Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 10, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 291 POPULATION 29,919 TEN PAGES—80 COI.UMNS PR’ICE TWO CENTS : The Bulletin’s Circ:!=tion in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Prfportion to the Cityls Population. ‘DETAILS OF CALL OF NEW DRAFT ARMY Regulations Were Issued Last Night by Provost Mar- shal-General Crowder . TO REDUCE EXEMPTIONS FOR _DEPENDENCY i Men to be Called September 1st Will Remain Under Civilian Control Until They Arrive at the Military Camps—From the Time They Report to the Local Boards for Military Duty the Men Will be in the Military Service of the Unit- ed States—Upon Arriving at Camp They Will Undergo Final Physical Examination by by Army Doctors—If Any Are Rejected an Alternate Must be Sent Forward for Each Such Case—Hundreds of Unfounded Claims for Exemption on the Grounds of Dependency Are Being Made. . ug. 9.—Regulations of the new national d to the colors be- 1 were issued tonight by bal _General _Crowder. he whole program to be soldier of the se- v has been accepted ant general of the train- ent to which he is as- To Finish in France. Two hundred thousand of the first 657,000 men will be called up Sept 1 and forwarded to their camps before Sept. 5. The whole business of assem- bling the levies at entraining points, providing them with shelter, food and transportation and giving them their actual induction into military life is ent d to the civilian local boards which selected them for service. Un- til the men ryeach the camps they will not be in contact with uniformed of- ficers. The civilian control is carried forward to the very gates of the mili- tary camps where the making of sol- diers will begin, to be completed with- in sound of the guns in France. Call to Be Sent to Each State. The actual call for men will go in each cass from the provost marshal general to the state adjutant general, stating the number of men to be sup- pled at a specified time by the state Fach local board will be promptly in- formed of its proportion in the call and the adjutant general will fix the date when men from his state shall entrain board w make out the list of men to Ml the can he roll of accepted men, and so fix the place of entrain- ment and the exact time of departure. Orders to the men will be posted ar be sent them by mail. They w lirected to report to the local hoard its headquarters not less Aan tweive hours or more than twen- e irs before the time of de- In Military Service. e time specified for report- e local board for military c the regulagfons state, “each man in respect of whom notice to report has b posted or mailed shall be in the y service of the United or to the arrival of the men at board headquarters, board mem- s are instructed to make arrange- r accommodation, to find tary sleeping places at s and lodging houses, to arrange for their meals and to provide lodging A meal tickets to be taken in pa t and redeemed for cash later by a government disbursing officer. In its 3 the boards may grant per- r the men to remain at thelr od Must Be Good. t the board headquarters fixed for reporting, the awn up, the roll called = board will take them t0 their quartdrs, remaining m until_every arrangement omfort has been made, Em- tructions are that the qual- 1 furnished shall be good and 11s held lable for seeing that meals are adequate, Retreat roll call at the board head rters. set for 5.30 p. m. on the day of reporting to the board, will he the first military ceremony the drafted men pass through. The board mem- bers are d’rected to be present In per- son and to inform the men of tMeir r impressing on_them disohedience of orders is st military c; The light toflet articles a < othing, which ‘he men permitted to take with them to camp, will be inspected by ihe board and the lists of men sent forward made out and copies of orig- nal registration cards prepared. For each district five alternates will be summoned to the board headquarters in addition to the men actually se- ected to fill the board quota. They 11 ba held at the assembling point until train time to fill In vacancies should any men of the levy fail to re- n of Men to Command. Except for retreat roll call, the men will be given to liberty until 45 minutes before train time. The board will dur rterval select one man from the levy who is the best qualifted to command and place him in charge of the party for #ts trip. He will name a second in command to aid him and the other men will be told that the or- ders of these two must be obeyed un- der pain of military discipline. The man in ch: call the roll at the board headquarters just before train time. He will then jine up the draft and, captained by the board members, march them to the station to entral There a final verification of the list will be made and if any man of the selected number is missing an alter- nate will be sent forward in his place, The tickets, with meal tickets, all pa> pers relating to the