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Papal Delegate Supposed , to
Have Amplified Views of
Vatican as to This
BUT NEGOTIATIONS
MUST COME FIRST
Entente Diplomats View This
With Distrust Declare No
Negotiations Until Fate of
Small Nations Has Been
Settled.
il'.y tinted Press.)
Wasliinsion, AuS- 25 The fate of
small nations, especially Belgium and
Serbia, mus! be determined fully , be
fore iii Allies will consent to any
pe?co ial! sathering.
Tiiat answer came tonight from cro
of ilie foit inost diplomats nere, at tne
closo c: ;i week which still found J
peace 1..H-: and peace thought running
in panllt' channels, with war work'
and .var talk. .
His comment was -elicited ly a j
united Press interview today with
Papal Pc legate Bonzano, who express
ed the belief that, if there were an
armistice, ihe allies could wrest .the
rich prizes, Alsace, Trent and Trieste i
., , , .
Teutons by. negotiation.
from the
This statement was , answered by
American government heads with the
single suggestion that it might per
haps be fruitful if .the belief were
really inspired by actual knowledge of
Teuton willingness to make such con
cessions
u
find the .hint so consoling, They said i
flatly that something must'
st be done i
about little Serbia, Montenegro and
Belgium tho unfortunate storm cen
ters at the start of the war before
even the thought of sitting about, a
peace iablo could he entertained. v
The diplomat authority pointed out
that the Pope had scrupulously avoid
ed any reference to Serbia' in his
message to the warring nations.
On the other hand, men who have
followed developments here closely
for mnniiif. n ropri timt if aermanv r
and Austria are actually ready now to
surrender Alsace, Trent and Treiste,
then indeed, is the vorld close to the
aim of safety for democracy.
. In the fir.st place, the surrender of
Alsace-Lorraine, would, automatically
shut off Germany's base of supply for
much of its industrial success. With
out this rich iron and coal region,
Germany's dream of a Berlin-Bagdad
route or of a German supreme in
world trade would be impotent. The
safety of democracy -rould be assured,
for Germany's wings would be clip
ped. -
French officials here labeled Bon
zano;;' interciew as "entirely too sub
tle." If the Vatican really lias a bona
fide offer from Germany and Austria
to relinquish territory, the Pope should
say as much without reservation, they
said.
" W-i-v. .-..w ' 4
High Italian officials believed Bon-t
iino-. remarks were authorizea -Dy
the Vatican, "but," they said, "Austria
and Germany are not ready to give
any land." ' " :, I
Tho President showed every sign'of
taking his own time about answering
the Pope's noie. It has been a matter
for only cursory consideration inrcab-
inet circles, and perhaps the delay is
siudii d. observers suggest.
Ilussia diplomats here dismiss light
ly the Pope's suggestion f or , an in-
lernaiionai fund for restoring devas-,
tad territories, saying' that it was a
sop tor certain minor elmnas in Rus
sia. These d iplomats suggest' that the
Russian slogan of no indemnities did
not exclude payment of compensation
for the ruthless ruin of Belgium -and
Serin:.
Denies Vntir.an'e Acortions. ' '
New York, Aur. 25. Stephen Lauz
annf , spokesman for France in Amer Olney, of MassachuseUs, member; of. nntional; army, Provost Marshal Gen
lca t0,iay badly denied the assertion House Military Affairs committee. r7,(-ra)--Crowder .-xuled' tonight
irom
V:itif.:m thnt stnfMmfill Oi
diff el,.,,
h.-lligerents had suggested
of war damages
anil
au i: toi ;Hion of occupied territories. '
. Tho Vjjictm'H declaration, ampify-i-.
