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GENERALWDOQ WELL
HOI TRAIN TROOPS
MAJOR GENERAL WILL HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH TRAIN
ING OF MEN.
ANNOUNCEMENT SURPRISING
New Order Issued By' Department Re
lieving All Commanders of That
Duty. Supervision of Training to
Devolve on the Division Officers.
An announcement that will be re
ceived with, a great deal of interest
and no inconsiderable disappointment,
particularly throughout the south, is
that making it known that Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, now commander of
the department of the southeast and
the ranking officer of the United States
army, will have nothing to do with the
training of the hundreds of thousands
of young men to be sent to the train
ing camps in his department
And just as General Wood will be
relieved of any connection with the
training of the men, so will the other
department commanders be relieved
of that responsibility, and the duty of
supervising the training of the great
number of young men to make up the
army being prepared for the war with
Germany will rest upon division com
manders, of whom there will be scores
and who are yet unnamed.
This is due to an order recently is
sued by the war department, which,
up to this time, has not been pub
lished, taking the duty of supervising
the training of the men at the va
rious camps away from the depart
ment commanders and placing it with
the division or camp commanders,
who will be at the various training
camps. Therefore, with the arrival of
troops at a camp in any of the de
partments, the responsibility of the
commander of that department for
the discipline at that camp, its rules,
regulations, or any connection what
ever with the camp will cease except,
of course, that he will continue to be
commander of the department, but
that department headquaretrs will be
come really little more than a supply
depot, storeroom, or quartermaster's
depot.
And as is General Wood relieved of
this responsibility in the department
f the southeast so art the other de
partment commanders, Generals Bell,
Barry, Parker and the others, who
are the highest officers in the regu
;ar army.
UNCLE SAM TAKE HAND
TO PUNISH DRAFT RESISTERS
Government Acts Qucikly In Oklahoma
to End Anti-Draft Riots.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Without
waiting for a conclusion of the state's
campaign against organized resistance
to the selective draft in central Okla
homa, the United States government
moved to punish the 200 men under ar
rest in connection with armed opposi
tion to military service. Warrants
charging treason were served on the
prisoners v.ho were taken to the pen
itentiary at McAlester or the jail at
Muskogee to await trial at which Uni
ted States District Attorney McGinnis
will ask that the death penalty be im
imposed. Announcement that extreme punish
ment would be asked was expected to
aid materially in bringing to terms
the few resissters still sheltered in
the hills. Posses in three counties
Seminole, Hughes and Pottawatomie
reported that isolated groups refused
to surrender, but that they apparently
were discouraged and seeking tc
avoid an encounter.
Determination of the possemen tc
run down all of the leaders was
strengthened by confiscation of half
a freight car of dynamite which had
been run on a siding southeast of
Sasakwa In Seminole county. An in
vestigation is being made to establish
wnership.
Clashes between the resisters and
posses have cost three lives and nu
merous Injuries. Two objectors to the
draft have been killed and a traveler
was shot when he failed to heed a
posse's warning to halt.
MONEY CIRCULATING HAS
REACHED RECORD AMOUNT
Washington. Money In circulation
;n the United States, the treasury
department's circulation etatemenl
shows, reached a new record August
1. The total on that date was $4,852,
084,469, an increase of nearly twenty
three per cent within a year. This In
cludes gold, silver and all forms ol
currency, but does not Include money
in the treasury which would bring the
total up to $5,513,392,894.
ORVILLE WRIGHT.
Orvllle Wright, Inventor of the air
plane, declares the United States can
win the war by acquiring supremacy in
the air.
ASK NEUTRALS THEIR NEEDS
INQUIRIES FROM WASHINGTON
TO EUROPEAN NEUTRAL8
SEEK FULL INFORMATION.
Amerca is Laying Foundation For Plan
For Rationing Neutrals Which Will
Stop Exports From Finally Reach
ing Germany.
Washington. Full information con
cerning food conditions in the north
ern European neutral countries has
been asked of the neutrals by the
United States in notes handed to their
diplomatic representatives.