party, including ths copies of registration cards, will be turned over to the man in com- mand and the party will start for its training camp. Must Watch Over Men. The commander of each party will watch over his men during the trip, pes that none are left behind at any - c3 “ i station, that all are few regularly and that no liquor is furnished to them. When within six hours of the camp he will file a telegram to the camp adjutant general notifying him of the time of arrival. Immediately on the departure of the train the local board will send a similar message. Bvery precaution has been taken to meet any emergency in advancae Should a train be delayed by accident, the commander of each party will have proper telegraph blanks to report the fact to the camp adjutant general and ask instructions. Will Gather Up Stragglers. After the departure of the levy for camp, the local boards will turn to gatrering up stragglers. 1f there is evidence of wilful violatlon of orde: the offender will be reported to the adjutant general of the army as a de- serter and the local police will be asked arrest him on sight and turn him over to the nearest army post for trial. Where there was no intention to de- sert, however, and the missing man reports of his own will, the board will send him on to the camp with an ex- planation and a recommendation as to his degree of culpability, g Arrived at the camp, the party will undergo final physical examination by army doctors. If any are rejected, the local board will be notified and an alternate .sent forward for each such case. The net quota of a board will be regarded as filled only when the full number of men called for have reen finally accented. Provision is made also for a stric iccounting as to quotas between the federal government and the adjutanis zeneral in the first Instance and be. tween the adjutants and the loml boards In the second. Reports to show the standing of such accounts will be filed every ten days until every quota has been filled. TO REDUCE EXEMPTIONS FOR DEPENDENCY “To Very Necessitous and Clearly De- fined Circumstances.” Washington, Aug. 9. — Wholesale claims for exemption from the army draft. reported from many sections caused Provost - Marshal - General Crowder to telegraph the governors of the states tonight directing that lo- cal boards “reduce discharges for de- pendency to a far more restricted class and to very necessitous and clearly de- fined circumstances.” . The message to the gevernors fol- lows: “Section 2 of the selective sarvice law €xempts no person from military ser- Vice on the groundsjof dependency. Tt only authorizes the president to ex- clude or discharge from draft ‘those in a status with respect to persons do- pendent upon them for support which renders thelr exclusion or discharge adyisable.’ “Bhe controlling necessity 1Is to rafse an army. It is advisable to disturb dependents just as little as the necesi- ty of raising an army will permit. To this end section 18 of the regulations was_complled carefully and after the most earnest consideration. If expe. rience is to prove that the generous conditions presefibed by section 18, or any abuse of them, will interfere with the raising of an army, then it is no longer advisable to discharge so wide a class and the conditlons stated therein will have to be restricted until an advisable rule is reached. Abuses of Exemption Clause. thing has happened to change the belief that the persons enumerated in section eighteen could be dischars- ¢d without interfering with the rais- ing of an army, but there are Indica- tions that abuses of section 18 may render its continuance no longer ad- able. Reports are to the effect that, in some districts as high as S0 per cent. of persons called before local boards are filing claims for discharge on the ground of dependent relatives. Such a percentage of claims, when viewed in connection with all available statis- tics, indicates beyond question that advantage is being taken to ths provi- sions of the law and regulations which were intended to reduce to a minimum the misery at home normally attendant upon war. Hundreds of Unfounded Claims. “There is a moral certainty, in the extravagance of this percentage, that hundreds of unfounded claims are fn. cluded in these totals. “This state of affalrs greatly in- creases the burden of local boards for, if so high a percentage of registrants claim exemption, only the uncom- promising action of local boards can prevent a new regulation on the sub- Ject of dependency which shall re- duce discharges for dependency to a far more restricted class and fo very Tecessitous and clearly defined cir. cumstances. “In the absence of a stern repression by local boards ~ of unmeritorious claims this result is inevitable since any such percentage of exemptions as Teports of claims indicate would nul- lify the law and prevent the raising of an_army. “It is thus apparent that the filing of these fmproper claims will react di- rectly and injuriously