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r . . ' ' ' , - , " - i. ' " ' 71-m: WEATHER FORECAST f i i: r. :. EDITION North Carolina Fair warmer; Thursday fair., South Carolina Fair,, slightly warmer. r tonight, tonight, FULL LEASI D .WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXIII. NO. 330. wilmingtqn;noth Carolina; Wednesday mtternooM; sept, i 9 i9i 7. PRICE FIVE qENT i " 1 I i I I II : 11 First 40 Per Cent, of Rational Army is Called i ? BEGIN TRAINING FOR SERVICp IN EUROPE r v- From Every State in the Union Young Men Answer Their Nation's Call The'" Camps Ready to Receive Them. (T.v Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. -19. Three hun dred thousand men of the National Army are today on their way to 16 cantonments to undergo an intensive training period preparatory for serv ice overseas. Today's increm'en' rep resents approximaieiy ier ceui..; the total quota under the - first call from nearly 5,000 exemption boards. The transition from civilian to mil itary life was effected1 ; with a mini mum of delay, in' -every . section, the men called by the .individual, boards were assembled, placed uuaer . mili tary discipline wielded by one of their number-selected as leader, and assigned to special troop trains. Every effort will be made by the governments to adapt, the man of the selective draft forces to the branch of military work to -which they are best suited by experience and natural ap titude. To carry out , this purpose a corps of ' civilian experts in . trade in the service of great' corpora tfpns in selection of men for special occu pations, : wili bo . anpiipted,s.0Q to make a similar appraisal of the15!-! listed men of the National Army,, pre paratory to the assignment of the men to the . special units - necessary in modern warfare. '. . " '' ':, j ; Charst have ; beeir"prepared to be filled out by the men showing exact ly their experience jand training, and providing, r.lso, for a statement of their preferences .as to the kind of work they will be called upon to. do. If possible, these cards wiir be' sup plemented by a personal estimate of the men by the civilian experts.. This can be done only after a rough gen eral classification has-been made pos sible through the card system as it would be too great a task to person ally interview every man. .. . Pour Into Camp Lee. "T . Richmond, Va., Sept. 19. A parade, led by the Forty-seventh New York regiment band, preceded the depar ture of Richmond's second quota - of 294 men for Camp Lee today. Gov ernor Stuart, Mayor Ainslie and mem bers of the city council following the new fioldiers to the railroad' station-to bid farewell to them. Meanwhile quotas from various sections of , the State were passing through the city on the way to camp.. One of the first contingent's to arrive at Camp Lee this morning, was the quota from Louisa countv. which numbered 53 men Rousing cheers greeted the men as the trains pulled out from Byrd street station. . Col. Fitzhugh Lee, mustering offi cer, assisted by a large' number of lieutenants, several of . whom are from Fort Myer and Fort- Oglethorpe training camps, was the busiest - man at Camp Lee today. .He is rapidly assigning the men to the various reg iments following the required exami nations. About 3,000 men from Vir ginia counties -will arrive at canip to ( Continued on Page Eight). ; War Dep artment Seeking "Site in South For "-New Cantonment."' , v ltT (By Assoetited Press.) r V ashington, Sept 19 .The War jpart mtMit is now seeking a site in the Southern portion of .the country for an additional infantry and machine 8un firing .school, V where adequate rangos can be laid out . for rifle,- and Machine gun practice vwork.il Boards officers are looking" over r various Proposed sites in Texas, -and else noro, but no recommendations have yet been received. . . 