The American government's plan
for rationing the neutrals through its
control of exports will be finally de
termined on after replies are receiv
ed. The information sought concerns
the exact food needs of those coun
tries, their food production capacity
and details of their export and import
trade of the last few years- The ln
tenton of the United. States is to hold
exports to -the enutrals to the barest
necesities to prevent American food
stuffs or food they replace from
reaching Germany. Only actual food
deficiencies will be made up from
America and assurances will be de
manded that no American-produced
food is re-exported or used to sup
plant food that is exported.
Quick responses to the notes are
looked for, since at present no ship
ments to the neutrals are permitted
to leave American ports and some 'of
the countries are badly in need of
grains.
MARRIAGE AFTER CALL
NO GROUND FOR EXEMPTION.
Washington Local boards were for
mally instructed by Provost Marshal
General Crowder that they may well
hold that a marriage recently con
summated, especially by a registrant
after he has been called for examina
tion, does not create a status of de
pendency justifying immunity from
conscription.
"The selective draft service law,"
read the instructions, "does not re
quire discharges in all cases of techni
cal legal dependency, but only per
mits discharges where In view of de
pendency a discharge is advisable.
Local boards may well hold that a
marriage hastily consummated re
cently, and especially one consum
mated by a person after he has been
called to present himself for exami
nation to determine his fitness for mil
itar yservice, does not create a status
of dependency in which it is advisable
to grant a discharge.
"It is to be expected that local
boards will exercise this full discre
tion in cases where they are con
vinced that unscrupulous persona have
thus violated the principles of the
selective service law in hope of es
caping duty."
PROHIBITION CUT OUT OF
PROGRAM BY HOUSE.
Washington. National prohibition
bv constitutional amendment was
.hung up in the House by the prohi
bition leaders themselves.
The resolution to submit the pro
posal to the states, passed by the
Senate, was put out of the program
for the present session and will not
come up until the regular session in
December.
Representative Randall of Califor
nia, the prohibition party's only rep
resentative in Congress, issued a state
ment declaring that "the friends of na
tional prohibition have been flim
flammed by the liquor lobby in the
constitutional amendment adopted In
the Senate."
NS
REIGNING III RUSSIA
TAKES UP HEAVY TASK IN THIS
CRISIS AT REQUEST OF THE
PEOPLE.
WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO REFUSE
Many Changes Are Forecast as Pre
mier Intends to Conduct a Strong
Government to Carry Out Old Prin
ciples Thought Best.
Petrograd. Premier Kerensky has
returned to Petrograd and withdrawn
his resignation. He attended a min
isterial meeting and afterwards con
ferred with various political leaders.
M. Kerensey has issued a manifesto
in which he declares that he con
siders it impossible when the country
is threatened with defeat without and
disintegration within to refuse the
heavy task again entrusted to him,
which he regards as an express order
from the country to construct a strong
revolutlonaryvgovernment to carry out
the nrin ip?es a.ready laid down.
"At the same time," says the man
ifesto, "I consider it inevitable to
introduce changes in the order and
distribution of government work with
out allowing myself to be influenced
by the throught that these changes
will increase my responsibility in the
supreme direction of the affairs of
state."
SLIGHT GAIN IN FLANDERS
IS MADE BY ANGLO-FRENCH.
Canadians Slowly Tighten Pinchers
Forcing Germans From Lens.
Infantry fighting although not on
an extremely heavy scale, began in
Flanders on Sunday and in two en
gagements the Anglo-French troops
were victorious.
The weather moderating. Crown
Prince Rupprecht, after an all-night
bombardment sent his troops aaginst
the British positions at Hollebeke, on
the Ypres-Comines Canal, between
Yures and Warnton and, charging
forward on both sides of the canal
the Germans gained a footing in the
village of Hollebeke. The success
was only momentary as the British
drove them out by an immediate
counter-attack and took some prison
ers. Other German atti ks In this
area also were checked.
Northwest of Bixschoote, which lies
to the north of Ypres, the French are
following up their successes of lat
week. In an attack against the Ger
man lines Sunday they made further
progress.
