PASS WAf) TAX BILL
WITHOUT ROLL CULL
CONFERENCE REPORT WAS AC
CEPTEO IN HOUSE WITH NO
OPPOSITION.
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SOME FEATURES CRITICISED
No Change in Form la Made. —Mall
Rate* and Zone System Are Dis
cussed. —Publishers Don't Expect
Any Changes in Plan.
Washington.- The conference report
on the war tax bill was adopted t>y
the House without a roll cull
8o confident are leaders that the
report will be adopted, in its present
form that Democratic Leader Kitchln
advised democrats that they were ft
liberty to go to their homes at will
Ho expect* the session to end within
a week or 10 days.
Virtually no opposition to the re
port appeared In the House during th'i
four hours It was under discussion.
Mr Kitchln explained all of Its pre
visions at length, enumerating par
ticularly the points on which th«!
house won in conference, and Repre
sentative Fordney, of Michigan, the
ranking Republican member of the
conference, added his endorsement
Mall Rates Criticised.
Representative Cooper, of Wlscon
sin, roundly criticised the Increase in
second class mail rates; Representa
tive Green, of lowa, Insisted that the
bill should have been at least S3OO,
000,000 higher; a dozen others spoke
and the repjrt was adopted
Opinions still differ as to the
amount that the bill will raise. Mr.
Kitchln estimated it at $2,575,000,000.
while treasury experts believe It will
be $2,535,000,000 during the coming
year and possibly $2,588,000,000 -> a
year when In full operation.
Official estimates as prepared by
treasury experts differ materially from
unofficial estimates previously pub
llshed only In a few Instances. In
stead of $600,000,000, the income tax
total Is placed at $851,000,000; excess
profits at one billion Instead of sl,-
110.000.000; tobacco at $30,000,000 In
stead of $24.000,.000, and first class
mall at $70,000,000 instead of $60,000
000.
Publishers' representatives her®
have virtually abandoned hope of see
Ing the new second-class xone rate
changed though Senator McKellar Is
expected to oppose it on the floor.
SHRAPNEL RAINS IN LONDON
FROM MANY AIRPLANES
Many Bombs Are Dropped In Strong
est Attsck Yet Made
Ixmdon The strongest air attack
yet attempted on London and tho
coast towns by the Germans, was car
ried out by four groups of hostile air
planes. Some of the machines got
through to I>ondon and bombed tho
southwestern district. No casualties
or damages has been reported.
A terrific barrage was sei.t up from
the defense guns and the roar of bat
tle lasted Intermittently for two and
a half hours
The Germans bombed coast towns
as they passed over and proceeded
toward London Two of the group
succeeded in getting a number of ma
chines tnrough the sky barrage. Nu
merous bombs were dropped on the
southwestern district which is thickly
populated with the homes of the up
per and middle classes. The tire from
the defending gui.s was longer and
louder than ever before. A rain of
shrapnel fell in all sections of the
town and the streets were virtually
deserted save for a few police.
The weather was perfect for nir
operations as there was a bright full
moon, with no clouds or wind. The
people of London were expecting a
raid and were awaiting for signals.
Soon after 7Wcl«»ck motors of the
volunteer corps sped Jthrough'the
streets blowing their sirens and dis
playing an illuminated notice "Take
cover " The telephone exchanges no
tlfled their subscribers and other meas
ures were put Into execution to in
form the populate of the pending air
raid
—
MANY MEMBERS OF I. W. W.
HAVE BEEN ARRRESTED
Washington—The great harvest of
indictments returned at Chicago It was
aahoritatlvely stated, is 'out a frac
tion' of what the government will
reap, as tht> result of its nation-wide
ral don Industrial |Workors of the
World offices September 5. Only those
regarded by the government as the
chief figures In the alleged conspiracy
to thwart the government in its war
plans have been indicted. Tons of doc
uments have been sized in the raid.
