North Carolina Newspapers

WEATHER FORECAST Mm V i - V 11 lX'X- XX-lX' North Carolina Fair' and warm- P tonight and TucsdayV vif South CarolinaFair tonight landj i&Mii Tuesday. - '-sT'-ZZjsZ fZ VOL. XXHL NO. 308. W'lM!NGTpNNQf PRICE FIVE CENTC' T7 5f vC- , ' .:-;sri?v;5;3xx IS V" HAVEN 'T SETTLED STR K E --:l X f.- 11 : mm tt ,. "UK Senator Simmons Prepares to Make This Move If Necessary ;", -C ! STILL DEBATING THE WAR REVENUE BILL Effort to Obtain Vote on Next! Saturday Afternoon Fails-4 Hardwick Assails Low Rate f of Postage Granted -the Newspapers - A (T.y Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 27. Efforts by Chairman Sinunons to obtain a junani tihius consent agreement for k unai voto on thf' war tax bill at 4 n. m. w- Sa-urdav failed. Efforts to fU a tini' f ".' di-iposing of the income and war profits sections also were unavail ing Objections were made by Sena tors who did not think such" an agree ment should be made until the princi pal! provisions had been disposed of 7: Senator Simmons withdrewi his mo tions a nd announced he would ask that the war profits section" come up lor consideration as. soon as the pos tal raies provisions have been agreed upon. :- .. . ' ' - Iiter a movement to invoke cloture wa? begun. Cloture petitions were circulated and several'more than nec essary, lii signatures, -secured within a few minutes., ..Senators Simmons was undecided when he would pre sent the cloture" motion, hoping - an agreement, might later be reached to The rJotnre-movouat,wgixifitiijit ?-ed after conference betweefr Senators Simmons, Martin, Harding, Smootand others, and was bi-partisan. r . Senators favoring liigher taxation privately ex.nresscd indignation oyer the cloture '.movement, and predicted its defeat. Tuey .said positively. that the necefrc.:ay two-thirds - vote could not ! e secured for its adoption. r Beginning debate cn the "postage sectiens, Senator Hardwick moved to strike out that levying Va cent in crease on letters. The proposed -increase tax, he caid, is '.'most unfair , ant1 unjust," while publishers' rates mtkt a postal deficit, s 'I would accentuate wrong,", he f aid, "leaving second class rates, ad mjitediy "grossly unfair, so low and laiting postage paid by the masses of die: people. t , "Not only is it my opinion, but also the Potoffice Department's that must deal with matters of this sort, that such p.n increase in letter rates is en tirely unnecessary as a war measure, and there is no justification for. it," said Senator Hardwick. He added that "the day i coming when great masse3 of business people who do not own nevspppers. but who do own common ordinary business sense," and who be lieve 'hit the -noRtal hnninftKa should De ronfhirtrrl f.iirlv will nssprf iPm- RClU.r . " " " - giving ijev.-spnpprs and periodicals 70 or 8i iiiiioti dollars every year while they ,icr. paying into the treasury eniMt.KJii ; iiruiii;-, annually for the'ear ry in i', d!" first class mail. " ' Soiin eri):leration should be shown to religious, agricultural and simil-ir publications, Senator.. Hard Wi''k ; xii'l. for a majority are not is- lL .- SUcii p;j- ;w, nurnnsp nf makiTip mon-! Inncjis;; in the rates to be charged Dv lit-'; government for transporting j'pvi-p;: .! was endorsed by -Senator ""'lir.t;, an Ohio newspaper publisher, wno ; ,.r.; p.; that there is.no" reason , ''y papers should not pay a rea sonable ariKiunt. to cover the cost o 11('"" : Tibuiion. He added that this ft '.!-! ion which -should riot come P 1(-r consideration in a revenue bill. ARRESTED FOR MAKING i n-Af 1 Si-fcHUHfca : . d'y Associated Press.) - " .. s. -Miss., Aug. 21: Charles Socialist candidate for Con 1 from the Fifth Mississippi 1)1 tiw last plpptinns was nr. Tiislrii 'tSleii I, X 1 i I' '1 1 nrvnnln rt tiviii'' charged-with, anti-draft ac an i .'S. , M( was brought here today 1 1(l "inder bond of $3,000. V x GOVERNOR OF TEXAS M A lCC A nrn T ms?vCrO A' KLr UfM JL j An Janies E, as. n r;-:;,;TI;"r;ded.Gov5nor of 50:: or ii, nday i0 the State $2,-f Wati,, ;,1,'x,cutlVe mansion appro-i have. ".ems which the courts mansion appro- ItemS Which thp milrtH I Stato Zh J'(ni d not be Paid by the Troac....: ,uon5y was paid into the! declii, iiueni. Mr. .meusoni u to niMi t .. ir w th I rerund, which is n i utemem relative of th covered by one agaict hrmartiCleS f imPeachment -K;x- 3 WILL HOT EX G U S E r U' vh-;vvv ..