HIS ll 11 7,W A I
in , ' app. l;to
Sor-
' H Ull.l ,111 I I I lllll I HIT' M. ULyUAX
('f State through the United
P- -iv uauugu luc.uunvu. r
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"Th,. r, . - ' , I
ges ion, , haTve made JJf'r
Allies
All.
m """-i""""
iv v r. There was never-a
Briii
il Or ji'rrnrh nr nnv olliofl atfltea-
tion W '( :t'!voc"atcd mutual condona
ier.1'. ('a::ig's and restoration of
and i "'" If you steal mywatch
n, your watcn there can pe
'"'nun i .i-i....s a.:., if.' '.-t
. . . "ttiiun ana conaonauon,
not 1:11 your watcn and yu do
niutn''1 minft how. can there.-! be
Posi . "a si oration ? Absurdly im-
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witi, " '"" n" rn is an exceptionmad'e
conri!' 7:,r'1 ,0 Belgium, concerning
can 1 uamages
- nai. uauiages.'. i Jier37 a
Bpi;, '''"'iiai restoration in which
- -uiuiniu, ino uerman ma-
continued ou Iage Eight.) -
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WHEAT
Various Interests
Government on
Position
Bucking
Vital
THREE SIDED IS r
THE HOT FIGHT
. Farmers and Consumers Differ
as tor' Fair Price Organized
Movement to Make it
Over Three Dollars. "
(By United Press.)
Washington ( Aug 25. With H. A.
Garfield, wheat dictator, planning to
announce the price for the .1917 crop
next Friday, a three-cornered fight is
lafelllii. vuusuiucii, iai 13 -
congressmen are insisting variously
rammer. consumers. . iarmers ana
that the price shall not exceed $1185
a bushel ; that it must; exceed $3 ; and
that a fair price, would be about $4 a
bushel. . " ; ,r '
The- latter figure is that' of Repre
sentative J. M. Brr non-partisan
Congressman from. North Dakota.
he Tcharges. win beguil of areach
or. - raitn n any imng dui uie uiBurtu
market. price is. set, , ;
- , Meanwhile, Congress is stepping in.
Senator McCumber, of North Dakota,
insisted .today from the floor that $3
is' an insufficient price.
If the farmers received less than
that, he said, the government Heed not
expect a big acreage next year.
The first appearance of the ordinary
consumer came todays with a state
ment ' from the American Home Eco-
'nomics Association that $1.85 a bush
el must not De exceeueu, 11 iue uvb
cent loaf is to -remain. The majority
, , , J.J J-
Lof organized forces in the capitol are
working for more than ?3 a busnei,
following receipt of a telegram
from Congressman George M. Young,
of North Dakota, to a gathering of
Fargo, North Dakota;-business men,
- (Continued on Page Eight.)
OF PERSON
CANS WILL
SEE
That is Idea of Congressman
Olney New Englanders
. to Lead the Van. . '
(By United Press.) - ;-
Boston, Aug. 25.-7-American troops
will soon see action" in France and
.there is a larger American army in
that country than the public has ; any.
idea pf, according . to Congressman
TV, Mnm Pno-lonfl ili'vi'oinn tSa -
Congressman soon expects to see do-1
iag foreign duty.
There was a lengthy debate irx the
War Department. Olney declares;
whether
hether . New York, Pennsylvania l
ew England troops would lead th 5
and it was deefded that as .the"
! or New
all
Newl England' soldiers were more sea-
soied ;and -more ' fully euippe'd ;: than
the others they fiftouia oe seiecteo.'
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KILLED HERSELF ?
IN THE BATHTUB
:?, - V: (Br: United Preas.1:
t ,;jsrie ,Jfa4 :Aug.r 6. t-..uiuu
"this trouble any longer' ,
After writing' a notewith these
' words contained; on ityi Miss Eleanor
Lihk;kJ public-school; teacher of , this
.city, committed . suicide by, drowning
.herself in a bathtub at her apartments
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nursua . uigui. : uci iuuu , oo .vui;
discovered about noon touay noating
in uie iuu wueu tt;rBwue,vocu. ;' "'
health; was .the. cause.
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LEG
ALLY
am
SOON
ACTION
Tragedy Enacted in
Henderson Yesterday
Morning.