The pinchers with which the Ca
nadians are slowly forcing the Ger
mans out of Lens, again has been
tightened slightly. In an advance in
the Oite du Moulin the Canadians
have pushed forward their line on a
front of one thousand yards to a depth
of two hundred yards. The Canadians
consolidated the position which is
within a thousand yards of the cen
ter of Lens on the western front of
the town. Southeast of Arras Ger
man raids against the British lines on
Sunday met with failure.
German attacks on the Aisne front
have been withstood successfully by
the French. Against the Casemates
plateau the Germans made two at
tacks which were repulsed. South of
Juvincourt the German crown prince
threw strong forces against the
French lines early Sunday. The
French wera driven from a small ele
ment, but Iter ejected the Germans
and held their line intact.
HOLLAND-AMERICAN
STEAMER HITS MINE
Amsterdam. The Holland-American
line steamship Noordam, homeward
bound ran upon a mine the westward
of the island of Texel. There were no
casualties. The sljip is still affoat.
GERMAN PLANE LANDS
IN NETHERLANDS LIMITS
Amsterdam. A German airplane
landed on the island of Ameland on
account of motor trouble. The occu
pants of the machine were interned.
CABLE FAR EAST IS
BROKEN IN MID-PACIFIC
New York. Communication with
the Philippines and China including
Hong Kong by way of San Francisco
over the commercial Pacific cable has
been interrupted, the Commercial Ca
ble Company announced here and
cablegrams "can be forwarded only
via Europe." It was explained that
the cable bjoke somewheres between
Guam and the Philippines and that a
ship would have to be sent out to
pick up the line and repair it.
HERE
FRANCIS J. HENEY
Francis J. Heney, the well known
"trust buster" of San Francisco, has
been engaged by the government to
Investigate the prices of food, under
the direction of the federal trade com
mission. PROHIBITIONISTS WIN HOUSE
"DRY" AMENDMENT RESOLUTION
TO FOOD MEASURE IS ADOPT
ED. Resolution Now Goes to House Where
Early Consideration is Expected.
Senator Stone's Amendment Was
Rejected.
Washington. A resolution for sub
mission to the states of a prohibi
tion amendment to the federal consti
tution was adopted by the Senate.
The vote was sixty-five to twenty,
eight more than the necessary two
thirds. As adopted the resolution contains
a provision that the states must be
asked to ratify the amendment with
in six years. The house still must act
on the resolution.
Senator Stone's amendment provid
ing for compensation by the govern
ment for damages to property grow
ing out of the enforcement of the pro
hibition amendment was rejected fifty
to thirty-one.
Senators oposing the resolution
were:
Democrats Broussard, Culbertson.
Gerry, Hardwick, Hitchcock, Husting,
James, Lewis, Phelan, Pomerene,
Reed and Underwood Total 12.
Republicans Brandagee. Calder,
France, Lodge, Penrose, Wadsworth,
Warren and Weeks. Total 8.
Senators voting for the resolution
were:
Democrats Ashurst Bankhead.
Beckham, Chamberlain, Fletcher,
Gore, Hollis, Jones of New Mexico.
Kendrfck, King, Kirby, McKellar,
Martin, Myers, Newlands, Overman.
Owen, Pittman, Ransdell Robinson.
Saulsbury, Shafroth, Sheppard,
Shields. Simmons, Smith, of Arizona;
Smith, of Georgia; Smith, of South
Carolina; Stone, Swanson, Thompson,
Trammell. Vardaman Walsh, Wil
liams, and Wolcott Total 36.
Republicans Borah,, Brady, Colt,
Cummins, .Curtis. Fernald, Freling
huysen. Gronna, Hale Harding, John
son, of California; Jones, of Washing
ton; Kellog, Kenyon, Knox, LaFol
lette, McCumber. McNary, Nelson.
New, Norris, Page. Poindexter, Sher
man Smith of Michigan; Smoot, Ster
ling. Sutherland and Watson Total
29.
Total for, 65.