DECLARATION REGARDING
BELGIUM EXPECTED SOON
Amsterdam—The Vorwaicrts, the
German socialist organ, says the Ger
man government will make a formal
declaration regarding Belgium when
it deems the psychological moment'
has arrived. This moment will be
deemed to have arrived when the
question ft Belgium appears to b
the only obstacle to peace, says the
newspaper, which adds that according
to Dr. von Kuehlmann this declare
tlob may be expected soon.
SIR CECIL SPRING-RICE
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Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British ambas
•ador !o the United States, it It re
ported will be replaced before long by
another diplomat, not yet named.
2ND LOAN IS THREE BILLION
DENOMINATION OF NEW BONDS
WILL BE SSO AND MULTIPLES
OF 150.
Maturity In 25 Yein. —Subscriptions
Payable Two Per Cent Upon Appli
cation; Installments Monthly of 18,
40 and 40 Per Cent.
Washington. Secretary McAdoo
announced the details of the Hocond
liberty loan, which will he offered to
the public October 1. The chief fea
lureH nre:
Amount—s3,ooo,ooo,ooo or more, the
excess not to exceed one-half of the
amount of oversubscription.
Terms of bonds—Maturity, 25 years;
redemable at the option of the Sucre
tary of the treasury In 10 years
Denominations of bonds ssO and
multiples of S6O.
Interest rate—Four per cent, pay
able semi annually on November 15
and May 15.
Terms of payment- Two per cent
upon application, 18 per cent Novem
ber 15, 0 per cent December 14 and
40 per cent January 13, 1918.
The privilege of converting bonda
of this Issue into bonds of any suc
ceeding Issue bearing k higher Inter
est rate than four per cent during
the period of the war Is extended, and
through an arrangement under which
bonds will be printed with only four
coupons Instead of 50 (to be exchang
ed at the end of two years for the
bonds containing the full number of
coupons deliveries will be prompt. In
this manner the Issue of interim cer
tificates will be avoided.
TO REQUISITION ALL BIG
AMERICAN MERCHANT VESBELB.
Shipping Board to Take Over on
October 15 All Ship* Available For
Ocean Service. —Rates Fixed.
Washington.—Every American mer
chant vessel of more than 2,500 tons
dead weight capacity available for
ocean service will he requisitioned by
the govoiriment October 15, the ship
ping board announced In a statement
giving the charter rates at which the
vessels will be taken over. American
ships available for ocean traffc total
slightly more than two million tons,
but some already have been taken
over fo* the army and navy.
In mo.»t Instances, except where re
quired fr.r nctual government service,
the ships. It was said, will be turned
hack to their owners for operation on
government account subject at all
times to any disposition the shipping
hoard may direct.
The rates announced will cut sharp
ly the present charter rote charged by
American vessels for carrying govern
ment supplies. It Is the intention, It
is understood, to apply them later to
any foreign ships chartered In the
United States. The chartering will be
In the hands of the shipping hoard's
chartering commission.
COMMITTEE WILL INVESTIGATE
GERMAIN MONEY
Washington.—lnquiry by the House
committee into whether German
money has been used to Influence
Congress probably was proposed in a
resolution sponsored by the rules com
mittee and supported by the Demo
cratic leaders
Demands for an exhaustive Inquiry
overwhelmed house leaders from both
sides while the rules committee In
executive session was considering
whether to report favorably one of
the several resolutions Introduced
since Secretary Lansing made public
Count von Bernstorff's message to
Berlin nsking authority to spend $50,-
fIOO influencing Congress as It had
been done before.
AIRPLANE AMBULANCE
SUCCESSFULLY TESTED
Paris.— The airplane ambulano
that has been tried out successfully
( in recent tests Is the invention of
Dr. Chassalng. of the French military
sanitary service, wwho represented a
wounded passenger during the initial
trials, occupying one of the two
stretchers thft are placed in the tail
box of the machine behind the pilot.
A successful test of fhe machine, at
one of the French airdromes was wit
nessed by Justin Godard.
THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMBTON, NORTH CAROLINA
START DRIVE FOR
NEW LIBERTY LOAN
FIVE BILLION DOLLARS AND TEN
MILLION BUBBCRIBERS 18
GOAL SET.
MINIMUM $3,000,881,000
Gigantic Machint la Set In Motion. —
Banks, Newspapers, Commercial Or
ganizations and F*atriotie Societies
Will Work For-Success of Big Loan.
Wasington.—The second liberty loan
campaign opened .Monday with which
to carry on the war.
To obtain $.'{,000,000,000 in sabst rip
tioiiK, the minimum Bet by treasury
official* for the issue, a gigantic ma
chine of many parts atanda were set
in motion with the opening of the
compalgn. Fifty per cent greater than
the flrHt liberty loan, the present of
fering Is the largeat the American
people ever have been called upon to
absorb, and to make certain thnt it
will be more than fully subscribed of
ficiate for month* pant have been
fecting the elaborate sales and public
ity mechanltim.
Five billion dollara and ten million
subscribers —that i* the goal to which
officials hope to drive the campaign
successfully during the next four
weeks The services of virtually ev
ery Industry of the nation have been
enliated to bring about thla result
Secretary McAdoo opened the cam
palgn formally with a speech In Clcve
land. Ohio, the (lrat of many he will
deliver in a tranacontlnental tour
which will take him Into virtually ev
ery Hection of the country and keep
him on the road until October 2fi, the
day before the subscription book*
clone.
More than 26,000 btfnks will co-op
erate in floating the huge laaue. Theao,
working under the guidance of the
12 federal reHerve banks, regional
headquarter* for the loan, will be the
treasury's first lieutenants.
The entire press of the country
dally newspapers, weekly and month
ly magazines, trade papers,* foreign
language publicstlona and farm pa
pers—which contributed so largely to
the nucceHß of the first Issue, will work
for the success of the second.
Chambers of commerce, boards of
trade, manufacturers' associations and
kindred organizations have pledged
their active and unstinted efforts in
the campaign.
Patriotic societies by the score have
been ellsted, as well as church and
school organizations, labor organize
tlons. fraternal societies and school
children.
The stage and the screen will do
their part. Leading theatrical and
moving picture stars have been filmed
for a special number which will be
displayed In virtually every moving
picture theater in the country, while
from behind the footlights of vaude
ville and other theaters speakers will
utilize dally the time between the acts j
to campaign for the loan.
COAL RETAILERB' PROFTTS
LIMITED BY ORDER ISSUED
Immediate Reduction to Consumer Is
Expected.
Washington.—Government control
over the coal Industry was made com
plete by an order of Fuel Adminis
trator Garfield limiting the profits of
retail coal and coke dealers through
out the country to a basis which is
expected to bring about an immediate
reduction In prices to the consumer.
The order directs that the retailers
shall fix their prices so as to limit i
their gross margins over cost to the
average of such gross margins during
the year 191 f>, plus a maximum of JO
per cent .of the 1915 margin, provided
that in no case shall the acerage mar
gin of the month of July this year be
exceeded.
Local committees appointed by the
federal fuel administrators in each
state will see to it that the dealers
comply with the order and the deal
ers themselves will be failed upon to
return sworn cost sheets showing the
facts upon which they have bastnl
their prices.
Doctor Garfield selected I#l3 as a
normal year because the coal short
age which resulted in continued rises
in prices did not begin until 1916. Tha
additional 30 per cent is allowed to
cover increased cost of doing business.
- Prices already flxed by the govern
ment for coal at the mouth of the
mine are near those charged in 1915,
and with the jobbers' charge now lim
ited to 25 cents a ton and the eogt of
transportation not materially increas
ed. the consumer in every community
should be ample to got coal of any de
scription at approximately the price
he paid in 1915.
LONDON DISTRICT IS AGAIN
RAIDED BY AIRMEN
Ivondon.— The London district was
again raided by German airmen. There
i» a circumstaniai but unconfirmed
report that one enemy machine was
brought down. While there was a
bright moon, there also .was a slight
mist and the raldera were invisible
to persons In the streets, but from the
sounds of the anti-craft guns in action
the indications were that the raiders
were moving over various quarters of
the district.
