'military uty on the plea of dependents for support He has been by.-- the"-: surgeons "otythe rf-exemptloti board; "Gould was ; married July". X. GREEK STEAMSHIP f; SUNK BY SUBMARINE Bv Associated 'PttutM'i"- .-'tk . New Yorkr : t Aug.-; JThem':1 vessel of 2,475 tons gross register owned by, the National Steam Navig' tion Company, . Ltd., ' of Greece, wal . Kiinlr Jnlv ,19 hv a"R(rmftn -aiibmarir ?i according to a ; cablereceived here . to day , by , agents of , the Jine. ,'Captafi Goulandris and his', crew of '55 "iao : were picked up 'and. landed ' at a- Bril ish port by an American "destroyer. -7 ..... i-- ... .... . . .. . - A... . ' A rv v. Ms. I". r-'-V -: mm,
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