4 Tho new range will require between lJ and 20 square miles of uninhabitat a territory, broken into level' lands jna also into hill country, so that "a"le conditions of all kinds can i be produced for the v target - practice" pt There must be room for a large ntonment at which the": troops can Je fiousod; gqod rail' facilities 4 an BuiaiPnt City or twnranl an adequate JPPly of good water for camp vpur- SIIOFFIGISI: BL SENT ABROAD FOR OBSERVATION niviei CmmA-, r w'Me&ns still has in his possession $60,-i LlVlSlOn LOmmanderS tO Liet nnn ; . t.. ' First Hand Ideas of - -1 1 A . The War. r 'S THEY WILL RETURN it) TRAIN NEW ARMY! ;L,vcry u)mmanaer Will DeiXitEl the death or Mrs. King, out was Given an Opportunity to " Visit the Battle Front -at . - An Elarly Date. - Washington, Sept. 19. Regular and k National' Guard general officers com- maiMi w '.. Hweii ? c -- . v..uB v-.10,j00yas oruer. accoraing 1 , iu.. AiLuruey are to be sent to Europe on an obser- McDuffie,-who claims Means has told vation tour of the battle fronts return- him and others directly interested in ing to carrron their training duties at fht ?a h,Md h, be: . - . . , , j longing to Mrs. King, which he refused the close . of. the ; .tor.'; Formal an, jto surrender - - - 'v : - . outicement .of'this . planbyi the Department is expected : tinder the yoluntary censorship, spe v. ,. -. CiLme i eiffc jnovenlerit orgenral officers inay hot be published. without authorization t ihe nilitary. authorities. For this reason, the-list of 'divisional command ers already selected to make, the tour menfs announcement is made. It . is assumed, however, that, if possible, every division commander . will r be given an opportunity in time to famil iarize himself somewhat with actual war conditions abroad. " The early stages of the mobilization and training of National Guard, and National Army divisions will be left to the brigade and regimental command ers, leaving the officers ""of the" divis ional staff to handle' the larger ques tions. ' ' The first weeks of the training camp work will be devoted largely to getting the men equipped and classified to the 'various arms of the service, 'and the period, will be devoted, wherever pos sible, to the observation tour abroad for general officers. . . COSSACK INCIDENT NEARING AN END I 'B-t Associated Press.) Petrogra,d, Sept, 19.-? The provision al government has abolished the post of military governor of Petrograd and re-established the office of command er -y of the troops of - the Petrograd district. Colonel Polkovnikoff Jhas been appointed commander with pow ers to" settle " questions relating to the' food supply I and transport.? . - It-is ; expected that the , Cossock in cident shortly will be closed in a satisfactory manner, says the Russian official : news . agency. Cossack officers have' V submitted to the . provisional government a petition requesting that the order .for the arrest of General Kaledines, the Cossack leader be countermanded, alleging the affair is entirely the work of political agents ,A delegation of loyalists 5 from Moscow has now gone to the Cossack headquarter to investigate on - the spot. - , , v . , - TAKE DOWN THAT arid put it in the Want jVilmington Di ':'f-'ytyysy:-4 How many people pare ybu'Urehtthat vacant quicker, and much moreil-y a Dispatch :r 1 - Want Ad. than in; any V TO Dispatch Want jAd. Directory ? - Read for Profit Use for Result:. ; ' ' ' . . 