--Vi- ':x':' s 'fi' -v' x';:-s',Jf':: V i;. Government JDecides Not to " Exempt Firemen and Po- , , 'Sv- r'--- '' licemen '':--: ' ''. 1 ? t-v- ' , . ' CBy Associated Press.) : ? New York, - Aug. 27. Policemen ' and firemen eligible- to draft will -not be excused om military service, says a communication from Provost Marshal General Crowd er to Police ' Commis- .sioner ;Woods.;f Recently 'Governor Whifinan,. at the request of Commis sioner Woods, wrote "the Secretary of War. requesting that in cities where iyp population, is 2,000,000 and Z: up wards, firemen -and police . should be, exempted from military ; service. s The prbvost ." marshal general says in' his letter he'; ook the matter -, up with Secretary Baker, and the conclusion reached was that it would be unfair to the smaller cities to exempt firemen and police in the bigger ones, consid ering that only approximately. 3,000 xof the 10,000 men on the New York po lice force: came within the draft lim it, not more than 300 men will be call ed,- he ' pointed out. The same v condition, , he said ap plies to the fire department. If flre- menx and policemen , were exempt the icdentindvfO would make claims fo; exemption, - on the ground: that they.are. saviors - of life1 and ,Hmb; 'y lh' .-vx-f;' ANNUAL CONVENTION h$ CATHOUC SOCIETIES (By Associated Press.) Kansas City, Aug. 27.-rMorning and" afternoon sessions were on the pro gramx today for the delegates to the sixteenth annual convention of - the American Federation of Catholic So cieties. .The convention began yes terday to continue," until Wednesday afternoon. The list of visiting pre lates includes Monsignbr Giovanni Bonzano, apostolic .delegate to r the United States, 6 archbishops " and about ,100 v auxiliary bishops -and priests. Several-thousand delegates and visitors representing "all - parts of the country are attending the conven tion. ;: The federation has. a member ship of about 3;000,000. . x;:v: , x, i t NEW BOND ISSUE BILIi i IN SENATE COMMITTEE '"' (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 27. Progress on -Zl --.L "r0- " V&i " sine ii,&55,y4),uuu war oona and-cer- krinp.flTP8 nin in 'ino Hnnao vvava unn Means" committee was halted tempor-, arily "today by. the, unavoidable ab sence of 'Secretary McAdoo, who. was to explain the "measure. , He will ap pear tomorrow, and later the bill will be considered Jriexecutio -.sessions. Opposition to making the bonds and .certificates subject to any; tax appear ed today, but leaders -did not expect it io . prove strong enough to kill the .propose ax feature. If It' Can - " Accommodate One Thousand Men Tents Not 'Available. , (By George H. Manning). Washington, ; ,D. C, Aug... 27. The ,War Department will establish a mob ilization eamp for about one thousani' men of the aviation;cofps at Morehead (City,: if, accommodations can be pro-1 wiHprl frvr thpfn thprpx - This was .the statement made today to Congressman George Hood by War JJepartmenx oui ciais. ivir. tiooa nass .been trying, to have, the camp located at Morehead , City and today teiegraph-ed- there to ascertain if the Atlantic Hotel can be. secured 'to quarter' the men..: estaWi North Citv. 1 The, War Department wants,, to establish .the aviation camp on the North Carolina" coast, near Morehead mn . Knf on'trotr nn" tonto1 ni.' nllifl place to shelter them;t They would -be nuartprpd Camn Glenn, the-denart- mPTif ; sava hut th here ' are '.no .. tents -jf -4 r there now. ;it tne.x plan : to quarter them at the Atlantic '-. Hotel does not materialize the whole proposition will most