on persons Whom the, present regulations ere doy P Cabled Paragraphs Presented to Kerensky. Petrograd, Wednesday, Aug. 8. William B. Thompson and Dr. Frank Billings, heading the Red Cross com- mission to Russia, were presented by David R. Francis, the American Am- bassador to Premier Kerensky today. The premier appeared _enthusiastic over the plans cutlined by the com- mission and promised cordial coop- eration In their execution. Advisors on Export Problems. An_Atlantic Port, Aug. 9—Edward D. Winslow, American consul-general at_Copenhagen, frrievd here today on a Danish_steamship. Mr, Winslow is going to Washington, where it is un- derstood,. he has been summoned to act as an advisor on export -problems with reference to Scandinavian coun- tries. GOVERNMENT’S WAR PURCHASING PROGRAM Gone Over in Detail by the New War Industries Board. Washington, Auz. $—The govern- ment's war purchashing program was gone over in detail today by the new war Industries board. It calls for an eliminatibn of excessive profits on war materials sold to the American and the allied governments and con- templates protection for the Ameri- can people . against extortionate charges. One subject given especial consid- eration today was that of compelling American producers to sell war sup- plies to the allies at the same price charged the Amerigan government, Protests against this policy, it was said today, are so general the Zov- ernment is taking steps to force com- pliance and if necessary will seek legislation to accomplish it. Reports today had declined to partments with that steel producers supply the war de- an order of rails for France because of the low price of- fered indicated that open oppostition to the announced policy is appearina. The war department declined either to deny or comirm the rumor, al- though it was learned that there had been some sort of hitch in negotia- tions over the order. Officials who believe the government already has ower to enforce its poli- cies concerning allied prices and costs to the American public hold that the priority Wil now before the president for signature gives the government sufficient power to do what it wishes. Manufacturers, thev who decline to sell at prices prescribed could be handled by denyinz them the use of the railroads in transporting their goods. Control of exports also. it i said, might be used and producers who failed to make fair prices to the allied governments would be refused licenses to ship ir hods. The disadvantaze | of this plan. thoush, would he that the huver might suf: fer because of the dely, FEDERAL TROOPS NEEDED . AT BISBEE, ARIZONA Unlawful To Stop Deportations — Governor Campbell So Informed. Aug. 9—Attorney- Jones. who has been investigating labor conditions at Bis- bee, where a local committee recent- ly deported over a thousand Industrial Work the nd yesterday refused to_allow legation from the zona Feders of Labor to en- ter the camp, today wired Governor Campbell that a force of feder- al troops will come the unlawful deportations n Bishee. Governor bhell left Phoenix this morning for He received the attorney-genc message enroute The attorney-general telezraphed by and v cher on “courtec “in thi th usly treated committee” presence of the determination at_he had Bisbee’s as_told that fixed t the a practice of com- mittee hearings and deportations would continue regardless of law. “My action will be based entirely upon the results of my own investi- gation.” the governor sald before leav ing Phoenix today. He will reac sbee ton t ALLEGED PLOTS AGAINST BRITISH RULE IN INDIA Srnivas S. Wacel, a Native of India, Charged With Buying Munitions in U. S New York, Aug. 9—Srnivas S. Wa- zel, a native of India, aleged by the government to have been treasurer cf the Indian_ revolutionary organiza- tion in the United States, was given a hearing before a United States com- missioner here today in proceedings instituted for his removal to San Francisco, where he under indict- ment for fomenting pl tish rule in India in Germany. Wagei denied having been connected with any such plots. The government contends he paid for the muntitions forwarded to India through the arms company headed by ts against Bri- interest of Captain Hans Tauscher, former azent of the Krupps in this country. His case was adourned to await the arri- val from San Francisco of against him 119 witnesses INDICTMENTS FOR ANTI-FOREIGN RIOTS At Flat River, Mo.