'Sl:''VMS' 'KV:'!; JUDGE BOYD CITES IliSiill fiContempt Proceedings Insti tuted by; Attorney For - Mrs. Robinson. NEXT TUESDAY SET FOR HIS APPEARANCE I Means Refuses to . Comply With! Court's- Order to , Over Certain . Pa pers and property. , " (By Associated Press.J " Greensboro, N. C, Spt. 19.--Federal Judge James E. Boyd today issued afbers Qf uniona affiliated with the San " ness manager for Mrs. Maude A. King, of Chicago killed near Concord, Au gust 29, to appear in his court next Tuesday and show cause v why " he should not.be held in contempt to court, ihis decision was made as tne fSSn??;122Sj atttornev for Mrs. Anna L. Robinson. mother of Mrs King who allegesj 1 000 cash, property of the King estate, i which he Was ordered by Judge Boyd Jto surrender to the Central Bank arid I I I 4 II rilllU II U 111 II1U V II V I l( 1 rust company, ui jj.sneviiie. ? f .' Attorney McDuffie requested Judge Boyd to have Means cited to appear in court here Friday. '. . ; V This, the Judge refused to do, on the 1 11: 1 i ; a 3 r 1 . l ,3 euureiy a uivii buil, auu ivifa.ua sli juiu have time to summon his witnesses to 'prove he had obeyed the order of the court, demanding the surrendering of .property., . : .-'.V . Y'-.- Papers, the documents, an automo- bile, Jewelry and a check for $3,000, the property oi Mrs. Jvmg, nave Deen turn- x . r t - . . . I I PII ilVHr in..f'.limnilH.I'f K. WILIl .lUIIH i - 7 - - to this allegation - made by Attorney McDuffie, Judge BOyd said iterances; dad t cohstituKafe the court, as the statemena might be 'unfounded. ' . . . 1 ;i . - .'. "v Means will probably' be served with the ruling of 'Judge Boyd tonight. AN , Kl .r.C 1 lOlN . KIO 1 IN PHILADELPHIA (By Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Sept 19. A riot to day, in the Fifth ward of this city where two factions of the' Republican party "are bitterly fighting for I con trol, resulted in the killing of a police man and the wounding of several other political - workers '- George , Ep-,1 pley, a policeman, was ; shot dead and 1 Jaines A . Carey, a city official, and f Urgent suggestion from the Ameri a leader of one of the factions, was f can ' Federation of Labor, however; injured and sent to k hospital. fthat the entire Pacific coast should Primary elections are being held , be considered 1 a unit in determining tnroughout Pennsylvania todfy for lo;i cai oiiices. . . -t NEW YORK HOLDING A CITY PRIMARY v- 1 (3y Ansoclatcd Pi ess.) New York, Sept 19, An unusually heavy vote was predicted hy campaign managers at today's primary election in .this city. Mayor , John Murrey Mitchel, fusion candidate , for re-nomination, is opposed In the Republican primaries by former State' Senator William M. Bennett '; V 4fr -X- -X- AN AMERICAN SHIP SUNK. ! -;..' " ' 45- (By Associated Press). 4f London, Sept -19.-The, -Ameri- can steamer Platuria;. was tprpe- 4f doed by a German, submarine- on September -15.. Forty-five sur- K- vivors have been landed by the X 4f Italian steamer Andrea. L The 4f master of the; Platuria and eight -:f of the crew were drowned. v 1 FORRENTl SIGN Ad. Columns of The p' -Jr v.;';i;v that window of yours ti oilier way. :' THE SIlITIOIIfJ SIC PACIFIC COAST STOipiCHANGED Both, Sides Mark;TimeAwait: mg ine i-vrnvdi or rea- . era! Officials. HOPE OF SETTLEMENT EXPRESSED BY SOME r Metal TraTdes Council ;Repre- ? tend. Financial Aid to Strikers'. : (By SftJociated iPresA - 13 San Francisco; Sept. ;19. Both sides 1 involved inths .strike of 25,000 mem tu per cent, increase m wages, marKea time . today j awaiting the arrival of ward H. Hurley, chairman of the Unit- ;d States ; SMpping Board, and Wil't liam Blackmon, conciliator for the Da - rtmpnt of Lahor; who have been v "T- J I " il i AS 1 C , UBU i muu s, 1" , :1rn rirtn Toon ' " r gating $15U,0UU,UVU. , , - ; . -m . . - -. V cQnhdenee,'Was , Pessed - byiabor te&te andrepresentatives . of. 4 the California iMejtal, Trades Aociation, the employers organization, that a way would.belo .i? ujr -C1'1V 0 V4 f t cent, wage increase was rejected by i roiiowed. . - ---' v.