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NO. 10
CHICAGO MAYOR CRITICISE
Gathering
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GOVERNOR OF : ILLINOIS
aBSE?
Speed to Break Up
and
Chicago. ? After- being driven from
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;> rtif iri
> '""which " were
Lowden. So
guardsmen r
> capital -on A>
L;'
joorned; its purpose
The citLsh In autb
Major Thompson and CJevernor
de$ ;?km.e as the result" of tbs actfoiij
- of the police In fereakl^*p.!$ie paci-I
fists' meeting on orders -firom tie goer'
ernor. When the mayor, wfti ^Rls at
his summer home at Lake Forest,
hej^lfr it he dicla^ed'.tot the gov
ernor- had exceeded w^' and
?immediately instructed
lice Sdj^ettler to permit
and to give thef*"^****
tectipn. .?>?(?!
WltfB the ? pacifists the]
mayor action- immediate ; prepara
tions were made to hold fhem$eting
which had ^beer, -prevented fii Miune:
sota, North Dakota anii Wisconsin
and had been forbidden as unpatriotic
"jptd dfsjoyaT by the government of
utterly deserted as the delegates
their places and were called, to order
by Seymour Stedman, former Social
ist candidate for governor of Illinois,
as temporary chairman.
In the meantime Governor Lowden
had been notified of the defiance of
his orders and immediately called Ad
jutant General Dickson of Illinois
into conference. It was found that as
most of the Illinois national guards
men had been federalized the governor
had no troops at his disposal in the
Chicago district. An effort was made
to reach Major General Carfer, com
marder of the ?entral department, to
obtain his permission to use federal
troops, but he could not be found in
time.
SIXTY-FIVE BALES SET
AS MINIMUM CAR LOAD
War Board Will Take Steps to Ease
Tremendous Pressure Upon Rail
ways During Fall Months.
New York. ? An order prohibiting the
shipping of cotton in quantities less
than sixty-five bales a car ?nd requir
ing as many more to be loaded as the
size of the car will permit, has been
issued by the railroads war board, it
was jtnnouncewd here. Notice has
been sent to buyers of cotton with a
request that they place orders on a
basis of not less than sixty-five bales
or multiples thereof. ,
The movement of the cotton crop
which is scheduled to begin this faM
at a time when "a combination of gov
ernment and commercial business will
be bringing tremendous pressure to
-bear upon the railroads** was ?rfv<?n as
the reason for the order in a statement ,
issued by Fairfax Harrison, chairman
of the board
"In the southwest and Mississippi
delta districts the average car will
load 65 bales," the statement said,
"consequently buyers are asked to or
der in multiples of 65 from the south
west and in multiples of 75 from the
southeast districts.
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WANT 22,000,000 CHILDREN
FOR JUNIOR RED CROSS
Washington. ? Launching of a Junior
Red Cross membership in which will
be open to alt school children of the
United States, was announced by the
American Red Cross. It is hoped to as
semble 22,000,000 children into a body
that materially will assist in the work
of the main organization. The move
ment 'was planned by Dr. H. N. Mc
Cracken, president of Vassar, with the
cooperation of many educational
authorities.
ELEVEN OF. EVERY 1000
SOLDIERS AT FRONT DIE
Washington.? Ahout eleven soldiers
are killed in action or die of wounds
in each 1,000 cf mobilised strength on
the western 'European front according
to figures compiled by the committee
on public information, based on the
report that during the Marne and
Charleroi buttles .casualties were ?41
estimates of military erperts in this
per cent of tike mobilised strength and
^conntry that fatalities hare never ?x
seeded twenty per cent of casualties.
;>v.w - ' ? ? ? .'?>*. ' ???
surgeon In the 1
eidered on*'" of
9 the ottfy
h .army and
most" ?kWf
Kerensky Dec
Can not
ed tnk, premier, "will stand on guard
over tnte revolution, it will suffer no
counter-revolutionary attempts, what
ever be th,eir source, for the provision
al government is- the Incarnated will
of the whole Russian people. It does
not regret having convoked the con
ference at Moscow, which although It
has not yielded practical results, has
aliwed all Russian citizens to "say
frankly what they think necessary
for the state."