—Local Authorities Are Cooperating With Federal. Farmington, Mo, Aug. 9—The St. Francois County grand jury today re- turned 118 indictments against 113 men in connection with the recent an- ti-foreizn riots at Flat River, Among the offences charged are in- citing to riot, interference with law- ful federal authorities who are sat- isfied that the riots which tied up operations in the lead mining district were incited by paid German agents. signed to protect, and that the wel- fare -of persons who have filed bona fide claims under the present generous clauses of the regulations is serious- ly imperilled by persons who have fil- ed claims without merit, and that the only protection of persons whose cas- es are within the meaning of the pres. ent rules, lies in the power of local boards . to #efuse exemption in every doubtful case. “It is trug that cases of discharge on the ground of dependency are ap- pealed to the distr] board, but this clause is only inserted to secure uni- formity of action. “Dist§ict boards are to examine these cases to discover departures from the law, regulations and rulings; and they will not and cannot open every case on its merits. It is in the local boards alone, therefore, that the solution of the difficulty and the pro- tection of deserving claimantg lies.” Pacifists Would |Street Car Strike Impeach Wilson| Riot at Lima, 0. HELD MEETING IN SENATE MILI- TARY COMMITTEE ROOM AN ANTI-DRAFT SESSION Demanded That Congress Stay in Ses- sion Until It Had Repealed the Draft Law — Senator Gronna Remained Throughout the Me ‘Washington, Aug. 9.—Some pacifists held a meeting_under the dome of the capitol today, demanded that congress stay in_session until it had repealed the draft law, and voiced.threats of an attempt _to impeach President Wilson unless that was done. Serators and congressmen, invited to attend the meeting, under the auspices of the People’s Council of America for De- mocracy and Peace, dropped into the room and then dropped out again as the speeches proceeded. The meeting was held in the senate military committee room, where a few weeks ago the draft law was drawn and perfected. How the meeting came to be held there developed considerable feeting among senators. How They Got Use o7 Room. Chairman Chamberlain of the mili- rary committee said he had permitted the use of the room when Isaac Me- Bride, formerly sccretary to the late Senator Lane of Oregon, asked him for it “to have some friends m>et some | The senator said he] congressmen. had no idea the place wa: for an attack on the president. Louis P. Lochner of New York, a 1a3ember of the Ford peace party, pre- sided. The burden of the speeches was that # majority of the people were op- posed. to the draft law and that it ~hould be repealed. H. J. Lemkei, republican etate chair- man of North Dakota, declared that the views of Senator Gronna of that state and the views of Senator La Fol- lette of Wisconsin agreed with the eentiments of the people of North Dakota. > Gronna and La Follette both voted against the war resolution. Senator Gronna Present. Senator Gronna and Representative Keating of Colorado were the only congressmen to remain during the en- to be used tire meeting. The speakers included Frank Stephens of Arden, Del.: Daniel Kie- fer, chairman of the National Single Tox league; T. H. Lundy, Chicago; ®of. Paul R. Dana of Crlumbia_uni- versity; Max Fastman of New York, editor of The Masses, barred from the mails, and a number of representatives of labor unions in Philadelphia and New York STRIKE CF CARPENTERS IN NEW YORK IMMINENT Union ‘Men Demand a Closed Shop on Government Contracts, New York, Aug. 9—Threats that every union man engaged on govern- ment work would strike within a few day unless demands of the carpen- ters’ union for a closed shop on gov- ment contracts are met, were made by spokesmen for the union at a con- ference here today with representa- tives of the war and navy depart- ments and contractors. The Lnion leaders declare that if the strike ‘is called more than 30,000 men will quit work. Although another be heid tomorrow, tonight were said to be deadlocked. The discussions were said to have included an offer by the union to ad- mit all non-union carpenters engag- ed on government work into mem- bership without initiation fees. According to the union leaders, work on thirty army cantonments, fwo port terminals, several aviation camps and the New York navy yard is affected. It was claimed that about 3,000 carpenters aiready are on strike at army cantonments near New York. The carpenters demand the immed- fate discharge of all non-union car- penters from federal work or the can- cellation by the government of con- tracts with all firms employing such abor. At present, it was said, only eastern territory is involved in the specific discussions, but_ union lead- ers said they would make a nation- wide affair of it unless their demands are met. Among those at the conference were Rear Admiral Harris, T. N. Guerin, eastern reprsentatives of the exec: tive board of the carpenters’ union; Willlam L. Hutcheson, president of the union, and Henry Stiers, head of a_construction company engaged in zovernment work. CONDITION OF W. H. TAFT NOT SO GOOD But His Physician Does Not Consider the lllness Dangerous. \conference will the neotiations Clay Center, Kas., Aug. 9 —The con- dition tonight of former President Wil- lam H. Taft, who is ill at a hotel here, was announced by the attending physician as “not so £0od as yester- da3®= While he did not consider the illness dangerous, the