1 IjOO Ytmr ki Advance -FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AMD FOR TRUTH." Single Ooplee, I Cents. . . i . . VOL. XX TO. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1917. NO. 46. E BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE SIMILAR MEASURE HAD ALREADY BEEN PASSED BY THE HOUSE. GOES TO CONFERENCE NOW Prohibition and Press Censorship Sec tions Left Out by Senate. Has Been a Long Bitter Fight. Washington. After nearly three weeks of debate, the senate, by a vote of 77 to 6, passed the administration espionage bill, pronounced one of the most drastic and all-inclusive measures in American congressional history. A similar bill has passed the House and virtual redrafting of many of the most important provisions is expected in the forthcomng conference. During the day's final consideration, the Senate stripped the measure oi provisions for newspaper censorship and restriction upon manufacture ol grain into intoxicating liquors, and rejected an amendment designed to curb speculation In food products, al though sentiment obviously waa over whelming In favor of such legislation later. As completed, the Senate bill's prin cipal selections provide: Authority for the president to em bargo exports when he finds that "the public safety and -welfare so require (not in the House measure); Mail Censorship. Authority for the postoffice depart ment to censor mailB and exclude mail matter deemed seditious, anarchistic or treasonable, and making its mail ing punishable under heavy penalties (not in the House bill) ; For punishment of espionage, de fined in most detailed terms, includ n g wrongful use of military informa tion; For the control of merchant vessels in American waters; Punishment for conveyance of false reports to interfere with military oper ations, wilful attempts to cause disaffection in the military or naval forces or obstructions of recruiting. For the seizure of arms and muni tions and prohibition of their exporta tion under certain conditions; For penalizing conspiracies design ed to harm American foreign dele gations or for destruction of property within the United States ; For increased restrictions upon is suance of passports with penalties for their forgery or false procurement; and For material extension of the power to issue search warrants for inspection rf premises. Export Embargo. The clause giving the president power to embargo exports was re tained in tihe bill virtually as drafted by administration officials. It was modified once, but the un qualified provision -was restored after its necessity had been explained last week in a day's session behind closed doors. Vigorous efforts to retain provisions for the newspaper censorship and partinfl prohibition together with foodstuff conservation, luring the war, culmlated In final votes in which the Senate voted 48 to 34 to eliminate pi! provisions for press censorship. On I in-half of the administration forces Senator Overman, in charge of the bill, had moved to reinsert a modified censorship clause. As the House bill contains a provision for determination by the jury of culpability for violation of censorship regulations to be pro mulgated by the President, the admin istration is expected to bring strong nrepfuure for drafting in conference of a compromise censorship section. On 'the question of prohibition and foodstuff conservation, the Senate, by a vote of 4 6to 37, reversed its action of Saturday in accepting Senator Cum mins' amendment providing that, dur ing the war, manufacture of cereals, fcrain, sugar and syrup into intoxi eat ing liquors should be prohibited. By this vote it struck out the Cummins amendment offered as a food conserva tion step, but attacked as really a pro hibition move. ORDERS ARE ISSUED TO EXPAND REGULAR ARMY Washington. Orders to bring the regular army to its full war strength of 293,000 men was were announced by the war department. Organization of 44 new regiments have begun with further efforts to stimulate recruiting and bring in the 116,455 men needed. Since April 1. 67,443 men have been accepted, and officials are confident that the full number will have been enrolled as wartime volunteers, be fore June 15. ANOTHER OFFICER'S GAMP TO BE OPENED NEW TRAINING STATION WILL BE ESTABLISHED NEXT . AUGUST. GIVE SAME TRAINING COURSE Those Who Failed to Get in First En campment Will Be Given an Oppor tunity to Make Application In the New Camp Soon. New York The full quota of 40,000 men, which the War Department re quested for the officers' training camps throughout the country, was recruited within twenty days after the issuance of the call, Capt. Arthur F. Cosby, of the Military Training Camps Associa tion, announced here. After the completion of the first camps, which began their work Tuesday, Captain Cosby said it is ex pected another series of camps will be held, probably in August. "Men who were eligible but were not selected for the first camp will have an opportunity to make applica tion for this new camp," said Captain