SHOT ANOTHER
MAN SlX-TIMFS'suard )mployes- ;
DUS liiVllLOj lt sad. The explosion was not an
.Went About Act in Cool and
Deliberate Manner and
Then Surrendered to the
Sheriff,.
, (Special to The Dispatch.)
Durham, N. C, Aug. 25. Jealous
because of alleged attention to hisi
" ments from President Wilson's offi-
entered thej card-room of the Harriett Cjai family plunged into fhe Daniels
Mills, in Henderson, early tliis morn-1 Navy League battle today, when See
ing, stood with his eyes calmly fixed 1 retary McAdoo rallied to the 1 support
bY Georges Grissom, aged 24.; for a f f Screta7 fno
A iS , ; , . - ing the Navy League officers for their
short time, and then, whipping out a activities in the . Mare Island explo
revolyer, emptied;each of the sixjsion squabble. Mr. J McAdoo denied
chambers towards Grissom. Each shot emphatically that he had "recognized'?
tooic enect."' trie . nrst nenetra tine nisi
Leaving- the card-room Hock started
im Hock started !.
home. He met sheriff J. EI C. Bell, a
short distance away, and stopped him.
:. "I reckb you want me," he told the I
sheriff. Hock and Ed Lester, a brother-in-law,
were arrested and jailed
.without bail. The preliminary hear
ing will be held Monday. All parties
.are well khown in Henderson, and the
shooting caused quite . a sensation.
Many , mill employes witnessed .the
tragedy.
SOUTHERN DENIES
PLACING EMBARGO
(By United Press.)
Washington,- Aug. 25. The railroads
war board tonight received advices
from Southern' Railway officials,, deny
ing reports of a freight embargo on
the system. ; . .
DRAFTED
Ruling on the Subject by Pro
vost y Marshal General
Crowder Settles Question
PRESIDENT WILSON
GIVES HIS OPINION
On Constriir.tmn o f thI .aw
s No.-Man Subject to Draft
" w.-fk Y;f0 lWnnJaf ?
- His -Wages and No Other
Means of Maintenance
Exists. '' 'i
(By United Press.)
Washington, - AugiZ 25 Married men,
with nr.tnallv denenclent wives nnrl
children will not be. drafted - into the
. . . . -. . . .
- AM.ii? linrm Rii frgkat inrt nf Prooidont
Wilson for ameliorating the lot .of
fprtai-n families Ren era. nrnwir.haM
that a man ought to be, exempted in
case hiswife and children were really
UM.i.w'iinni. w? ''i0w
aepenaent , npon ,nis iaDor ; in .omer
words, the boards ought not to force
wife to go to. work for herself and
; r-jildren where the soldier's pay or his
psy plus relative s contributions; d id
no suffice to meet - the family needs.
'. President . Wilson - wrote that snrh
FAMILY
DEFINED
hat "ships ought to' be avoided as far ivillers,; campaign and the - . Verdun
as possible.'-: General Crowder consmash, had simmered down, to ; the
currc V but reiterated that there- ought
not n be exemctioTi in ensps for in.
stance, where the wife js wealthy or iyond Monte Santo: 'into; the? plateau, f papers was stolen, but several 'docu
whore her relatives are willing to teke 'iOrding, to latest despatehes tonight. ments,-belonging to t
over the .task of. supporting her,
. Generr I Crowder's opinion on
President's letter follows:
r "lrA "feeling "has been' expressed I
that: in D"r"t?ngr on claims for d is-1
charge on trr rr"'Qnd of dependents,
local b jai vU .ugu lv: in -no case,:- to - re
fuse ' a " discharge to 'a married 'man or
to tlie head of family, The; law
f n;-f i iContlnued ' on Page ;Seyen).
Investigation Board Makes Re
iMlpiprtSon Incident' That
IrfVBeram M-;-;
PARTLY SUPPCOTSS tf
THE NAVY LEAGUE
Member of Cabinet Rises - to
Defense of Secretary Dan-J
iels and Denounce? The
N,
avy
rue.