? Premier Kerensky then spoke of
the services rendered to the country
by the ^ revolutionary democracy,
which, he observed, took power at a
terrible moment in the life of the
state.
"Whoever endeavors to wrest their
conquests from ? the people,'" he con
cluded, "will never succeed for they
have now become public property."
WILSON APPROVES PLAN
TO BUIL DESTROYERS.
Gives Daniels His Consent to Lay
Plan, Involving Expense, of $550,
000,000 Before Congress.
Washington. ? President Wilson ap
proved estimates of the navy depart
ment for the expenditure of an addi
tional $550,000,000 for new destroyers
to combat German submarines. The
project will be laid before Congress
immediately by Secretary Daniels.
Provisions will be sought to expend
$225,000,000 of the total appropria
tion on construction or purchase a-*
C- ... - bi-?vl -
plants to provide the facilities needed.
The present destroyer building capac
ity of the country is fully engaged on
contracts already given. To reach
new labor centers where the skilled
men can be found to do the work
quickly, it is indicated that the now
engine building plants proposed will
be placed In the interior of the coun
try.
REICHSTAG TO MEET
-AGAIN SEPTEMBER 26,
Beriin, via London? The reichstag
main committee had a brief session
for further discussion of the adminis
tration of occupied territory. Its de
liebrations of the Jast two days have
of a highly confidential nature, and
no report of the proceedings has been
published. The committee will ad
journ Wednesday until the reconven
ing of the reichstag which will take
place September 26.
BREAK GROUND FOR
NEW PROJECTILE PLANT.
~
' Washington, ? Secretary Daniela
left for Charleston, W. Va., to attend
ceremonies there In connection with
the breaking of ground for the $2,
000,000 navy projectile plant which li
; to be ready for operation next An|
| Rear Admiral Fletcher and other
j members of the naval board accom
! panted the secretary. Plans lor the
S $15,000,000 armor plate ftujtory locat
ed on the same tract of land have
1 sot been completed.
SwSty
tos-fcre n6^ preparing tor an pt
wpl^r; land and jsea is tQteeufk
Em
Swtei
these .missiles; were loose^
sian warship* and harbor ;
raids were .also carried o
-i ? *!_?? . ' :T i ft ?< " *'?
tak<*.-t&e offensive
An^? - MUi er' AvihlL
r sectors
JSbahged
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SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
DRIVE 18 ANNOUNCED
"
Great Campaign to Begin October 1.?
Details Depend on Congreaa.
Washington. ? The opening of the
next liberty campaign has been set
tentatively by the treasury depart
ment for October 1.
' Subscription books will close No
vember 1 unless the program is alter
ed. TJie amount, the interest rate,
the denominations of the bonds and
other details will be announced after
Congress disposes of $he pending bond
bill.
Indications are that the-next offer
ing will approximate |3,000,000,000.
Whether it will be advertised by the
government through paid newspaper
space is under consideration, but Sec
retary McAdoo said the cost of such
an undertaking would exceed the ap
propriation now available for the pur
pose. He added that- there could be
no action until more light had been re
ceived as to the cost of effective ad
vertising campaign and until Congress
had decided what amount will be al
lowed for advertising/ for future is
sues.
Under the war revenue bill, passed
last April, $7,000,000 was made avail
able for expenses of floating $5,000,
000,000 In bonds and $2,000:000,000 in
short time certificates of indebted
ness. It is reported that about half
already has been disbursed in con
nection with the flotation of the $2.
000,000,000 liberty bonds flrat. off*"*'*
put out in advance of the loan.
DEP08ED EMPEROR OF
ABYSSINIA 18 CAPTURED. I
London. ? LldJ Jeassiv the deposed
emperor of Abyssinia, who escaped/
from Magdala, has -been captured, ac
cording to a dispatch to The Daily
Mail from Jibuti, French Somaili- f
land.