Cosby. "It is not necessary for men who contemplate going to the second camp to send in their applications now, as due announcement will be given In the newspapers. "We will urge the War Department to announce at as early a date as pos sible the date of the opening of the next camp, so as to allow ample time to conduct the preliminary recruiting and examination in a more satisfac tory manner than the recent emec;. gency campaign. "We shall urge more strongly that with a three months' notice and prep aration, the merits of each individual applicant may be passed on more sat isfactorily and the Army authorities themselves will be better able to se lect the succesful candidates and give them a reasonable notice in order that they may wind up their affairs pre paratory to entering into active ser vice." CENSORSHIP MEASURE DEFEATED IN SENATE By Margin of One Censorship Clause is Thrown Out. Washington. The first legislative step toward conservation of the na tion's food resources and a long ad vance toward an absolutely dry Uni ted States was taken by the senate In approving, 38 to 32, an amendment to the administration espionage bill forbidding during the war the use of cereals or grain in the manufacture of intoxicating liquor. By a majority of one vote, the Sen ate also threw out of the bill the ad ministration's press censorship sec tion and then voted overwhelmingly not to put in a modified section as waa done in the house This action Is expected to throw the censorship fight into conference, where the in fluence of the administration can be brouglut to . bear more directly. What will be the outcome no Senator would predict' with confidence. The prohibition amendment was adopted under a rule limiting debate sharply, apd there were only brief speechs on eac hside Just before the senate had voted down 47 to 25, a proposal to forbid sal eof intoxicants during the war Effective September 1 the amend ment is calculated to confine sale and consumption to whiskey and other grain liquors already in stock and to wines, brandies or other drings that depend upon other materials for main constituents Another opportunity to vote upon it will be offered when the senate takes the bill with the amend ment from the committee of the whole but 'opponents of the prohibitory pro vision are not confident that they will be able to overturn the action Elimination of the press censorship section ended a long and bitter fight. The vote was 39 to 38. Opportunity will come also for another vote on this section The prohibition amendment was pro posed by Senator Cummins, Republi can, of Iowa. JNO. M. CARSON IS ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE HEAD. New York. The designation of Col. John M. Carson, quartermaster in New York for the United States Army, as superintendent of Army transport service of the port of New York by Secretary of War Baker Is a step In a definite plan to co-ordinate military shipments of the United States and the Entente Allies from this port through the appointment of a special shipping board yet to be named. I: was announced here AMERICAN ::' "firl .wife! UNITED STATES m tT'.f j , ; 4 f " 3 3 AGREE JN DRAFT MEASURE DEADLOCK ON SELECTIVE DRAFT BILL IS BROKEN. AGES 21 TO 30 INCLUSIVE. Prohibition Section Left in Measure. Early Passage Assured and Regis tration of Men Will Begin Within Two Weeks. Washington. The long deadlock of Senate and House conferees on the selective draft military bill was brok en with an agreement on a compro mise measure under which a great war army would be raised by selective conscription of .men from 21 to 30 years of age inclusive. "v Authorization for recruiting Colonel Roosevelt's proposed volunteer divis ion for service in France written into the bill by thepSenate.' flna-llys; ;was thrown out on the insistence-'of Homse conferees. In return, the House yield ed to the Senate's proposal for pro hibition at military posts. The conference report is expected to be approved by both Senate and House in a few days and with in two weeks after the President has affixed his signature, registration of those eligible for conscription will be un der way throughout the country. The War Department has erected a vast and intricate war machine for assign ing and organizing the conscripts. They will be assembled at training camps in September. The compromise bill is understood to be generally satisfactory to the Administration and the Army Genepl Staff. The most important change made in Congress was in the age lim its, fixed by the staff at -19 and 25, inclusive. The Senate made them 21 and 27 and the House 21 and 40. The ages named in the conference agree ment makes the draft applicable to all ale voters under 30. The section dealing with exemptions from draft was re-writtea in part, by the conference committee and provis ion was made for hearings in exemp tion applications before local .civil, tri bunals with the right to appeaL to .a second tribunal and finally to the president. Republicans in the senate who have favored