-': : Metal Workers Given Aid Trades Cohncil, ' representing "15,000 men employed in the steel shipyards of the Seattle district Voted last.riA'it to ) extend financial support ' to , the ' . : nr(3 nT1 Btritni?aiT,8t tho iia nf lm. i . i J - -r--r i. Der,,proaucea- in vvvasmngion - mius operating oh a 10-hour basis.- Decision also was I Reached, W'ast saidrf to de- clard a strike if 'members of. the coun cil are asked 'According xi ; . ; 'At k l it. BATiWmon( "eimfraaAa in' iTnTnoHatelxr f ' effecting theadoption, of Cthe - eight i i hour day; byrB?bal?er loperatprs, the Jv Hhipyards ttgstferesses j that time!' it was noihted oilt the sup plof 'b ocWced irebt;ho oVirrll att iq " nwiwifoi way open to Germany and Geimany'a SeatUe. Wash Sept. 19,--The MetaLifriaVhfirA u nnJiL' to handle 10 hour lumber. ! f uu4usoE,:;erman ppIni6n of ' AI C. Bedford,, of .New .to officers-Of theohnciLin m" If t J - if VQweekr prescribed by tne- State, food producing - and can producer all that wasnmgton. ,&ept. ay. x,aoor itpeal received' from hotels, restaurants. . iU . : partment .officials- today expressed ,the 1. clubs,- throughout the ' State in- her added, that "our government should opinion that there "is .some prospect difficult to 'buy receive the first; caU upon lalHpetrol- ersron , workers :st f Their estimate was based largely, it; was said, upon a telegram received! from W. T. Boyce, .assistant : commis-! co, who is acting as conciliator. Mr. I Rnro Tcwirto1 fhat he held ' cnflfe':- ences last- night and : expected to re- sume them' today. wage scales for shipyard employes dimmed1 me .nope 01 snipping uuaru officials of settling independently the strike, of iron workers at San Fran cisco. - Consequently the shipping board devoted more attention to solu-J tion of the difficulty arising out of a , Seattle company's: action in granting high -union- wages demands. Chair man Hurley of the . board considered postponing his trip to the coast until he could confer with the general man ager" of - the Seattle company due .to arrive here- tododl23456 75S 123456 arrive here tomorrow. - - -1 li-. Mr. ' Hurley had . planned to : leave j 4.; late today.v. J - v 1 l The suggestion of Federal concilia- tors tl;at the San Francisco strikers 4, go back to work temporarily on the i basid of the Mare - Island wage scale, '4 -'recently increased about 10 per cent, was- not received favorably by offi- : cials of the , Metal Trades - Depart ment ot the American eaeraxion 01 j-inoor. ; . i.xiey eAyictuieu cuat mc ""c Island scale was- based on rates ; in t commercial plant3 about San Francis-, CO. - and was Considered IOO IOW. - Hn-;,!. ternational officers of the Federation expressed the op:nidn that the San' Franscisro d?6Pte could t be: set- 4, tied, tef 010 the Seattle situation is'. Mr. Hurleys ,'tnd Samuel Gomper? arranged another . cokerence today on thevprotlem. 1 tlHORE THRN SIX HUNDRED KILLED j. . " ' . - . Chinese Town of Amoy Struck i :' 'WWMf-'AITanJnV' Rva'1' 1 - . Y.un9'wtdrn ' 1 yjjiiuun. f . .. 1 . r - .1 . rr i t . - -Amoy ChinaSept. l8.