physician thought quietness advisable, and for- rade callers. Because of the unfavorable turn in Mr. Taft's condition, all of the speak- ‘ng engagements until Aug. 13 have been cancellnd. & This was the first dap snce Mr. Taft was stricken with intestinal indi- gsestion that the physician's report had been unfavorable. The cooler atmo- sphere, caused by recent rains, was said to be very much in favor of the former president. SHOT WIFE IN A QUARREL OVER MONEY O. Wallin of Dedham, Mass., Made No Attempt to Escap Dedham, Mass., Aug. 9—Mrs. Alma Wallin, 25 years old, of Dorchester, was shot and killed today during a quarrel over money matters with her husband, Carl O. Wallin, who made no attempt to escape and was ar- rested. It is claimed that he went to the house in Dedham where she was employed, to et some money from her. A dispute over the amount Fe was to receive folowed and the Carl CLASH BETWEEN STRIKE SYMPA- THIZERS AND ARMED GUARDS THREE MEN WERE SHOT Pol e Dispersed a Crowd of More Than a Thousand Persons Gathered in the Vicinity of the Interurban Depot— Mayor Ordered Saloons Closed. Lima, Ohio, Aug. 8.—Rioting broke out in the street car strike here late today. Three men were shot in a clash between strike sympathizers and arm- ed guards on the city cars of the Ohio Electric Railway company. Police dispersed a crowd of more than a thousand persons gathered in the vi- cinity of the interurban depot. Mayor Simpson ordered all su closed at 5.30 o'clock. Started on Public Square. Trouble started on the pub- lic square ‘when B. K. Stroup. striking car man, attempted to board a car manned by strikebreak- ers and two guards. Charles Crider, 24, motorman of th ecar, is said to have shot Stroup, thinking he meant to attack the conductor. Stroup may die. A mob of more than 1000 per- sons pursued the car to the inter- urban station of the Ohio Flectric company. There two cars were met and all three were stalled by the crowd. The six men of the crews and six armed guards made a dash for the interurban building 100 feet away. The mob blocked the way and the men bezan shooting. Leonard Short, a striker, fell with a bullet in his ab- domen and Charlbs Morrison, another striker, was hit in the hip. Short is expected to die. Police and Firemen Called. loons Four riot calls and a fira alarm brought’ police and firemen to - the scfne. The mob attempted to burn one of the cars but the department ex- tinguished the flames. Crider, the motorman. who, the po- lice say. fired the first shot, was ar- rested on complaint of Clarence Down- hour. a striker, charged with shoot- ing with intent to kill. A builet pierced Downhour's coat. Six strikers and svmpathizers were arrested, charged with attempting to burn the car and with cutting trolley wires. Crowds gathercd on the spuare to- night but there was o further trouble. DISAPPROVE SENDING OF TROOPS TO RUSSIA Favored by Only One Member of the American Mission to Russia. Washington, Aug. 9.—Emphatic dis approval of the suggestion that Ames ican troops be sent to the eastern front was brought home by all except one of the members of the American mission to Russia. Tt was autboritatively stated tonight that Charles Bdward Russell is the onlv commissioner who belleves it de- sfrable to put soldiers from the Unit- ed States in Russia and that the oth- ers are convinced that their presence would be detrimental rathsr than helpful to the armies of the new democracy. Elihu Root and his assoclates on the mission lunched with Secretary Lans- ing today and told him of their ex- reriences and conclusions. Organization and encouragement ana not men, the commissioners believe, are Russia’s needs. Witk 10,000,000 men under arms, they think, Rus: a requires no more soldiers, Of the ut most importance, is constant en- couragement from citizens and the newspapes of the United States. An- ti-American propagandists, he by former residents of this country and now financed by German money, are seeking to paint Americans in the "lackest shade and thus discourage Russians from accepting their good offices. These propagandists, com- posed chiefly of socialists favorable to abolishing all present forms of zov- ernment and establishing without de- Jay rule by the brotherhood of man, returned to their native land soon aft- er the outbreak of the revolution and began berating the United States. Germans, quick to see the advantaze | of controlling these agitators, beges | supplying them with money and todas they are going through Russia spread- ing the most vicious canards. CHICAGO WOMEN ARE TO WEAR TROUSERS NEXT WINTER Pockets and Perhaps Suspenders But- tons are Threatened. Chicago, Aug. 9—The edict has gone forth that women are to wear trous- ers this winter. The decree was sizn- ed, sealed and solemnized, when th- garment manufacturers opened their semi-annual exhibit today and show. ed miladi in what heretofore had becn considered man’s personal and para. Pphernal attire. No imitation trousers are theze, bhut the real