COTTON PRODUCTldN
ESTIMATES INCREASE.)
Washington/ ? Cotton, production
prospects improved to the extent of
450,000 bales during August and
brought the estimate of final out turn
to 12,490,000 ... equivalent 600 pound
bales.- That quantity was forecast by
the department of agriculture on the
condition of the crop August 25, which
showed decline of 2,5 points compar
ed with a ten yeer . average o* 6.8
points decline. Acrfe yield 'Wtfs tor*
caste*} at 174.6 pounds.
The cotton crop5 forecast compares
with 11,949,000 bales as estimated
from the condition of the crop July 25
and 11,633,000 bales as estimated
from the condition on June 85. Last
year's crop yab 11,449,880 bales, two
years ago 11,191,820, three years ago
1MM 9S0 and torn
166.486. JF"
r Condition by states follow
Virginia, 76; North Carolina, 69; j
South Carolina, 74; " ' * ~ ? i
Ma. 65; Alabama
LouiBians^;?5; T?
^ennessefT
California |ftj
appe ninas in
iy Tribune press
destroyed by ire
l OatoHna Motor
65. has arrived at
Ville, S. C.
paving North GaroUna
National Army camps
tefore leaving if they
in state elections whtfe
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i that 10,000 people at
reek camp meeting at
r. There were 3k000
ihegogndt;. f 1
a prominent farmer
Cherryville, dropped
ian's office in Cherry
In: apparent good
I V?1 . t
I, while mowing; hay
farm two milea$*jnf
;aught by a mowing
i leg was seriously
tfce circus and; Intently
crobats,. when he sit art
by exclaiming: VMam
rlble /or those ladi^s to
iir pink underwear ?
of ! Kenans vi lie, , j who
. office of Senator Stm
s,. has joined the Ar**:
d is secretary Col
the 48th Division,
cooling devicesj are
1 at the Ifooresvtiie
?nety by Mr. W. H.
Dairy Experimenta
Ina Experiment Stir
if
ing
expr
hotels
*Bnds that.sieejK
found there. He
Slief that one of . the
for that purpose.
krjwfci-#
/. ?
The -
Carolina, >
Asheville
arrived
tents at
vided fo
strong,
nine o'
the trip1
Mr.^.
bopt
and A'
pli.ed for
vice to pr
attacks,
ders on
do n
Is ex
and no
Hospital corps of North
& has been encamped at
the p&Bt two weeks has
ip Sevier and 'set up
['Cfemp which has been pro*
Eighty-seven men
iny left Asheville at
tin the morning and made
>ut mishap. -:f''vVl
ticular
placed wi
Willis, engaged in steam*
.tlon between Edenton
in Bertie county, has ap-j
patent on a practical de
Itect ships agalnsC torpedo
a system of lateral rud
sides of .the ship, which
Its progress, the torpedo
several feet from tha ship,
done except to that par
rudder which is at once re
five minutes.
Judge
is
being!
ing to
secret
heard:
perior
the'
grand
he began
rMy
... ? r . barter, of Asheville,
fcbout the best war speech
In North Carolina, accord*
Santford Martin, private
' the governor. Mr. Martin
Carter at the Yadkin bu*
. last week. He says that
. turned hie charge to the
( into a war address. When
courthouse was comfort*
"T I-:1 - vi"?
preml
sltion
state Is
would
Judge
there.
only was at ?