W. A. E4ENGREN
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W. A. Ekengren, minister from Bwa
den to the United States, may become
Involved In the expose of violations of
neutrality by Swedish officials, for the
American government la making an in
vestigation t odetermlne whether Swe
den has assisted German Intrigue
against the United Statea aa she did
against Argentina.
BRITISH HAVE GOOD SDCGESS
FIELD MARSHAL HAIG'S MEN ARE
AGAIN STRIKING IN FLAN
DERS IN BIG DRIVE.
Veritable Inferno of Artillery Fire Is
Opened in Early Morning and at
Evening Important Enemy Poeltlons
Had Been Riddled.
Field Marshal Haifa men again are
striking In Flanders, and the force of
their blow, like that of those that
have preceded It, is meeting with
good results on a front of nearly aix
miles.
Notwithstanding the necessity of
carrying the battle to Crown Prince
Rupprecht across uninviting ground—
virtually a morass owing to recent
rains and against the inevitable con
crete and steel redoubts and woods
and shell craters teeming with rapid
fire guns—the English, Scotch and
Australian troops have snatched val
uable vantage points from the Ger
mans, but not without terrible oppo
sition.
Location of New Drive.
Haig's new thrust was delivered
from the base of front line positions
captured and consolidated last week,
before which the Gormahs held nu
merous vantage points of strategic
value, barring the way to further In
roads by the British or for harassing
the British line by machine gun and
rifle bullets.
As on previous occaaion, Haig
loosed a veritable Inferno of artillery
fire against the Germans before
launching his attack In the early
hours of Wednesday morning, and
when ni|?ht fell many Important posi
tions had been ridded of the enemy,
but with the Germans at numerous
other points contesting the
[right of wayr -
Probably the most significant gain
of the British, which the Germans as
sert was to a depth of two-thirds of
a mile at certain points, was near
Zonnebeke, to within a few hundred
yards of the western outskirts of
which village they penetrated, plac
ing them about six miles from the
railway running from Ostend through
Roulers and Roubaix to Lille. The
cutting of this line, which seems to
be the objective of Field Marshal
Haig. would seriously affect the trans
port of the Germans from their naval
bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge to the
jsouth.
SERIOUS DISORDERS ARE
OCCURRING IN ARGENTINE
Buenos Aires.—Serious disorders
occurred in various parts of tho cap
ital as tht) result of an anti-German
manifestation and strike agitations.
As an outcome of the firing upon
street cars by strikers or sympathis
ers, an inspector was killed and sev
eral persons were wounded. In sym
pathy with the anti-German demon
stration of business houses in the city
closed their doors.
BAKER ISSUES FIRST
OFFICIAL WEEKLY STATEMENT
Washington.—The American gov
ernment's first official statement con
cerning military operation in Europe,
was Issued by Secretary Baker, inau
gurating a 'series whiph in time will
be devoted argeTy~ttTactivlties of the
United States expeditionary forces. It
says though ascendency on the west
ern front has passed definitely to the
allies, they are content merely to
wear down the enemy until thj fojee
of American army makes Itself felt.
MANY LEADERS OF
L t W. INDICTED
CHARGED WITH NATION-WIDE
CONSPIRACY TO HAMPER
GOVERNMENT.
W.B. HAYWOOD OF FIRST TAKEN
None But Members of I. W. W. Are
Included 1n the Blanket Indictmsnt.
—-Thirty-five of the M«n Were Ar
rested During First Hour.
Chicago.—Formal return of a blank
et Indictment charging a nation-wide
conspiracy to hamper the government
during the war, was made In the Unit
ed States district court here agalnat
166 leaders of the Industrial Workers
of the World. Arrests speedily follow
ed the return.