(By United Press.) i, ' :
Washington, Aug. 25. A spy caused
the f ataj explosion in the Mare island,
California, power magazine recently,
the investigation board concluded.
To that extent the; report backed the
recent charges of the avy League
rthat a conspiracy was responsible for
the blast, but otherwise the board's re
port made public today denied there
lhad been any suppression of facts as
Mill at!10 league claimed. . - ,
j wen u. . Damsteat, a trustea em-
.plOye of 21 years' continuous service,'
j was the 'last man seen entering the
' magazine, but the board exonerated
jhim and all ammunition depot and
(accident, but was due to the deliber-
sate act of some person or persons un-j
known
Any evidence of rthe means employ
j ed to cause the b"tast was destroyed
by that explo"sion, the board held, fail
iing to support the -league's, chain! that
I evidence ; before the navy showed a
time-fuse was used
McAdoo Defends .Daniels.
Washington, Aug. 25, Reinforce-
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- uf.""rt"1F um. v;- v.. .,.r. :
On the contrary,'! have always felt
that the attitude of the officers of the
league toward the Secretary of. the
Navy was grossly unfair and unjust.
'In the present instances I requested'
the Navy League, one day before the
'Secretary of the Navys letter to Mr.
Thompson, to" distribute information
aboutf the pending bill of the insur
ance, on the lives of our sailors and
'soldiers in the war. The request had
no relation whatever to any contro
versy between the leagueN and .the
Navy Department." - i
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SHELL EXPLODED AND U. S.
T Hf
, (By United Press).
ja.
Fort Sill. Okla.. Aug. 25.
James Kelly and Frank Nelson,
5f privates . in battery A, Second 4f
vf Missouri field artillery, were kill-
5f ed tonight when a shrapnel shell
5f. exploded on a cantonment range. '
The shell, partly buried m the
grounded, exploded near the mess t
house as; a result of heat from' a &
-X- fir- nearby. Privates Oakley,
Jf Bloomer, McGrew and Ross were
injured.- 1 '
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fPlsuing
'IAl-iAiy TRDDPS
RAIfJ riPFN RRPIINn
I m m h mm w m wr j
Teutons. AcroMi'-''S-iForced
riateau
-Allies Capturing
German Positions
I
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- (By United Press.)
Londonc Aug, 25. "Second wind"
stage was reached in the allied often-
sive tonight. ' ... ; ' '- i
Italy has not ceased her great drive '
now for seven - dajs, but both France '
"u Z, tt6a-"lou. f " t
fighting
w - v r- n rt f r t tti -w- n itti iii . t nil n Tir iu i i inn u
I a j .i,fi ii
anu iorceu to uuusu nuaie auu uteraiiy .
..r.j.i a A j -
rebuild every ; inch of ground wrested
from th? enemy, nad to take-a Dreatn-
fS . xvpux ia iuuiSui, muiuaieu,
French we
Wd .assault forward north of Verdun '
t,-iand that Canadian troons were slowly
ugmenms up on .uens. v
The whole battlefront assault of. the
week, however, starting with a Flan- entered by unknown persons, who un
ders offensive by the British, the Lens locked the front door with a skeleton
encircling : drive, - the French" offensive key
ion the. Chemin-des-Dames,i the Morn- '
(Lens and Verdun battles. "- ; : f
L Italian . troops' : have - now swept be-
Military experts predicted with the ;
the'smoother ground of the plateau attain-
ed;- General Codorna's advance would
beepme 'even more - amazingly fast.
The Austrian. line into the Monte an-,
to ."sector has; been ; cUt at, several
places by capture bf the mountain and
adjacent Works., Rome Teported - her"
y pur suing the retreatV?
troops vigorously
ing enemy.
Glash;Qye?rWholWill f Try
Members' C of 24 th
CRIME SERIOUS V
SAYS GENERAL BELL
Mass Meeting In Houston De
, mands Return ot the .Ne-' ;
groes- Wil Be Court J
: 1 ::'v ' :. v ' Martialed. . i - f
- ' V (By United Press.)