The proposed constitutional amend
ment is the first initiated by Congress
since that providing for popular elec
tion of United States senators, ap
proved In 1911. It is the first time
that either branch of Congress has
approved a constitutional amendment
for prohibition. A few years ago a
similar resolution In the house receiv
e da majority, but failed of the requir
ed two-third3.
FEWER MERCHANTMEN
SUNK DY SUBMARINES.
London. Some falling off in the loss
of British merchantment by submar
ines is noted in the official summary.
Eighteen British vessels of more than
1,600 tons were sunk by submarines
or mines last week. Three vessels
under 1,600 tons were sunk, while no
fishing vesels were lost. According
to the admiralty report of the pre
vious week the losses were twenty one
Britis h vessels of more than 1.600 tons
each, three of les3 than 1,600 tons-
WAR TAX MEASURE
PUT IN FINAL FORM
REVISED BILL IS REPORTED TO
THE SENATE Bl FINANCE COM
MITTEE. NO PROVISION FOR BONDS
Reported Bill Provides For Approxi
mately $2,000,000,000 For War Ex
penses. Increase Taxes on Lfepjors,
Beer, Wines, Profits, Etc.
Washington. The war tax bill, un
der revision since May 24, - was put
into final form for report to the Seri
ate by the finance committee. It pro
vides for approximately $2,000,000,000
in taxes to meet war expenses, but
makes no provision for further bond
authorizations. The bill was increas
ed $133,000,000 over the total as it
passed the House. About $327,000,000
was added during the last week be
cause of the latest war estimates.
Senators LaFollette, Gore and Thom
as plan a seperate report advocating
higher tax levies.
The new increase of $327,000,000
over the committee's original draft is
distributed approximately among the
following additional leves:
On corporate incomes, $162,000,000.
Additional sur-taxes on individual :
incomes of $15,000 and over, $27,500,-
000. -
Distilled spirit's, $95,000,000. !
Beer, $12,500,000.
Wines, $17,000,000.
War excess profits, $5,000,000.
Bank checks, $2,000,000.
Floor, or stock, taxes on sugar, cof
fee, tea and cocoa, $6,000,000.
Total $327,000,000.
The additionallevy on Incomes of
corporations applies also to partner
ships, joint stock companies and es
sociations, ' including life insurance
companies. Their normal Income tax
is Increased to six per cent, four per
cent more than the present law, and
two per cent above the oringinal
House and committee program.
The increased surtaxes fall entirely
on individuals having incomes of $15,-
000 or above.
FEW EXEMPTIONS FOR
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES
Postal Carriers, Clerks or Laborers
Not to be Exempted.
Washington. A ruling by the post
office department shows that the de
partment qfficials will make few re
quests for exemption from military
service. Postmasters are instructed
not to ask for exempitou for carriers or
laborers or for clerks in second class
offices below the $1,000 grade, clerks
in first class offices below the $1,100
grade, or any above these grades un
less they are qualified distributors of
mail
The ruling is the first formal action
by an executive department in com
pliance with President Wilson's order
directing that department officials in
icadet exemptions and that the re
quirement of indispensability be rig-
I idly enforced. As generally con-
I .,.J V,r i-i.-icfol rill in ohnws thf
purpose of the administration ot make
the government departments leaders
in freeing valuable employes for war
service.
The entre mailcarrier force, num
bering thousands of men, of whom a
considerable percentage are within
the draft age limits, is excluded from
exemption unless for physical reasons
or because they have dependent fam
ilies. Every portion ot the countrv
is reached by the ruling, as even the
rural carriers are included.
The department's ruling in regard
to clerks, leaves railway mail clerks
within the exemption class, as they
are highly specialized distributors
sueciauzeu uisuiuuiuis.
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Provost Marshall General crowns
took steps to reduce the number
exemptions because of dependent t
illes. Instructions were sent to
governors of all states pointing
that the minimum pay of soldie,
now $30 a month and that local bqJ
must consider whether a man a J
pendents could not be supported!
that amount.