Almost before the court proceedings
had reached the state of the discharge
of the Jury, deputy marshals were on
their way to the local I. W. W head
quarters In automobiles, donated and
driven by women, and quickly return
ed to the federal building bringing
prisoners with them.
In the first hour 35 men were thus
haled Into the marshal's office and
later were questioned by Investiga
tors for the department of justice.
Among the first to be taken Into
custody was William B. Haywood,
secretary of the national organlzstion
of the I. W. W. who was questioned
September 5 when the headquarters
of the I. W W in various cities were
raided by the government.
An explanatory statement Issued by
the government attorneys who have
directed the Investigation of the se
ditious conspiracy, the crime of which
the men named in the indictments
were accused, said:
"The prosecutions are under sec
tions 6. 19 and 37 of the criminal
code and under the espionage act.
Only leadejrs In conspiracies of those
personally v-ulpable In connection with
the perpetration of crimes against the
United States are included as de
fendants."
To permit the sure arrest of the
Indicted men, no hint of their names
was permitted to escape during the
court proceedings.
None but members of the I. W. W.
was named In the indictment, the gov
ernment attorneys taking pains to
specify that no others were touched.
GULF COAST SECTIONS
EMERGING FROM STORM
New Orleans.—The gulf coast sec
tion of east Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama and western Florida were
emerging from the battering of the
tropical hurricane which swept in
from the Gulf of Mexico near Pilot
Town, La. The course of the storm
shifted after striking Pilot Town from
northwest to northeast and sweeping
across a narrow portion of southern
Louisiana, missed New Orleans but
struck Gulfport, Riloxi and the Mis
sissippi coast section, swept through
Mobile, where the wind reached a ve
locity of 96 miles an hour, and extend
ed east beyond Pensacola, where ac
cording to latest reports received here,
the wind was blowing 100 miles an
hour.
HEAD-ON COLLISION KILLS
77, AND INJUREB MANY
Kellyville, Okla Twenty-seven
persons are known to have been kill
ed and more than a score injured In
a head-on collision between a west
bound St. liouls and San Francisco
passenger train and an empty train,
which had been used for transporting
troops, one mile southwest of Kelly
ville. At 9 o'clock the bodies of seven
white men, three Indians and 17 ne
groes had been taken from the wreck
age of the passenger coaches, three of
which were telescoped.
The passenger train is said to have
been ordered to wait at a siding here
for the empty troop train to pass, but
for some reason pulled out of the sta
tion and met the eastbound train
head-on at a. bridge over Pole Cat
creek.
U. 8. COMMISSIONER NICHOLS
ENDS LIFE AT RALEIGH
Raleigh, N. C. —United States Com
missioner John Nichols, 84 years of
age, at one time a member of Con
gress, shot himself through the back
of the head In his office at the post
office building here and died a few
minutes after he had been rushed to
a local hospital. He left a note in his
office, which read: "Old, poor and
blind; what's the use of living?" He
was said to have been the oldest Ma
son in North Carolina.
TRENCH AND CAMP TO
APPEAR ABOUT OCTOBER 8
Washington.—Trench and Camp,
the weekly newspaper to be printed
for every army camp through nation
wide co-operation of newspaper • pub
lishers, will make its first appearance
about October 8. It was to have ap
peared a week earlier bu arrange
ments of details in the far west made
a postponement necessary. The paper
will be published under the ausptcSs
of the national war council of the,
T. 11. C. A -
MANY PIPERS HIE
| HELD INJffM
ONLY A SMALL PACKAGE OF TM
MEANS' LETTERS BROUOHT
TO CONCORD.
CLERK NOW HAS "PAPEBT
!
Solicitor Hayden Says Paper* la Mo
wan Clerk's Office Will Bo of NOL
Value to State or Moans.
Salisbury—"All the papers that
turned over to mo by Mr. Dootlag,"
says Solicitor Hayden Clemest,
now in the office of the clerk of the
superior court of Rowan county u4
I am perfectly willing to stujgr then
to Mr. Means' attorneys At any USM
they desire to see them."