Houston, Texas, Aug. 25 Members
L of the 24th negro infantry, who spread
death and terror in the raCe riots of
Thursday night, may soon face a firing
squad. - - ' .
This was indicated in & statement
to the United Press tonight by Major
General George Bell, Jr.; who came
here today to take command of the
situation. - sv."
; "The rioters will , be ccurt-raartial-ed,"
he declared. "This is the quick
est and easiest ;.way to dispose of men
guilty of such-crimes." " -
" Mutiny in time of war -is punished
by death, and murder- at all times in
volves the death penalty,; General Bell
explained. - He would , not Indicate,
however, that the troops have mutinied.-'
y'r:.--ir ' i-: vt : 'ii.
A clash between the military and
civil authorities over jurisdiction in
tbe cases of the negro slayers deyel-
oped tonight. . ;A mass -meeting of
citizens was in progress, tonight to
consider making formal demand for
the- immediately return for trial and
punishment of the 34 ' alleged rioters,
who were - taken from the county jail
and ' sent to Columbus, N.lM today,
together with the .other 600 disarmed
taembers of the 24th' infantry, ;
- The. people of Houston were prom
ised by a captain .of the "civilian pa
trol" the negroes would be promptly
and effectively dealt .with, according
to reports. . Except for these promis
es, citizens declared tonight, a mob
of 10,000 men would have been formed
"at the drop of the hat," to punish the
blacks. ;.: ';::. r;-; i'"--: 'vOf
Civil authorities ''contend that k be-
o,iQ wa ti mnntara n-cra prTmittofi
: , , , . .niIil I
tial law, that they rhave the jurisdic
.tion to exercise indictments returned
by the Harris county grand jury,
.charging the rioters '. with murder.
' s "I assume the local authorities will
make an effort to try the accused
pien," ' Major General Bell explained,
"but disposition of the . rioters is in
the hands of -the military." i s;vA
General Bell would not discuss the
cause4 of the -rioting! other than to
say
"It is to be assumed that the ne
groes thought some -one had slighted
them. ' The 24th, had a fine army rec
ord. None of the members, was im-
nlicated in the Brownsville - trouble
and at Columbusthey behaved them-
Following a citizens' mass meeting!
tonight in protest 01 tne removal -iu;inw iu;n. uittvi!uii,jf. jaw,wcie,.uuw-
i:n nmhiis. rl. ivi.. oi neKro . soiuiers
(Continued on ' Page ' Eight) . .-
GERMAN SPIES AT
WORK AT CAPITOL
STEAL DOCUMENTS
Senator Simmons' 1 Office
Broken Into Twice ;Within
Week. ' .- -
EVIDENTLY AFTER
IMPORTANT PAPERS
1 o c ri. i?- ay.
arid Navy Departments But
Did Not Find It Detective
On Hunt For thd Spies
Finance Corrimittee is The
Victim. , t
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.
(By Gorgef H. Manning).
Washington,-' D. C Aug.- 25
I WlCe i
within
the past, .week thieves,
pre-
sumablv German SDies have broken i
u- . t . K, - . - . . - ,
onnf p cimmnnoiMnmn ofltha o-onoral fFurieivA" Qccimilt in nia nr.
into Senator F. M,
the United States Capitol. ; .. : ... ,
T.nsf; TnosHaw niirht - th hMfV- door
- . w. . -. QLoW.;ii rhiir.
vu", r" r" r
.
ThiiTsrtflv n ent tftfi omces were aean
Thursday night the -offices were again
Detectives have been- in search of
the robbers for. several days, but the
.matter did not become known public:
ly until today,
' None of Se
None of Senator Simmons personal
partment, which had been - loaned; to
the Finance committee, to aia in train
ling the war revenue mil,; were .tanen
away.
rt -is
believed German spies', ' in
search of information about; war and
navy department estimates ' furhished
the - Finance ' committee, - did, the -jod,
but , were disappointed in finding notn-
t- -
OVER FIFTY PER
CENT OF VESSELS
U-Boats Have Garnered
Ghastly Harvest Accord
ing, to Board.