thing with pockets and per- haps suspender buttons. And to make sure they’ll be noticed they’ll have a flashy gold braid down the seams, the latter are for evening dress. The tight basques of 1886 are com- ing into their own. Light colors wiill predominate during the next six months, and the sport skirts that are being shown would make a barber's pole turn green with envy. DIPLOMATS RECOGNIGE Gondensed Telegrams Conductors and motormen on the railways in Kansas City went on strike. Charles Evans Hughes was appoint- ed head of the draft board in New York city. The Sub-Treasury transferred by wire $1350,000 to San Francisco, for shipment to Spain. The production of copper for the Chile Copper Co. for the month of July was 6,250,000 pounds. A record price for hogs was record- ed at Pittsburgh, when $17 was quot- ed for the best grades. Traffic Magistrate House in the for Court fined Charles Peitler § driving his auto 24 miles and hour. The Portuguese Government is is- suing notes of 20 centaves and frac- tions to facilitate the Portvsuese ex- change. Drought is playing havec with crops in the Canadian West. Wheat pro- duction is estimated at 200,000,000 bushels. An extensive German spy piot to re- veal sailings of ships and other in- formation was uncovered at Buenos Aires. The Red Cross will send to Europe 100,000 one-half pound tins of ether because of the scarcity of anesthetics in Europe. Frank Cavanaugh, Dartmouth’s foot- ball coach, is a member of the Seeond Massachusetts Field Artillery. He is 1st lieutenant. Maurice E. McLoughlin, the Cali- fornia tennis star, enlisted in the navy and is now at the training station San Pedro, Cal. The German censorship forbids temporarily. publication of the writ- ing of former American Ambassador Gerard in German John Glover, an American ambulance driver in France, was seized after he arrived at New York on a charge of non-support by his wife. On the Rumanian front, along Kim- polung road the Russian stock of cartridges becoming exhausted the troops fought with stones. The Italian Minister of Marine is working to establish a new wireless station, far different from that being usedsby European countries. “Go home and dress” was the gruff edict from policemen to maids.in bath- ing at Atlantic City when they star ed for a stroJl down the beach. At the request of French Socialists, the Allied Labor Conference, which was to be opened at London was postponed until the end of August. Free transportation of express paclk- ages for officials and employes of the express companies was disapproved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. A German whom the police and Federal authorities term “the human chameleon” was arrested and is now in the hands of the Department of Jus- tice. Regular s are being made from Texas to Lynch- burg, Va, where the wood is being utilized in the manufacture of d stuffs. Four of the principal hotels in Hartz Mountains, northwest Germany, were closed by the Government. They w charged with clandestine dealings meat. in Bones from goats are being used Dy surgeons at the front to replace shat- tered human bones according to Maj- or J. E. Goldthwait, U. S. Medical Corps. Gerald C. Smith of Brooklyn, a Cor- nell Univresity student, committed suicide by jumping from a window. He left a note saying he could not live to see Germany defeated Chief Justice J. H. Covington, of the District of Columbia Supreme Court will leave shortly for the Pacific coast to try and quell the trouble with the L W. W. organizations. Nearly one thousand families lost money through the failed banking {firm of Kennedy & Mitchell of New York, according to the Federal receiver in bankruptcy for the firm. Approximately 75,000 has been purchased by in Australia for use in the manufac- ture of United States uniforms and other clothing for the army. Secretary to the President Joseph P. Tumulty, accompanied by Rear- Admiral Grayson, the President’s pl sician, left for his first vacation in vears. They will motor kills for a week. On board a French steamship which arirved at an Atlantic port there was a lot of excitement when the passeng- ers “saw” a periscope. The crew trained their guns on the object the lookou found out that it was only a dead whale. es of wool United States 12 Reports reaching Lexington, Ky., state that the first move in the strike situation in the southeastern Ken- tucky coal fields came tod: when 500 men struck at the Yellow Creek Coal Company and Stony Fork Com- collieries “in Bell County. A rike would effect 25,000 men. PRESIDENT O FST, PAUL VOLKS ZEITUNG ARRESTED Charged With Casting “Aspersions on American War Measur: St. Paul, Minn, Aug. 9—Dr. Fritz Bergmeier, president of the St. Paul PEKING GOVERNMENT All Foreign Ministers Called on Fang- Kwo-Chang on Invitation. Peking, Aug. 9.