likely fall through. : , ;; ' :;; ; THE To Secure; For The i .: FRANK DISCUSSION 1 AND BOLD CRITICISM Give iviomentum ; to tne ' ; Movement- A Reichstag t y Majority WitK Which : Must. Reckon 'Z ' '.V-'i-'trx (By Associated Press!) ''ii'xxi - Berlin, Aug. 26, (via London, Aug. 27)-lf frank discussion and unblush ing j criticism arc capable of bringing on parliamentary .rcfdrms, it may be sajd that 5 Saturday's proceedings; in the Reichstag main committee have givenx1 increased ' momentum to the movement, x To this -must be added the .volume: of plain spoken editorial comment by the Liberal -'press,'' which j satisfied with half measures or sub-J makeshifts. The: discussion of nationa-4 politics was continued by the committee yesi terday.- x;: : - x 7: ' :- v - ':k: " Chancellor . Michaelis twice took .the floor to explain his . newly. . created council, made up of 7 Reichstag dep uties and 7 members of the Bundesrat, over which h(e is to preside. The new council will, hold its rst meeting Tuesday to. discuss the'; government's reply to the papal peace: note.' The Social Democrats, Centrists, National Liberals and Progressives have agreed to co-operate with the government on Additional rowers ing bythe operatorsidwev;ern j& 1 1 Mnor r - - . .-r r T)nint that mieht. lead .tft'nt.' ! '" ',1U,, Doav m imDeriai -x " - iiri -VAy -1 cegislal this issued The various factions, how-'Galloway, colored,' an escaped convict ever, have": informed the Chancellor !in an alley extending off Seventeenth they have accepted the newly organize streetj Detween Market and. Princess, ed body as a provisionary device and - this af ternoon about 1 o'clock. Gal consider it the harbinger of more sub ioway had abandoned a bicycle, in the stantial - and permanent ,! measures j alley . as fleeing wnen fired 0It which will secure: to the Reichstag Dy th6 officer. He escaped from the constitutional prerogatives and eaH convict camp near ' Carolina Beach er; respohsibilities: : x ; ; x: early this morning and the sheriff and . Among other demands,' the coalition his deputies had been; searching for will uree "nullification of paragraph 9 -him about three hours , when he "was of - the imperial constitution; which j coming members of ; the federal coun - cil. Elimination' of .this restriction would facilitate: appointment of , mem- r bersi it Pamamenvxcreiarysnips racticaUy no ch&hceVtO -recover X' aoouuop pLiae.aeain.peuai - V 'ZZi " LZ' , . hichy;wtli3rthenrt hf. Bundesrat - - s ,:h v- J M T1Tni oht-linnrs was ffivpn f purpose to put, down hy force the Sep- yaneyJ,.. ,;Aug. ST.uonaid J. mo uunaesra - . v .i ms ouand gnt noursasgryen SSrLertenU"fcpinland ttd : MacMUlans Arctic Exploration expedl- .:HIJ?i rxoSurS tion arrived here tonight on the" re- sion ui uiw mum Luuiiumvic " lease on me. . - x -.-f. ;:. - -...: - 7 ... . 1 the various factions apparently strove 1 The search for?GalIoway. was begun to outdo' each other in the candor of ! shortly before 10 o'clock :this Tnorn their criticism, indicate lhat the Chan-1 Ing When the sheriffs' office was no. cellor was an attentive auauor anu j snowea no mciinauuu j-u uyyvs av.tln(1. npgTri acponcri frnm rhfl work ui - uiuic. tiuuoviv i noon,- ne said ne wouw cuu&cut consider the 7 Reichstag deputies in . . 1 J - n n n n the new council as representatives of their political factions. " The session afforded, the party rep resentatives ample opportunity , to bring up' their grievances Among them was the statement o Mathias Erzberger, leader . of the Centrists, that his party has not received proper recognition in the distribution of gov ernment honors. ;: 'The session gave the impression that advocates, of parliamentary re forms are inclined to support tnq Chancellor .in. his opinion that : res ' organization cannoi oe unowweu, hastily; It is plain at. tms aaie, now ever, that the coalition, which has been augmented immeasurably, by' the ndhesion of the National Liberals, now constitute an invincible