giving Colonel Roosevelt au thority to raise and take American troops to France declared that an ef fort would be made on the floor to have the senate insist on the retention of this feature. The general expecta tion, however, is that the conference decision will prevail. The prohibition provision, as agreed to, excludes liquor, beer and wines from any military post, but does not forbid selling or giving these bever ages to soldiers except when in uni form. The conferees put into the bill an amendment giving the president power to organize and equip for each in fantry and cavalry brigade three ma chine gun companies, and for each rtjtfhrinn at these services, four chine gun companies in addition to J those comprised in each organization of these units. He also was given1 authority to organize one armored ! motor car machine gun eompaj,. or r i fl I r Ik 1 S . n w W h U m A U 18 JBlw!, LINER FINLAND BATTLESHIP TENNESSEE ...J W-ra fPT 31 GUNNERS FIRE AT SUBMARINE SIX SHOT8 WERE HURLED AT GERMAN U-BOAT OFF COAST ,OF IRELAND. Impossible to Tell Whether Any of Shots Found .Mark, But Paasaengers Declared 'They . Struck "Very Close" t v to Per$cope. New York. An armed American Line steamship which arrived here from a European port reported that her gun crew fired six shots at a Ger man submarine off the coast of Ire land on May 2. The undersea boat immediately submerged and it was im possible to defexmine whether any of the shots took effect. The periscope of the submarine was sighted about 6 o'clock that after noon and the American vessel im mediately, swung around to afford the gunners an opportunity for accurate aim. The undersea craft disappeared simultaneously with the firing of the first shot, it was said, and did not re appear. The American snip tnen put on full speed and proceeded on her course. The American vessel, armed fore and aft with six-inch guns, was de tained in sailing from the other side three days, due to a warning that enemy submarines were lying in wait for her. Soon after the liner passed out of the protected zone into the open sea at a speed of approximately twenty knots, the' submarine's periscope loom ed up suddenly off her port bow. The passengers declared that the first shot fired from the liner struck very close" to the periscope and caused the water to spray over it. BRITISH ADMIRALTY STATEMENT ISSUED. Sixty-Two Vessels, Including Sixteen Fishing Smacks, Were Sunk Last Week. . London. Tvrenty-fonr merchant ves sels of more than 1.C00 tons each were sunk. during the last week, it was an naunced officially. TWeuty-two ves sels also were sunk. Tne official state ment says: "Vessels of all Nationalities, arriv als 2.374; mailings 2.499. British merchantmen over l,eoo tons sunk, including five not reported previously. 24 under 1,600 tons, 22. "British merchantmen unsuccess- fully attacked, including six previous- ly not reported, 34. "British fishers sunk, including one not previously reported and 13 sail ors. 16." CONFIDENT THAT U-BOAT MENACE WILL BE OVERCOME. Washington. Confidence that the submarine menace wil lbe met either by British or American Inventive gen ius or by the combined navies of the (two ; Powers, was expressed by Sir ma-irtudw. Ac. Chair, of the British Mis- gjon at a reception tendered him by tne Navy League. British inventions, ne "encouraged me to exprea., the confident hope that the necessary l-antrjte to the submarine will b-. foam nnMMiDoirm IIE.0 UUIfllfllOUIUII 10 GO TO ELIHU ROOT, AS SPECIAL AMBAS SADOR, WILL HEAD THE PARTY. GEN. HUGH L SCOTT GOING President Wilson Make Effort te Thwart Germany's Intrigue for a . Separate Peace with Russia. Washington. Official announce meat of the personnel of the American Commission to RusBia, marked a for ward step in President Wilspn's effort to thwart Germany's Intrigues for a separate peace with the new democ racy, and to hold the provisional gov ernment fast as to the cause of the world against Prussian autocracy. Headed by Elihu Root, with powers of a special ambassador, the. person nel of the commission was chosen with special regard to conditions In Russia and the character of the new govern ment. Besides Mr. Root, who represents the elements of statesmanship- with the distinction of having' held many high offices in the United States, the com mission comprises a Socialist, a labor leader, a banker, a manufacturer, a business man, a man celebrated for his international activties in. human w4 fare and .ranking army and navy offi cers. The commission will be accom panied by a large suite and will depart from , the United . States at an early date by a route which will not be pub lished in advance. The personnel of the commission follows: Elihu Root, of New York, chair man; Charles R. Crane, of Illinois, Chicago " manufacturer and business man; John R. Mott, of New York, gen eral secretary of the' International .CpmpHtee of Y. M. C. A.; Cyrus Mc .Cormick, president of the Internation al Harvester Company; Samuel R. Bertron, banker of New York; James Duncan, vice