-(Delayed) Campaign. Every which; if completed, this period; will r Mom than 6C0 natives were killed PfJ is ur j y amounts give 150,000 exiya Votes. Eyery, pan- ' . f KIT . A HH( 111 Si Ifll tT I rnN. ff "'-r - - . J. i. FYll : 1JM - OT4TMT7 TrtTlTa yn ' X n Q I Pllin VIUH , 1 1 I Pr tb?iv i 75 0 ni -SS.of awards to be made and of their ex- Ihout ' yarning e end of last value. Who will 'make the v ...Miuui. j'""' v. ::V 'X; week., Eighty-five ter xent. of the TnZf- No , SSSnS7l2S winneTsTat the end? As ver one in destroyed. ,No foreigners have peen WUminon and surr0unding territory reported lost. , 'w;. has or will become interested in the m Outlying; d stricts cannot be com, candidate it is only niMrwipVS g- -natural that -opinion, should greatly damage l- Jff" on the question of the eventual, ; One vmage .island otAmoyuer h is onef rcponsuiaiumr -y, j ing. boats were saved. SWE0E1 S NOTE IS lOTSAIISFflCTORyil TO UNITED STATES TroublesVo The.; Stockholm , . - a-rM R M . s Means. Over r ANOTHER STATEMENT LeftrWaV Operi'For the Old Glass House and Black Pot Charges Allied Minis- . -: ters Consider Matter " . . v (By. Associated Press.! "-1 Stockholm,-- Sept.v 19.-r-It Is general- believed here that the troubles "of tion with the German telegrams for. Bd-cJi v ' . . T , TaMed r?m Buenos Airefe, through ine fcweaisn legation are by no means over. - The question "of the hour: is .iPredia. That , Government ulum umcauon, issued iast Saturday. I it would surprise no one here, it Sec-' lfr flus were 10 cau ror a clear and nnennivnrfll atntpmorit tri (ha , fect, tuat the forwardIng of American communications in 1 angua ges open to the Swedish authoriUes and with the 'knowledse and. consent nf ih va. "X - w vwvr vab VM VV Ijk edm. Germany by Sweden. v i v oww,.' '' J.,. !Tnt.v.oT tic -j'tJ political ! circles, unfortunately .'left the lKiffk;i?'': 1?5''S5i,aE5!B upon the old adages about inhabitants of glass- houses and ,the respective blackness of black - pots ' and kettles . The entente ministers and Ira Nelson Morris, .theAmerican - minister i to', Sweden, held one of their customary conferences on ? Monday ,r afternoon, when,; it is understood, the situation1 y : .r . MAooAiUtlUoC. 1 1 D M AIfV' tivkWI4FA Tl : r CQ" FY A VC . Boston JiMass;.' Sent: l!.-TfiiR7 wnsf to save wheat Not loo JLate to Enter and Wi tion Day All Candidates. iviBiicu Ayiiv.- was cunsiaerea.. -.-: k j. r? - .- rz-rrx r me m m a. mm m . - 1 GHO PBIZE CDdTEST to Secure These Extra Votes- First Subscription Will Give 25,000 Extra 'Votes. Mi& S "4 4 4 4 4 4 " 4 4 THE PRIZES. $775 , Briscoe Automobile. Ford Touring Car , $200 n gold. $100" in gold. t $93 furniture suite v ' $75 Columbia Grafonola. ' $50 merchandise order at J. . W. 4 . h. ;Fuchs' Department .Store;- f:1 . , v-525 wrist watch. ' j, .;. m- . en , rt?qmond rlnes: ; 4 v - . s- 4, ... Ton" nor . ronf ; ' onwmiaslnn ' tA vu . non-winners, who -remain activ on money;for new sub- SClipUong. . ; . - , ' M 4 ' v v : 4 stresa cannot be laid ; upon the advU v ' " . . l,l- 'abUlty of getting ran early start. It its a inasmuch pr. . . This or a similar remarx has . been. given utterance to by. every, one in. Ispeaking of the $775 Briscoe - Auto: , mobile purchased from H. F. F erce; i vvarsaw, auu 10 u 6ieu aar ui- uayi' chances or winning, Dut succes.Si IS : tal prize, in - The ' Dispatch - Grand many times more certain : tor those Prize Voting Contest , . ' . " j candidates who bommehce their cam- 1 Following the general - remark' on "paigns, now. ''; , .'