RECORD SINCE THE K..f
DECREE OF FEB. 24TH I
' r v v : ' ; : j
v Nearly Four Hundred British
Merchantmen Have Been
Sunk Since Theri-Oth--
er Losses Noted.
. V (By United Press.)
Washington, Aug. 25.-The German
U-boat is garnering a ghastly harvest J
according to., official figures ofthe-
United . States Shipping Board. - -
Fifty-five per cent- of all British I
snips .attaqKea are sunK, ana tne great
total of 388 British merchantmen of
1,600 tons or ' over, has1 been sunk
since .;February; 24,: when unrestric ted
German submarining started in ; earn
est. -"Sixteen hundred tons or over"'
.n.i1it,..n)iI-i! .,wr,
, : . r, .
As for other losses;, "the board fig
ures show: - . '
One hundred ' and. sixty-nine under
i,600 tons; 113 fishing vessels and 39
sailing .fishing craftr - ; .
. These figures are' British losses
pnly, as this government does not an
nounce its own Josses, -except in in
dividual' cases.
The worst week of the U-boat war
was between May 13 and May 20.!
when 75 per cent of the torpedoes !'
found their marks, but in no week has
the German scoring been below 50 per
cent.
Betting Hearst Won't Be In Race.,
New York, Aug. 25. Odds of 2 to 1,.
that W. R. Hearst would not enter the
cu iuua . mjt :, a uiuau suwi-, uciuus
commissioner.
- ':
British Lose Some
Trenches Bat! No Impor
tant Change In the West '
fBr' United Press.) '-
London, Aug. 25. Powerfully ; wag-
ed German counter attacks today fore-
ed British troops to yield a portion of
J v. . nnrfh0,Cf
Li cutuca icvcuuj vajiiuiuu . k""""'" .
of Gille Mont farm. Field - Marshal
Haig reported ' 1
this misadventure in
ATTACKED
SUN
MIS
MAKING
STRONG
ATTACKS
ficial night . statement - He added , g O'ciock UnUlS o'clock , to
however, that Gille Mont - farm itself mnvrtZ; oftalnnnn narrk unta m .
liak - PFJ'J y,r.
XTi. t Tit;au ,
manderin chief renorted the Canadi-UmnnH
ans continuing their ; successful bat-
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terymg into .tne: coai city. '
"We advanced our line slightly' he
declared of .the 'fighting in this sec-
tor. v. ; ... v. . : : j
- Paris night officiar statements" re-
ported some 4 artillerying; f but' no In-;
fantry actions The day' report, had
Verdun offensive north of Hill 304,
which gained additional ground for
th Poilus ' ';; .--' . . t
vr '-Kv;'
Statue Vof Pershing Now " Beality.-lery. '. fi sAi : ';'; ,w - -: ,J .:
London, Aug. r 25. General Persh-'S The 165th ..New York at full war
ihg's immortality was i assured today, strength was inspected 'late - this aft
Madam e-Tassaud's famous war works .ernoon, 'with army airplanes, dipping
mane a7 statue 'of the- American cOm- : and circlingoverhead. Thousands of ; ;.
mander, with sanawlcn ;men .advertispectators -i watched the inspection
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Group of Thirty. Plan to Fight
to Conscript Wealth For .
if -1
BORAH SAYS THET r : '
WUli FORCE INCREASE ;
LaFollette Not Taken Into! the
Council of The Opposition.
;- Seriate Finance Committee '
Bitter at the .Action.