Mr. Martin saya that oppo*
war In that section of the
-Widespread than many
. or at least was before
, began holding court up
T - since he stormed the cita
del of treason an? opened the eyes of
the blind, as Mr. Martin puts it, there
seems to be much less opposition to
and a clearer understanding of what
the warls about "
. -
Mr. Henry a. Page, of Aberdeen,
North Carolina's Pood Administrator,
ha? op< jped his Office in the Federal
Building, Raleigh, with the prospects
of a vigorous war-time task of co
ordinating and maintaing for the dura*
tion of tte struggle, the efforts 'Of all
th?r> food producing and food conserve
ing agencies of the state. The per
fection of state machinery will be un
*2002** 0Q basis of sacrificial
s;? Mr. Page himself wilt work
qinunificent saWy of one dollar
' ? i
n is dead ind another ia
be mortally wounded as
t of a near race riot which
J at Arapahoe,
The dead man le
lored; the wounded, '
white. The trouble
the result of Broom
hog which belonged
?vS S8S&B3&4-K3
county,
unded
n, ?
Bur*
* mm protaW .
>way netf
CITIZEN8 MUST 8EETHAT PRE
YENTABLE FIRES ARE REDUC
ED TO MINIMUM,
UtafllT : HMWESr REUY
? '
Every Farmer, Firm Wife, Qlrl, Boy,
and Employee on Farm Must See
That Jto Food Crops Are Destroyed
By Fife.
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i ? ? i.
Recent reports from sections oi
North Carolina telling of alleged up
risings against the ".selective draft,
when sifted down proved to he purely
unproven rumors or oases of protest
made by persons thoroughly ignorant
of the law providing for the selective
draft. It is uufortunate that the re
port should have gone out to newspa
pers throughout the nation leaving the
impression that there might be an
organized protest or a protest of any
proportion from North Carolina against
a condition such as the country now
faces. North Carolina is fortunate in
being more th.en 99 per cent. Ameri
can. Recent war census figures show
that, toss than one per cent of- the
population . of the Btate 14 foreign
born. The people -of North . Carolina
will be found always ready to support
the powers that Vave charge of the
conduct of the war that has been
thrust upon America.
gw In ,pom& parts of the country serious
Complications have arisen with Indus
trie socialistic organizations. State
a^d .county officials and In some in
et^n^ea troopa have had to be called
to cope with the situation. In the
Datetaa army officers have been warn-^
gjjjpS an organized plot to destroy'
.-grjWkt crops of grr.in as it is harvested
.and stored. Throughout various parts
of the country have come reports of
arrests of supposed German spies or
pro-German agitators. But none of
rs sort of aotivitly has been reported
Jvorth Carolina 90 far.
/
There remains but one enemy of the
people of North Carolina and \lrat
by r
thiaTeatedL f^he urgeot need uTSotBT
Carolina Is what may be terme'd a
burning need. It te that every
farmer, every farm wife, every farm
employee, every boy and every girl on
every farm in the state should use
every care to toe that these food crops
and this cotton is protected against the
danger of destruction by Are.
North Carolinians here little to fear
from alien enemies ,or their sympa
th iters because there are few if any
here. Incendiary fires are few and
thpse that occur are the 6 * growth of
personal enmity and not tn6 acts o t
enemy agents. It is Incumbent upon
every citizen to see that preventable
fires are reduced to a mnimum. Every
ounce of food destroyed or unnocesarl
ly consumed is ,an ounce of treason
ignorantly or intentionally committed.
The fact that insurance is carried
and that the value of the burned food
stuffs may be collected in money does
not even tend to mitigate the loss
When foodstuffs burn in a time like
this money will not replace it. Every
ounc8 of foodstuffs produced is needed
somewhere while thousands are suf
fering from the lack of sufficient food.
The duty which so plainly faces North
Carolina is the duty to guard against
themselves. A little care and th?
practice of ordinary precaution against
the destruction by fire of crops ir
barns and warehouses will conserve
the foodstuffs tSmt the promised boun
tiful crops will yield. It is the duty
of each to see that carelessness does
._ul pciiart their destruction. If North
Carolina crops are destroyed in barns
or in storage it will not be by th<i
hand of an alien enemy or an erratic
pacifist for there are none of this class
roaming this seotiotf. Ntor will It be
"an act of Providence," but the inevi
table result of purely human negli
gence. ^
IN THE WAR AGAIN8T WA8TE.