Reichstag ma- jority, with which tne unanceuor' must reckon, which will enter the new session next month with a definitely mttifnpH nroeram. That the majority - .. I parties are not inclined to give; the newly created council permanent im- supplementing his speech in the fore-jed oortance is indicated by press com-lKe1 ment. ine iouowing ucyuuco , . i jAMtiAa novo been elected by their parties to mem bership -in the council: Socialist'Dem ocrats, Philip .Scheidemann and Fried r'rtr Ebert: Centrists, Mathias Erzber ger ; and Herr Fehrenbach; Progres sive," Friedrich von Payers National Liberal, Dr. Gustav Stresemann, yon- the machine in which "the officers were servatiye, Count von Westarp. : -x: seatei when the bullet; from, the; big . While - a slip , of the tongue by the j j. gun tore into the back of his Chancellor and a bungled report of. nea an(j passed out near the temple. Wednesdays session were' directly re-jne fell.in the black dust of, the alley. sponsible tor tne tensiuu uix lVc f- week, the .existence ; of much combus-J tible .'"material of a political and Pr - liamentary nature is likely to call forth other flare-ups, on account of the present : mood arid temper of the Reicnstag majority;, n.quuwuB;:0 tion ' is symptomatic of the!1 majority appetite for increased authority, re-. sponsibUity, .and further conflicts in the attempts to appease that appetite are hardly avoidable. ' ' - : x it has now become known s: inai Chancellor. Michaelis made his second fctfltpment xof - Wednesday, definitely -?xing his1' attituae ; towara ,iae txveicu- Vke's neace resolution, before the in- troduction' Of the .majority's declara-; rdlnir - the -establishment Of full concordance between at and the ? jt was : a " pitiful i state. ; He was hur siatement of the ; Chancellor orRJuly x ried t0 te james Walker Memorial x ': - x t :x :: - ;: Z :i :x V Hospital; where 4 everything was done "'Nci'standing.v;.the 'Chancellor's.ave hi life. v" . ' - rev isetl statement which made - this Deputy Sheriff- Kelly promptly sur protestf superfluous, .the declaration j rende'x.i tjo Sheriff Jackson. - It "was was- read. The-mischief. ,was thusjp8tod that his bond ; would be fixed done and the outside : world: received at200 later .in the afternoon pend fhe impassion that another cfisis had ' -the ntcme of - the negro's : in come. ' For, this the mismanagement juries. This bond was agreed on at a Of the censorship over reports of the .iconferencej between: Recorder' George coihmittee's :. deliberations must " be Harriss, just - up ' from a severesick blamed. 1 - ' ' "V? m olicttor Edwin T.' Burton. ' - Over t!i'T b-y.Vns cauldron A there ,. --Galloway has 'a- bad reputation. He presides a new Chancellor who made ;.has given the police no end of trouble his: record as a capable official and organizer x in governmental depart- v ; Z: (Continued oaTage Eigb t ) : : r - v - (By Associated: Press).. HkS ' " BiriainghaniM . Ala. Augj 27. 4f Indications today were that . the" efifdrts fof Secretirvvxof - Labor: I ;;WiIson ; looking to ar settlement -K- w oi r ainerences : ueiween Aiaosma coal - operators; ana. un.on miners -Jf .?;haye.vDe'en:-jTUltJess;.T 1 said to have beenr some unbend-- V ; , x -x-" 1 xi; f rsr-.ar'HA . secretary .yvVvuso.xpTessed;! soon' be; clari fied despite its pre3- .X- . - ti 'i. j .J.llji'ij ,J ."'.X. I -ent dark outlook. ; ij - ;x- t v -55- .4f Possible ; rTragedy II Was En x acted In AUey Just Urt Seventeenth-Street BULLET PASSED THROUGH HIS HEAD Officer Fired From Auto mobile; " George : Galloway. Injured Man-r-Happened . This Afternoon Deputy Sheriff Burt"Kelly shot and very probably fatally wounded .George found on - Seventeentli-street. A re- Hospital, ' where he. was hurried -for treatment: at 3: 40 o'clock this " after- noon, was to -the teff ecC'that he s had tified by the police department ; that toward town. on Guard Aiken's bi iorce near iarouna oeaun- anu .sutrL- cycle Sheriff Jackson Deputy Kelly and