.' I . :" the beauty of the prize, it is but na-1 Saturday, Sept"22 is I "Twin Sub tural that there should be much specu- scription Dayr in, The Dispatch Con- ,lative interest as to who will win it. : This interest is by no means confined l' Wilmington,-but is" general through- lout this section of the State: - - . in the business houses ' in . the hAmAcr o n n on r no Rrruu k . ' imh iiiiiiit one ceDtional value. .-Who will, make tne v .and.who wilHbe the " ' mlfl minfl - ' A I Tm-W II III I III! I II II Mi t I h 1 I I 1 i I I i f . . 1 I u i ram m&L , . . , - . - ;.. . . " . ' . ' - ......... t i ": V . ' WILE NEED EVE R Y Will Divert' All Ships to War Purposes. (By Associated Press.)- ... Atlantic City, N. - J., , SeptA 19. Within the next. six months, the -de- army will re quire . that the government; divert ev: ef y available American merchant ves- sel' : coastwise, and others, to oversea service," R; B. Stevens, vice chairman .i; ' V 1 tplditHe War. convention here) 1 ,of American business men., r " . - V '. -. ; -. .-- - , - I of a deficiency in the -sunnlv ' either of ' r ft r?. crude Gl1 or ' its Products, kerosene and gasoline,-for the use of the. United States or. its allies in the IwarMhe" Company, ;of New Jerseys 'rd ''c?PrBe? 1 tnat; conviction t in ??an laddresa hei'deUYereaiejrrtodab , .' .,:' r- . -. . - -" . 1 '?' Allies In their conduct of the war." n Saturday is 1 win-bubscrip- Should Make Special Effort" r In the list of candidates , and the? r standing,;: printed on another page,v ; a number of new iiames fjn different sections .will be noted.' Theso. addi tional entries indicate that the contest is ; growing day . by ? day... With new nominations coming in right along no body; can r be ; certain at this-time that the candidates who will win at the end are already?' entered r,in the ; list al- Virtiio,K fhora oro f QAVArol (n thb' rtif. ferent districtswho .are already do- ing some good ' work in their cam' paigns for the prizes." . ; v. -i --. .' : Candidates 5 who have not 5 already hio J n tot chnnTrl in mtA tha fact that' they. have1 legions of 'friends who are interested, in. their success, and stand ready .to" giVethehl sUbscrip-' OQ i,Qtoa ta 'is half of the battle and those getting an early start will gain a great and valuable' advantage over those who enter later. Of course candidates eajanterrat'anyV'Ume.TIthivgood test; Every candidate.; who , turnsinto 'the office two . subscriptions for, a year each, 'orone subscription for. two ears to -The Dispatch will be given a Daiiot gooa ior-pu.uuu eura voieu. x ucoc - oou duwovi wwua t didate who expects; to . make a special effort t to win C should maKe a special enorj; tip : secure two subscriptions' for a year each or one for , twp,TearJ to The Dispatch and win . these extra votes. Only one of these 50,000balIotsrrwill be fallowed each Candidate;,; If bneof the-esub- scriptions; happens to be our first subscription iV will also count 25,000 ettra' votes for 'you. yyy-iy-y. 1 i;v fCcnUnued:cnPace Twol . . .... ... Mrv:uea ma b - r . - - ' . JV Continued Activity is Report- ': ed on the Moldavian V i ::';::::FronC-;'; ' british casualties i : Indicate fighting ; 1 . ' 'k h.; ; Generally Believed That MorS ; : , Important Operations Go- ; : ing on on Western !rront r Than. - Reported Berlin - Minimizes Air Raid. 4 ." , violent: artillery, fire, (By Associated Press). ' (By Associated Press)., Berlin, Sept. 19, via London. v .Violent waves of artillery .fire which , directed with increasing: intensity yesterday upon;-,the . German lines between' Houthblst tr woods "and' Lys, on the FJanders - .ironi, developed last evening ana this morning , vInto -drum ; flre,r -H-4C- army, headquarters "announced1 to- . ; day. i.rThe Entente, Infantry, bpw- h J.' rnf , AtA . tnV ' ':K rC -Jut SI. it. ' M. AL ,Jt At Jfe Jt Jt M. Jit it. SL. St- w w '-.".. w w . . ' :w 'r' Rumania'sr army ' is -continuing y; Itn actlvityr on the - Moldavian front T fnd ; has , won . another.xsucceBS.: . Petrograd -reports the occupation'.by Rumanian troops of ;a Teuton position oh a height-. near ...Grbzechti. The "Russian -front proper is' comparativelyquiet neither side apparently ..'being engaged in any; Important operations..'