president American Fed eration of Labor; Charles Edward Rus sell, of New. York1 .author and Social ist; Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, U. S. A.; Rear Admiral James H. Glennon, U. S. N. BRITISH AND FRENCH ARE WELCOMED AT N. Y. Former Presidents Taft and Rooseve't Were Present Now York. The British and Fren War Missions to the United IT, were entertained at a brilliancy quet here. , The guests included Arthur Jpj Balfour,. British Foreign Minis Rene Viviani, French Minister of tice; Marshal Joffre, and two f Presidents of the United St Theodore Roosevelt and Willi, Taft. iitl' TM. A Int. a.) MitMaaAnl America's Allies in the wala Germany arrived at the fcvj Astoria in one party. The sjrj all sides of the hotel were1! pucked with men and womf to pay their respects to tl guests. Outlined in electric lights front of the hotel were th thd three Nations represent far up and down famed Fiffci double rows of. street lamps! out a sea of flags floating ov lei linep of citizens who jai sidewalks of both sides for a a half. The members of the Missi j escorted first to the great t where a brkr reception ws f then to the grand banquet entered in the followine nif Mr. Balfour . and- Mayii roy MItchel. M.. Viviani and Govenl i Marshal Joffre and I Senator Calder sir Cecil Spring-Rirf Ambassador, and Cole' puie3 Jusserand, the sador, and Mr. Taft. Sir Thomas White ter of Canada, and Josy former Ambassador to Vice Admiral Chocheny French Navy, and Franl' Counselor of the Department Rear Admiral Sir Dudley K: Chair, of the British Navy, and Dtf Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia' University. The, Marquis de Chambrun ani Rear .'Admiral. Nathaniel R. Usher, Ctommandant of the New York Nary j Yar(1- : Lieutenant Bridges, of the British ! Army, and Major General Leonart ' Wood, Commander of the Departmen. of the Southeast. HAMro in n LTl 9 r 1 If E Oil POSTAGE RATES SECTION REFERRING TO NEWS PAPERS IS LIKELY TO BE MODIFIED. TO REACH VOTE THIS WEEK Newspaper Men in Great Numbers Strongly . Protest With Effect. Many Other Protests Are Made to. Different Sections. Washington. Opponents of the Ways and Means Commitee's proposal to greatly increase .postal rates on newspapers ' and magazines showed such a: strength during debate on the war tax' bill that it appeared likely the postal section of the measure . would be one of the few to be mater ially modified before passage. The attack brought the first defec tion from the ranks of the committee itself, which had approved the bill un animously, and whose members of both parties have consistently urged its passage unamended. Just before ad journment Representative Sloan, a Re publican committeeman, told the House that while he would stand be hind every other provision in the measure, he could not support a pos tal increase amounting to "a punitive expedition against newspapers and magazines." . Representatives Madden, of Illinois and McCormick, of Illinois; Meeker, of Missorui, Republicans, and Moon, of Tennessee, Democrat and chairman of the postal committee, joined in the attack, which proceeded while a large delegation of publishers was telling . the Senate Finance Committee that enactment would force many publica tions out of business. Debate Near Close. General debate In the House closed at 4 o'clock Tuesday and the bill prob ably will be brought to a final vote be fore the end of the week. The com mittee hopes to put through most of its proposals without important amendment, for the opposition has scattered its fire against many indi- vidual fT o-nd has developed a conv- the t3 a ew of e goes over y changes edicted yTM d postal at Ai of Na tupers and .attacked the 4ie most unjust rTA Government," Resented two amend- f" uie propoeeu rates, .phtative McCormick euggest .nat the whole schedule should be written so that the levies would fall i publications in proportion to their comes. Representative McMormick also ritlcised the income tax section of .e bill and declared the proposed ex- ess profits taxes were oppressive and mjust. He predicted that the measure as a whole would work immeasurable harm to industry. Senate Hearing. Spokesmen for newspapers and pe riodicals, large and small, and from ail parts of the country appeared be- fore the Senate Finance Committee to attack as unreasonable and confis catory the war revenue bill provision Milch would create a zone system 3th greatly increased rates for sec M class mail matter. They declared ie measure went into effect, many cations would be compelled to Nd. So it 7. of Th f-enresent in g f jiuk seek- special V, Lnted to be placed on theV with people engaged in other business. 'rthur Dunn, speaking for th smaller newspapers of the country, said thev could not stand the increase in postal rates with the increased cost of print paper, and that many wou'd be compelled to go out of business if the bill was enacted. INCREASE -aiy Repub he bill that ies, the J95 uld of i HP -red, i4' The X

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