Superintendent of Stockade H Mack Godwin went down the Carolina Beach road expecting to meet the escaped convict but were unsuccess ful. Meanwhile the hunt was kept up. The sheriff and hismen heard "defi nitely from Galloway some time later, their information being that he was seen at the Intersection of Eighth and Red Cross streets and that : he had been home- This raised the presump tion that . he .was armed. The : hunt was kept up" and Galloway was seen by the -,officers tor the first time on seventeenth street, "between Market and princess He rode is "bicycle into the alley that extends up ; behind the residence of Mr. Ed L. Prince, corner of Mar ket and Seventeenth. The driver of the automobile crowded on full gas and ag tne machine swept up to the of the alley Galloway was pr- jered to halt. He neglected , to obey h nrdpr thp officers said, but drob- jjjs "bicycle and started do the alley . on : a dead run. Deputy Sheriff ; raised his revolver and. .fired Ganoway4: crumpling up m a neap on - . ; - - the : ground. Tbe deputy . fired from the automobile, before: it had been brought to a stop, shooting high, he said, in order to avoid striking Sheriff Jickson, vJho was. partly within range -QaiiOWay was perhaps forty feet from rvcad bleedly profusely .trom tne d .A crowd quickly gathered, and Vgtoo'd staring at the stricken ' negro wll ile hig blood dyed the ground red a&(J a. pitiless .sun beat down upon , hig uncoVered head. He continued to jasp tc nreatn; wouic. men apparem iy lose the breath: he was apparently si.riving so hard to regam, would gasp again. ' Sheriff Jackson thought hint dead at, the time and so advised ia DiK Ja ch rop esentativewho happened to be present; - This accounts for the note in the first edition of the, paper famhef attention to - almost instantan- eous death. He was-not dead, how ever. " 'When the ambulance,:; which Denutv Sheriff Kelly himself ordered, -vo nprn was -still Hvirie hut and his name is one-of the most familr iar on the blotter 'at police, headquar I W - W I I W I ; .- W W a I W- lmf I .X I nr n fiTU rii i ri i rr 'f 'rZft ::x x; v 'Z--;7ffJsX' I (Continued x, :owI)u Not "iPresage x. laiuiuuy ai uici cuuic 3 . v 5x iationai convention j::.i-,v x- "'' " X N AS MANY DEMANDS ASOTERE ARE PARTIES jiAsj to What Course the Con vention Shall" PursuerKe-" Tensky's Speech Not Satis-'. ory: v 1 v T- : J . 1 i . . i v : i I Moscow, Sunday,; Aug. 26. Premier V tJ-ronslrtr XtoTirt f rnc Ar 'Klfnannrtr i van.! terday to at lend ' the national' confer ence being, held for consideration of themilitary vahd i political ' problems y Inch f6ni rent the ! troops : at., the Hippodrome ; today and in addressing Hhcm rsaid he as convinced by the valor they were showing that. ' they would be able" 4.0 driye back the enemyjat the front and crush any attempt at a counter revolu tion. xv ' , : f General Korniloff, s the commander-in-chief,"'" arrived x from Petrograd. to day and was greeted by great crowds. In an address he said it "was a source of satisfaction . toVbe. able' to . tell ' the army that Moscow. was the" watch word for; .the" welfare rof the country and war to a victorious end; ? i "S-'Z ? : -x ' The5 day was devotedj to conferences of the different groups of delegates. The discussions dealt principally with the1 government's statements, the rer ply, to be; made and the attitude to.be taken at the. coming general meetinr The: Maximalists reached 1 the; conclu sion that the conference does not rep resent the .Will of the nation and is; of anti-revolutionary J? character; x 'They decided to demand from the assembly a dictatpjrship of .the proletatiat by the handing over of . all power to the council of wor'nnen's and soldiers' delegate's and S otd : to leave the hall if the majority, should be unwilling to share ' their.- viewpoint. vt.