-- t.j fl ;RepdrC3r.,ron the ' British front -tH.'.- f Fjdnder -jtiflntiftiife (TedUbnValy'w"' raias . .ana .. artillery; ,ana airplane ,ao. : tfriUes. .Notwithstanding, thkt virtual ly all the recent London official state- : ments: have ' been similarly lacking la . ; records of ' major operations then Brit- ' ish - casualty , list - disclosed there ' hat been heavy ; fighting; , Casualties , on -all fronts reported; during the week , ended yesterday, for" instance, totalled r njore than '27,000,'. of which the 'klljed ' numbered 4,890. " ;- ; ; , ) . ,' i f Point is given by these facts tha 1 recent reports' of correspondents 1 thatj-Hf despite the laconic official announce- I ments, the British activities . are ... by , nb means as unimportant as ' they might- seem and that all arms of the British service are., being 'constantly employed in the process of . wearing -. down ; the German - resistance. ". .The -;. German casualties for specif id periods J are not so ' readily available, but " bbr servers at the .frontcalculate them' as . extremely, heavy In, 'the ..sort of fight-' ing now in progress. '-' ;;.;J;; s' Berlin, minimizes: the,? damage done, by French' airplanes in ; their , exten- , sive raids last Sunday over German : cities in Wurttemburg,"Rhehlsh, .Prus-, ' sia, and Upper ; Alsace. It " declares , only one casualty occurred and that, while at two places, damage was' done to buildings, the attacks on1 half a dozen other towns resulted in no ma terial damage, while three of the af- : tacking airplanes were; shot down; ; '".News dispatches from. Norway re- " port the; sinking of two : German :'supy Vv marines,; one' of which! is said to have been sent down by an armed Ameri- .' can steamer and. the. other; by. a'Brit ish destroyer,- A half dozen prisoners . were, secured from the two. U-boats'. ' The Norwegian foreign office, kanv , nbunces '; the destruction' by? German ; submarines of two Norwegian 'Meat!-' era aggregain nearly?f00p tons. . 1 Secretary Baker Asks Senate, ;For an Additional Sum of fTtr AaancliirAl Troaa .i7":'' ': ' ;; Washingtoijj Sept 19. With th5 beginning today of Senate hearing on the $7,000,000,000 deficiency bill; passed : yesterday by -the House, Sec retary Baker, presented estimates for additional appropriations of $287,416,' 000, principally for ordnance and th e . engineering-service !' , , ,. "The; submission' of all ; these! estl mates," Secretary Baker oaidr ;"i3 made necessary In order to provida Increased ; facilities for the jnanufac-' turer issue, and storage or ordsanc material ; . for; equipment of an addi tional r half million men, in antici pation jof, a call tor that number; 'fcr ; procuring additional rifles and ; r 1 additional supply of .small .arms am munition' for machine ; gun, 'rifle ar 1 pistol target ; practice of an army c ; .2,300,000 ; for construction work wi t ' 1 which the engineer corps is charge 1 in France, and for.. equipment of 1: cial troops operating in the theatre O war in Europe." . -;: :'ry .;y-- 'i v:.; , ; ?'y V -' ' ' ' ' " - '''; '-' V -;i Z; v ..'?.''.: ; . -'