J S. POSTAL AGENCY
ESTABLISHED IN FRANCO
Washington. American soldiers at
the front no ware receiving their mail
without interruption, as a .result of
the establishment of the United States
postal agency in France, Postmaster
General Burleson announced. A corps
of experienced workers, under the di
rection of Marcus H. Bunn, is hand
ling mail matter at the base post
office and at branches established at
Paris, the training camps, and at the
American port of debarkation.
FARMERS PLANNING
GREAT CONVENTION
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETINQ
OF FARMERS AND FARM
WOMEN.
AT RALEIGH, AUGUST 28-30
It is Expected That Not Less Than
1,000 Farmers and Farm Women
Will Attend Convention.
Raleigh, August. Arrangements
are rapidly being completed for the
fifteenth annual Farmers' and Farm
Women's State Convention, which will
be held at the State College of Agri
culture and Engineering, beginning
Tuesday morning, August 28th, at 8
o'clock and continuing until Thurs
day noon, August 30th. It is expected:
that not less than 1,000 farmers and
farm women will attend the conven
tion this year. The attendance last
year was more than 700.
The Convention, always a source of
inspiration and instruction and attend
ed by earnest men and women from
all sections of the State, will this year'
be more of a working proposition even
than usual. Because of the critical
food situation throughout the Nation
anil the world, the central idea at the
Convention will be food production
land conservation and the farmers of
the State from the Coastal Plains to
the Blue Ridge will have anopportunity
to learn by lecture and demonstration
the why and how of the production of
all food and feed crops suitable for
their respective sections.
The morning3 will be devoted to
sectional meetings for the men in
which actual class room instruction
and laboratory instructions will be
given. This is something of a depart
ure from the custom of the past but
will no doubt be worth much more to
those who come to the Convention to
learn. On the afternoons of Tuesday
and Wednesday there will be joint ses
sions o fthe Men's and Women's Con
vention at which time some of the
best speakers obtainable will address
those present upon vital topics bear
ing directly upon the part of Nrth
Carolina men and women and the pro
duction and conservation of food and
feed- The evening sessions will be
given over to one loci are each evening
and to motion pictures.
The Convention this year win par-
take considerably more of the nature
of a short course of agriculture and
live stock instruction than has been
the custom heretofore. The farmer
will be given an opportunity to get
authorative information on any farm
problem and to witness actual demon
strations in mrny instances. Thr6
will be several sections going all
hours of the morning so that the farm
er will be able to get the Information
he desires on a particular subject with
out listening ;o other subjects whica
might not interest him. Among the
subjects for instruction and demonstra
tion will be: Swine, beef cattle, dairy
cattle ad poultry, seed selection, pre
paring seed, etc.
All the railroads are giving special
rates for the Convention good from
August 26th to September 2nd. The
expense of the Convention to those
who attend will be very small the
college provides dormitory room
without charge and meal3 at a cost
of only 25c. each- All who attend,
however, will be required to bring
their own bed sheets, pillows, towels
and necessary toilet articles.
Not only the attendance but the
helpfulness of the Convention.has been
increased yearly and especially be
cause of the necessity for the very
best farming at this time, the offi
cials of the Convention are confident
all previous records will be smashed.
Work For Soldier Insurance.
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yw..,,,n)nn tv P Tfenresentative
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t; Is uririne the imnortance .of legis-
providing for life and accident
nce for the soldiers and sailors
Vay be killed of injured in the
ilch Secretary McAdoo for
teeks, has had under considera
Mr. Pou said that Congress
V)t adjourn without enacting
TUation of this character. He
L secure its passage.
ell Disbursing Officer.
.JT Mr. J. Frank Mitchell, who
hasbeen traveling pasenger agent oL,
me iNorioin ouumeiu, i
disbursing officers for the selects
draft In North Carolina. The resirt
tlon of Mr. A. L. Fletcher to beetle
captain of the Supply Company, Fie'l
Artillery, left the position open, and
Mr. Joe Mackey was appointed to it.
He having declined to serve, left the
office again open, and Mr. Mitchell
was recommended. Mr. Mitchell is a
railroad man of wide experience, and
will bring fine abilities into play.
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