1 In a lengthy Interview explalatsg
tho "papers," the solicitor states that
the papers brought to North Cai utfsa
and turned over to him consist of
one package of letters. He haa Ml
yet t*amlned them, but Hi sore final
what Mr. Pooling says they will So of
no benefit to either the state or to
Means. ,
The solicitor insists that Means' at
torneys are trying to prevent Mr.
Pooling from bringing certain pspot
to North Carolina under throat o*
selxure and that these papers aro
more damaging to Means than boos
flclal. He expresses anxiety over tho
prospects of .betting these papers tar
the trial ne?t month.
At the conclusion of the hearing at
Oastonia tho day before bronght kf
E. T. Cansler, attorney for Oaatoa B.
Means to have John T. Pooling, of tho
district attorney's office in New Tort
appear before Judge Crtne la Halto
bury October 8 to answer chargea of
contempt of court. Judge Webh aa
nounced that he would make his Seal
sion later.
Attorneys for Means brought na
tion for contempt of court agahud Mr.
Pooling after he had refuse*. Usy
charge, to deliver up papers aa was
demanded in the orfw of Judge Wahh
issued. The papers are those which
were taken from Oaston Means* apart
ment in New York and are now Ma
posed to be in the possesion at tho
attorneys for the prosocuttoa, alaa Aa
alleged second will of J. C. King, taa»-
mer husband of Mrs. Maude A. Khg
Solicitor Clement appeared tar Mr.
Pooling at the hearing and rtMai
that he had affidavits from Mr. Deal
ing and witnesses from New Task,
stating that they had turned «ww la
khn (Mr. Clement) all papers la tho
case which they had brought Inta this
state.
Solicitor Clements stated that lha
alleged socond will was not ssaaog
tho papers. He declared that tho
contend proceedings were broaght
to humiliate and intimidate wltaaaaaa
who had voluntarily come frost Haa
York to appear for the stats la Ihs
King Means case. Stating that all tta
papers in the case were In his paa
session, he said that the attorneys tar
the defense were welcome to cartas
of any papers he might havo, there
being no disposition on the part
the state to withhold this inforsaaUaa
from them.
E. T. Cansler, of counsel for Meaaa
stated that the defendant Meaas aaa
only asking for his legal rights la Sa
manding possession of those paaara.
which Mr. Cansler contends* ha*
been wrongfully taken and withhold
and he stated that civil action had
been taken In friendly spirit, that If
the papers were In North Carolina ha
might have the right to see theia.
He stated that the returns aa
Judge Webb's order showed thitf Mr.
Pooling had refused to honor tho pr
der and whould therefore be cited tar
contempt of court.
Child Crushed to Death.
Rocky Mount— Llttls Jacob la
Vick, the 9-year-old son of Mr. aad
Mrs. D. J. Vlck. of this city, was
crushed to death between two pilea a*
"umber. The little fellow was pini
ng alone at the time, and it sesaM
hat one of the piles of lumber tal
over on him. killing him almost la
stantly.
University Has Ovsr Thousand.
Chapel Hill —At the end of Its —a
ond week of work the University at
North Carolina already has I.W rta
denta registered in the rarioaa
courses. There has been only a vary
slight falling oft in the acadeols
courses, the largest decline in attend
ance coming in the law, phanaacy
and graduate departments, whors tha
men are older. The medical depart
ment has enrolled nearly as saaav
men as laßt year. The numbar of .
students this year who are plaaatag
to go into medicine is also larga
Croatans at Camp Jackson.
' Camp Jackson. S. C.—A. H. Mo-
Each era and G. B. Sellers, members
of Robeson county, N. C., local boar!
No. 2, came to Columbia bringing with
them 14 Cherokee Indians from Oat
county, who had been selected tar
service in the national army.
were the first Indians to reach Caap
Jackson. The Messrs. Sellers aad Me-
Rachern said that they came along to
explain the social status of tha la
j dians to th* officers at Camp J>i.kaaa
The coming of the Indians win give
authorities another nroblem'to aaiia.