-: x The Internationalists y; insisted Z on ed maintenance of the: deal th 'penalty: At the meeting-of Constitutional Dem pcrats, Prof. Paul .MilukolE, saidjio solution would be reached except .in line: ; with the national program and that it Premier Kerensky did not put into execution the measure .foreshad owed the ruin of the. country would be inevitable. ; . . -x;' : Z--':'--"Z. Kerensks Speech . N ot Satisfactory. I JLondon, Aug. 27. :"Premier ; Keren sky's speech- in opening the national conference dil not satisfy a single par ty or succeed in uniting the:diff erent groups in mutual service for the coun try," says' the . Exchange , Telegraph correspondent at Moscow. The Demo- j crats are dissatisfied with .the dicta tor-like government. xxThe -anti-Democrats expected - a practical ; prograiri for the carrying out of measures to put down anarchy. They also are dis satisfied with the : premier's i declara tion regarding - the impossibility of imagining a country withouff freedom, saying this is no time to talk of free dom and social reforms, x r "Monday is expected to be the day of atonement The various groups arr expected to speak out freely and voice their aspirations. Much: depends on whose words find an echo in . M; Ker ensky's own aspirations. ( , ' "Personally, -1 do ; not believe, the cabinet will undergo changes, as a coalition is the only possible form of government at this juncture. - Should the conference fail in a last effort to organize a national government, ; the responsibility will , fall "on those ele ments which put the interests of their own classes above those of the; coun try. . . - ; ' ' ' " Moscow Jias resumed i its normal aspect. The strike , nas been discon tinued and the .Moscow ; council of workmen's . and: soldiers' delegates with other organizations, has appealed to. the population to abstain from dem onstration. The Petrograd Maximal ists of the central executive council have been deprived of tneir mandates on account of unwillingness to submit to the decisori" against separate ac tion." THE WANT OF COAL STOPS SUBWAY TRAINS . (By Associated Press.) -New York, Aug. 27.-An-investigation of the' methods used in supplying the various power statiorisVof . the In; terboroughRapid Transit " . with coal, was .expected Vto.: begin xhereV" today when the( public - service cominission opened its , inquiry tofdetermine r re sponsibility for the 3-hour, supway tie up last Saturday "afternoon Accord- ins to officials of the Interborough thehties had made , possible through, co- shut down:was caused by,-a lack- of coal. . , ' - - The subway . may be shut down again today at noon because of the lack of coal, according ,,to Frank Hed ley,; vice president: of the company, who'said the coal on hand wOUld'not last: lone, and that 'the. ability; of the comDany to mainain its service would depend upon- the arrival of more coal. x""n, tmnhla. Tirnv ia " hp- said, "that the United States government is con -- v - PPFB Mr I 1.11 XIII III1.U jnioiisands of Miners Become Idle-7-Machinisf s Present-; x; Z 'sing New ; Demand ; -ZZ'Z'Z'-Z '" " w.vly-y ;n : : - x ? : , . (By Ausociave . Press.) ; Butte, Mont., , Aug; 27. Thousands of miners are ; idle today" because of the shutdown of all the copper mines Of ' the ' dtStHct. ' TTiafifi HPPPRS9rv.: the closing Ftiday of - the" Washoe Smelting Plant of the Anaconda . Cop per Mining Company, at. Anaconda, when of 3,000, men employed on the 4 day shift) only-110 reported for; work. Indications "are . that, the independent mines of the district, which did not shut down; Friday, will be compelled" to cease operations in the near future. Miners gradually are failing to report tor work at the independent proper ties. The machinist "union has formu lated new demands which members j say . they will insist upon. : BULGARIAN'S DE1VI AND OF MORE TERRITORY (By. Associated Preer.j ' . Copenhagen,, Aug.' 27. -Annexation of large amounts of territory will be insisted upon by Bulgaria,- according to ah. interview with Premier ' Rados tavoff, as published . in a Budapest newspaper.; The Premier also is quot ed as saying; that the