Joining . other numerous force*
throughout the nation in the wai
against waste as a helping hand to
the country's struggle to "Make the
World Safe For Democracy," one oi
the large insurance companies has Is
sued a bulletin which, it announces
has ac its object the promoting 'oi
patriotism, good citizenship and the
physical betterment of the people
Some very timely . suggestions are
herewith presented from - this valu
able paper:
V "Give no time or money to selfish
.pleasure wh'?h can be given in unsslf
ish service to the nation."
"In the name of common humanity
1 ahdr of common sense, let us at once
adapt ourselves to the extraordinary
waK conditions which have come
npoh tu."
'Unless extravagance is checked,
the nation will be injured? people will
. jcJwwry iSM wl" -*> ??
lorged." S ? - ? - ;i
."What a blessing rational economy
humanity in
Wf
8I6NE PATTERSON
Eigne Patterson, the favorite dancer
of the king of Sweden, who Is here to
teach the folk dances of her native
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land to the children of former subjects
of Sweden, Is appealing to the women
of this country who were former sub
jects of Sweden to supply their coun
trymen now serving In Uncle Sam's
army with tobacco and pipes.
WILSON REJECTS PEACE IDEA
-
WILSON'S REJECTION CONSIDER
ED AS HIGH-WATER MARK OP
WAR>
Feature of President's Communica
tion Is . Determination Not to^ Dis
cuss Peace 80 Long as pofces of
Autocracy Control C?j ' "
the allies as their spokesmairbefore
(fee world.
*The note comes as a climax to the
remarkable series of state documents
In which President Wilson has argu
ed the cause of world democracy
against autocracy in the high court
of public opinion, and accepted more
and more by the people of all the
allied countries as expressing their
ideals.
There appears to be no doubt that
the United States was selected to
make answer before the world, in ad
vance of all the others. Whether the
entente nations will send extensive re
plies is not known here. It is re
garded as probable that they will In
large measue adopt the President's
reasoning for their own and send
notes of endorsement.
The general tenor of the Presi
dent's reply had been anticipated ev
erywhere, but there - was no Inkling
of the forceful terns he would em
ploy to say that the world can have
no faith in the autocratic government
of Germany. -
Students of diplomacy see in his
denunciation of the military autocracy
a fresh appeal to the war-ridden Ger
man people to throw off their military
masters.
Although 'this appeal probably wilt
not be permitted to become known In
Germany ^intil the autocracy has at
tempted to mold the temper of the
people for its reception by a denuncia
tion through a government controlled
press of what ha9 been characterized
as interference in the internal affairs
of Germany,' the hope is that it will
fall on fertile soil.
That the President's response to the
Pope's overtures would be a courte
ous but firm declination had been
generally believed, so that in this re
spect at least his communication will
cause no surprise.
GERMANY PR0P08ES TO PAY
INDEMNITY TO ARGENTINE
i
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In Order to Maintain Friendly Rela-_
tlon* Will Pay for 8inklng Trade
8hlpt.
Buenos Aires. ? Germany's reply to
Argentina's note embodying demands
in connection with the submarine cam*
paign *8 affecting Argentine shipping
hasl>een received. In official circles it
was stated that the reply was satis
factory. ?
According to the newspaper LaRa
zon the German note meets all the
demands of Argentina.
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. Jnqulrlng Into Camp R.'ot
Houston, Texas.? The municipal
board of inquiry which is taking tes
timony regarding the disturbance
when 100 negroes of the Twenty
fourth Infantry; shot up the West End.
district of the. city, heurd witnesses
t?U of conditions in ftfee 'camp /of
negro troops. The testimony largely
was that negro women visited the
canufjn numbers after nightfall, that
empty liquor bottles \#ers plentiful In
and that negro soldiers violated the
"Jim Otow"- law on tit cars at wlfl*
. . ? ?? ^
PRICE OF WHEAT IS
FID AT $2.20 00.
'
APPLIES TO PURCHASES MADST
BY GOVERNMENT FOR AMER
ICA AND ALU E8.