" (By United Press.) if ; V f: " -:
Washington, Aug. 25.-The big Sen- '
ate battle to conscript wealth for war
hilla will wi'rlon ifo eonno nort nraalr ; i - i"
: . An "eiehtv ner rent tnv nn mnr niftf. '
its Will ' be demanded by a group of -
Senators! 'who are determined unon . v
an upward: revision of this section
in the war revenue bill. : ', : r r ; ? ;;-;!:
, Led by Borah, Johnson, of Californ
ja," Kenyon and Hollls ; the 30 ' Sena-
jtors at a meeting today pledged them
selves to a fight, which will be "defl-
ij nitely ratified at another meetittg i
Monday, before the Senate meets; : f ;
Aiding- tne conscriptionists' is f S
statistician, who Monday' will furnish ' '
data on the ' swollen. rofitasomft ror.
porations are reaping from thep world " ' ,
struggle. ; j;. '" "'
'W "areT determined to force a sub - j
stantial increase - unless i the i Finance ; !
uwuiuiiiwe ... i iu .ptiysTB .xnepreBem i. i
rraiwnatbrt'Boifabr: sald. ": ? : ; ;:
-"senator ; LaFolletterorlglhaL dV
cate of high taxes, was left' out of to' 1
day's session. :. .This indicated that the 1
movement is intended to : gather' sup- : ;
port which it lacked when LaFollette's ;
name was attached 'to the proposals. ' i
In fact, many Senators f have rsaid
frankly ( they could not vote for" a . La-f !
Follette proposition because the . Wis-
consin member carried the brand of , ;
"one of the .wilful twelve." , , . : t
The Finance committee; bitter at ;
)e conspripUonists, spent the, day.
uguimB, vix ; ua vwu iiues ior ueL
week'sfight, y,,:.:'- .'-' . ' -. 4 v
4 Increases in postal1 rates on papers
land periodicals and the profits. tax on
newspapers, will start the trouble , at
.the first of the week.. After that, ;La
Follette sv- additional : income ' tax
amendments and the Hitchcock
amendment to keep corporations from -escaping
taxation of undivided profits "
will be threshed put. ? The war profits ;
section will require- three days ; or -more,
with the. final vote likely at the -close
-of nextlweett.'.'-t''.' ' :' : ;'v" vr
Tuesday will see the House again in
action, with-the soldier insurance and
, two great , financial measures before
, it. The Ways ' and Means committee
.will consider the proposed $11,000.
,000,000 bond and.; appropriation bill
with no opposition to Treasury, .'War
or Navy :- Department demands vfn e
sight, and th0 general sentiment fa v- -j.
oring 4 per- cent; taxable ; bonds ; for
I the' next; issue. ? ; : ?.:
Representative . Adamson, guiding
the war insurance measure, predicts
its speedy -passage,, : ,.-,..;, ''i
. The' emergency appropriation bill-1-- ;
l iri peaces times about $60,000,0,00
will carry one hundred times that sum
this year. ' ci.
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RAINBOW PWISION.
GETTING READYtTO GO
, (By United Presa.)
Hempstead. N. :Y:;. Aug. 25.--Thous
ands of men. women- and .,' children
tpoured into the" -towns - around Camp
Mills Uonight, in automobiles, on in-
terurban cars and In horse-drawn ve- '
hicles - to say "Hello'v and "Good-bye"
tn the'trnnna nf th Rainhow Division
. . . -rt
encamped here.' The 165th New, YorK'
is the r only ; regiment . here now, but
nfher units will hp?in arrivine late to-
omer umis win oegu arriving law vu-
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closed and visitine will be limited to
, - x, i x
thA ed of i th . reHervatloni
it is not. known just;when the first de-
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tachment -of .the division will march
away to the point of embarkation. - : :
During' Sunday 1 night and ..Monday,
troops will arrive from Rhode. Island;
New: Jersey, .Maryland, the District of
Columbia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indf-
ana,;unio ana ennsyivania. ..jnen ,
more than 20,000 men In camp.. These
arrivals included the -.y entire . Fourth
Uhio . regiment, tne - 'ourtn k rennsyi-
ivania and the Maryland Coast .Artil;
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