formation of a great imperial federation ; of middle Europe might : soon -be ' expected. : . x" Premier' Radostavoff Vindicates Bul garia will demand the1 . acquisition of 'Macedonia, the Diibrudia and the Aee-i cau iiLtui aar oxi j lug iuat tuio - 10 xaj. cord with the proposal for settlement of r the 'Balkan problem oh the basis of right and justice as made ; by the Pope. ' "t'":ZZZ- :" ;rv-vf -v.; ; PEARY'S tROCKER LAND ! : Z WAS ONLX A MIRAGE lief steamer Neptune, after: four', years i spent, in uie. fuiarr..regioiis. -- juacmu- lan, who was one of: Rear Admiral r Perry's eutenantsx oil r his success-? lul dash for - the North - Pole, ' confirm ed previous dispatches from, liim that there was no Crocker . Land, such as bas been , reported by: Peary. -Peary's mistake was due to amtfage so reaLDvina river-region northwest of ,U- that the ' MacMillan party 1iad been deceived by it for four days, he said. AIRPLANE RAID - ' - OVER BELGIUM ; P'-. (By Assocl&ted Press.) -i London, Aug. 27. Another bombing expedition; was made over Belgium, on Saturday; night by British aviators.-; "A bombing raid was carried out at midnight : Saturday by the naval air service at the St. Denis Western air drome,' the; official report says. v ; "A large number of bombs were dropped. One of our machines lis missing." ' ' BILL OF PARTICULARS S t IN TOM WATSON CASE ' ' (By Associate.4 Press.) ','-. ! Asheville, N. C, Aug, 27.-rFederal Judge' Speer, who is in the Sapphire country -near; here, has not yet an nounced his decision on the motion of Thomas E. Watson, to enjoin the post master at Thomson, GaV from denying the mails to his publication, The Jef- f ersonian. Government attorneys1 have alleged ."objectionable features" in Watson's r magazine.; Watson . is .said to have been opposing the draft law. THE BED CR One Created to ;HandlefTrans portation of Medicine and : Relief Sujpplies -' 4 By Associated Press.) .-' -Washington, . Aug. 27. The 5 Red Cross announced, today ? the . creation ot a transportation service to -handle the vast quantities &of medical r and'.re- daily ,te aid the stricken" peoples 'of lief supplies -pemg -snipped taimosr France, . Belgoum, , Serbia, ; Russia and other belligerent countries; 'N'V : f The newxbranch tf Red Cross activ- "operation with the French, British and Italian . governments, . - the i: United States shipping board. and the leading steamship ' and -r railroad, companies. Practicallyvall the cargo space needed has been placed at the! hisposal , of , the war ;council.V Much of it has been given free .by the' :steam -ship .com- panies and the allied 'governments. , The railroads -war .board has noti-j fied the war council that Red -Cross shipments - will -be exempt Vfrom em-;er; NEW B I 108 DSS (General PetainlHolding Gains v at Verdun Despite Strong J Attacks HAVE TAKEN OVERv:-- :: THOUSAND PRISONERS British Continue ; . : to ; Bniasn v Aviation and Other Basel 1 Behind German Front v in ? : Deigium- rjgnung at er Points ; ; ; : J General: Pefain is hblding: ; alihis gains , 6f : the :great CVerdiin pffensiy movement in! the face of : fomldabld ''fL counter attacks Z which x the CrdWn ZX Princeis launchiiig; Z' -"ZZZZ ZZ'& -" : The French commander reports tha ! repulse 0 strong assaults, on, nwly ; won positions in this sector. V He an nounces, also.the 'capturepf . 1.100 pris-: oners in the fighting yesterday, when : ' the French lines were carried forward two-thirds of a mile' on 1 a two and a -half mile front, to the' outskirts of Z Beaumont village, c, : ;;.; ,.