FIBMERSEXPEGTEDTl OBJECT
Food Administration Expects Compro
nftse Price of $2.20 to Control and
Stabilize Markets, Lowering the Cost
of Living.
Washington. ? The price of No. 1
northern spring wheat was fixed at
$2.20 a bushel at Chicago for the 1917
crop by the wheat fair price commit
tee, headed by H. A. Garfield, whose
findings reached after three days' de
liberation, were submitted to and ap
proved by President Wilson. Ths
announcement was made from the
White House.
Labor representatives on the com
mittee voted first for $1.84 and the
farmers $2.50. After long discussions
the compromise at $2.20 fcas approved
unanimously.
On the base of $2.20 at Chicago the
food administration worked out dif
ferentials for the various grades and
classes and for the several terminals.
- The price fixed is twenty cents high
er than that named for the 1918 crop
by congress in the food control bilJ.
The $2 price set by congress was tak
en into consideration by the commit
tee in considering a fair valuation,
for this year's crop.
In a statement accompanying the
announcement of the price, President
Wilson declares It is the hope of the
food iadministratlon, and his own as
well, that the fixing of a "price will
stabilize the market and keep prices
within moderate bounds for all trans?^
actions during the current year. '
The pi-Ice of flour and -brea<? too,
-the president declares, will be kept
down.
The committee In Its report to the
president, gave as the three
consideration#
... T .
alona that toe price nxed wfll
of ? fourteen-ounce loaf of bread for
five cento, allowing a fair profit both
to the floor manufacturer and th?
baker. 4
The price differentials worked out
by the food administration are:
No. 1 dark hard winter, $2.24; hard
winter basic, $2.20; red winter basic,
$2.20; yellow hard winter, $2.16; soft
red winter, $2.18; dark northern
spring, $2.24; red spring, $2.18; humi>
back, $2.10; amber durum, $2.24; du
rum basic, $2.20; red durum, $2.13;
red walla, $2.19; hard white basic,
$2.20; soft white, $2.18; whits dab,
$2.16.
BLOOD AND IRON RULE
IN RU88IA SEEMS STARTED.
More 8Iav Regiment* Throw Dewn
Arms and Quit
While the Russians west of Fok
shanl again have deserted their posts,
thereby permitting the Teutonic al
lies to make further gains In the re
gtqn 6f Ocna and Kezdi-Vavarhely
they are giving battle to the invaders
and on both, sectors have repulsed
strong attacks.
Between Ireshtl and Fokehani a
majority of jthe men comprising the
Russian regiments deserted their
trenches and fled, but the Russian
commanders have taken steps to re.
store the former status of the line by
filling the gap with loyal men.
Following the reports of fresh dis
affection among the Russians on the
east Bukawina front, which came
prior to the commencement of the
retrograde movement in southern
Moldavia, Premier Kerensky in a
speech at the closing session, of the
Moscow conference let It be known
again that order was to be brought
out of chaos by the putting to death
of the cowards who threw' down their
arms In the face of tfie enemy.
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HORRIBLE TREATMENT 18 '
"/ GIVEN PRI80NER9 OP WAR.
Washington.? Starved,^ beaten and
subjected to many indignities, prison
era of war in Germany are being com
pelled to work in 'trenches and fields
under the fire frodt the armies of their
Own countries. Report* made by Rus
sian soldiers who have escaped from
Germany and which have been trans
mitted to the state department, say
prisoners of all nationalities are being
used on work just- behind the lines and
within range of the guns.
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MANY EMPTY FREIGHT '?
CARS ORDERED 80UTHWARD.
^r,
New York.? More thai 7,000 addi
tional empty freight cars hare been
ordered into the south and southwwt
within the lane ten days to protec%
movements of grain and food \
and to facilitate
tion foil, cantonment#
was announc ed here
rUon, chairman of
board. $ Nearly 2.500;
hare been placed fa
itatea; \m in to Ix
jwifrii