--; xr : Possibly as a diversion the Germans : x have resumed their; ; attacks, in ,tho Aisne region where for many "days In :' July and early August: they met with f s repeated checks in : desperate efforts " to drive, the French from the. valuable ground on the Chemin-des-Dames, Wdn Z in the spring - offensive. The renewal : of the attempt met with no better suc cess, r the breaking up" :of the Crowiiv5; Prince's thrusts : being announced tb . day - by the Paris was office. r- x ir The British are continuing their ay ? tematic smashing of aviation and oth ;: jer bases behind- the" German ; front fn Belgium. The dropping of a large number of bombs by naval airmen on' the airdrome of St. Denis Westren ; is announced today, r In infantry opera- tionR the onlv " Ar.T.ivitv renortftrf 1 a ,: --? - -- - t-- . successful trench raid carried out .this : morning near Oosttaverne. ; ' ; 'V;;- Austrians Admit Retreat x, London Aug. 27. -It was reported ' frbmAustrian army headquarters' that the Austrian troops who were, fighting to ,the north of .Gorzia on the Isorizo front have how retired,; says a Central Newa.:d ispatch from Amsterdam, - v X :j-anadlari:ipa$ualty 4:r6tr Ottawa; .Canada, Aug.- 27.-Kesult of, the heavy, fighting on" the Canadian front were reflected . inv the casualty. lists, totalling orer 1,000 for theweefc-1 , ena. ine noon list toaayxnumoers 327,.of whom 19 ,wete killed In actioh" and 33 died of wnnnds. : .' v Russians Yield Ground; v Berlin. Aug; 27. (Via London);- Today's official report - from the' Bus- so-Galacian front says that' in- th cobstadt on the northern sector of the line, the Russians; yielded ' some- ppili- ;?. tions to the, Germans. y: ,V'Vv- ft ! Germans . Forced to Retire. ' . ; Berlin, -Aug. 27, (via Londpn),The; Germans were forced out of Beaumont- rn (ha VorHnn frnnf aaat, nt fV Meuse in yesterday's fighting, ."but sub: sequently re-captured the village and ' wooded - sections,; the war office - ari-' Z nounces;; .The fighting 'in this sectdr continues. . , -, r iy.- ,.; ; ii; jr - 'Rumanians Repulse Attack. 'r . Petrograd, 'Aug. ; 27,-r-(Brltsih ad- ! miralty per wireless press) An' Aus- ; tro-German attack on Rumanian posi- : sitions south. oL Ocnav last night was pulsed, the "war office " announces. . ; Northeast of SouveIa,;the Rumanian recovered a height which had been' t wrested from.. them. l .V v U ..;. Desperate Battle Raging. -. . Rome,. Aug. ; 27.(8111 admiralty per r wireless press )Z A desperate' bat- V tie isVin progress on the Bainslzza pla- teau on the front north of ,Gorizia,it : is announced officially. The resistanpe , ; of : the Austrians Jias been overcome ; at various points. uVSl TQTTMM TT FTQ R A CC' TO NORMAL LIFE '." -(By Associated. Press.) ' ' ' Houston; Texas; Aug. 27. Houston went about Its normal way agaln to day following the action of. Major-Gen eral . Bell, last 'night in removing the city - fron 'martial law:;;' Saloons ,were re-opened arid business houses' selllng ammunition again were permitted jo make sales ' Patrols were taken rf rom the .streets, and: armed , guards . were, t nr , Iftnwr 'statirtTiPd nti : Htrp.ftr."cara. " . ' ' '" ' - " ;' ' -' ' ' D ANGEROUiS GERMANS "Z CLOSELY GUARDEb 1 4 (By Associated Press.) tv: New York, i Aug. 27.f-OT&er& Vwere received :,by the United States mar shal today to transfer more than; a dozen .Genrians considered dangerous to the United States from the enemy' alien, detention camp on Ellis .Island to Fort; XJglethorpe Ga. , A detail pt L soldiers will (accompany. the prisoners. CHIliREN IN WANT I IS BY THE THOUSAND " ' ' JBr AssodstM Press.)..' T . - New York, Aug. 27.-7Mpre than 50. 000 children under X2 years of age.all , dependent on. outside, relief for necesX sities of life, are in Lebanon and an4 additional 25,000 orphans are in Syria, not; including- Palestine, according to reports ..of missionaries from : the Near v East, arriving here.',; The missionaries said it was extremely doubtful wheth- many; of the children; could survive H- Il - m 1 Br it- , 1 . 1 . i (V: '1 i t he blotter 'at police headquar-fiscating the coal intended to ruri the .bargoes and take right; of way over all. the coming winter, if -relief does. no . . . atinued otf Page Eight.) - x New York subways.", S : : , .freight except that of the 'government; reachthem. , ;. ;; yZj------U?. ... ' " A;;xxi''x.x:x,ujrt:xn'f .,:,':,,.,.. , t; ZftZ "vC?.. ;;'-vx-.:m;..viV