—The foreign minis- ters in Peking, including Paul May, the new Belgian minister have ali recognized the Peking government by calling on Feng-Kwo-Chang in re. sponse to an invitation issued by the foreign office, which designated Feng- Kwo-Chang as president. The offi- cial documents also now call Feng Dpresident and not acting president. Eighteen provisional governors have approved a plan calling for a provis- iona] national council to act as a parliament, which probably will be convened October 1. Negotiations are police say Wallin fired three bullets|pending for a compromise with the head. " disgrunt provinces. irom a revolver into his wite’ tled southern proy Volks Zeitung, was arrested today un- der the president's proclamation of April 6. The policy of the Volks Zei- tung has been to “cast aspersion by innuendo” on American -war meas- ures, it was charged. Bergeler was committed to ail pending further or- ders from Washington. In a statement Dr. Bergmefer said he had tried to make all matter print- ed the Volks Zeitung confrom to fed- eral regulations. Bergmeier came from Germany twelve years ago and has taken out first naturalization papers. Reflections on General _ Parshing were among articles in the Volks Zei- tung found objectionable, it is under- stood. District Att Jacques said no trial would be held and that the editor would be held as an enemy alien unless President Wilson per- mitted his release. pments of Osage orange | in the Cats-| and | GREAT ARTILLERY BATTLE IN FLANDERS Seemingly in Preparation for Further Heavy Infantry Attacks FRENCH MADE THE ONLY INFANTRY ATTACKS Heavy Rains of the Past Ten Days Have Made It Useless to Throw Forward Infantry—German General Staff ports That the Artillery Fire is Very Great on the gian Coast and From Dixschoote to the Hollebeke —Ne Advance in Galicia and Bukowina Has Been Made by the In Moldavia the Russians and Rumanians Are Striving to Regain Positions North of Fokshani. Austro-Germans Since the Russian Line Stiffened on of t the hos how the fighting activity of none ttle Furope has the past 24 rther e continues preparing infa the w activity infantry taken plac ind Dixm the aggr the line with the ors in both Bixschooge the further the fon south | checked g in ops Northwest of ed have i“rench gains west of We in the re: m ixseh marck, th ain conditions in F njore difficult by the rain. ten days, are W that witho destructio: artillery fire it is near throw forward infantr hal von Ma are indications that the atta guns o | call levelling the Germa pos tions. The German taff re- | taker ¢ vorts the artilier is | reported to BODY OF LITTLE ALICE {LITTLE JACK DE SAULLE BRADSHAW FOUND. | SPENT HOUR WITH MOT Little Cripple Who is Beliaved to Have | Boy Was Brought to t . Been Murdered at St. Johnsbury, Vt. iness Associate of H St. Johnsbury, Vt. Aug. 9 body of Alice Bradshaw 3 cripple believed to have been on July 5 was found tonight or border of a swamp, about a_mile her father’s house in Lynd ciscovery was made by E. A. ( who was mowing along the edce of t swamp, after organiged sear g ally h: been abandoned. Anco - - to Gray, the body had not b y cred, and was seen readily is he had cut down the tail Search for the little on July 6 after the cou it e had ‘stated that Miss Ftt 0 housekeeper for John Bra » child’s father, and Mrs. Al ton had confésked that they the child because she wa The ‘two women have heen under de. | Westh officials, made contradictory staterients [ 4nd whe concerning the case e : It was dusk tonight when the body | Nie mother was discovered. Tt was in such a con- | 16rons dition that it could not he told from n preliminary examination what had caused death. The body was remaced to an undertaking rooms. o t guard was placed ahout it and pending the outcome of the examination t county officials all information wa withheld > Alice Bradshaw was left s a result of an attack o paralysis a _vear ago died when Alice was a ba ; elter. her illness the child had be i P care of Miss Hicks, her father's he St h keeper. According to the cour v clals, both Miss Hicks and her f Mrs. Kenniston, admitted killing child, but for a while they refused 4 & Aivulze where the hody was hi : Later, however, first one woma Saull then the other. the county author s W) J sall, agreed to lead searchers tc s to o spot where the hody was :.idden rs. De 8 swamn, woods and fields near time of ad Bradshaw home without result. diez up various placea under directions #fven by the women | CREATION OF A Finally orzanized search for the | ADJUSTMENT COM body was given up. County Attornev | James B, Campbell announced this| Has Been De. E » weel that the case whuld be presented | Sfiess o to the September term of the srand | o Nytiorial D jury. It was understood that | “cere under corsideration to ha Miss Hicks and Mrs. Kenniston t ferred to the state prison at Wind for observation as to their mental ¢ ition. aecided upo ' SENATE DEBATE ON WAR b3hih st - il TAX BILL BEGINS TODAY [to abide i . S o pledges of Leaders are Hopeful of Its Passage in | Manibe About Two Weeks. not yet hee Washington, Aug. 9—Senate ment, t on the $2,006,970,000 war tax bill is|tion over to begin tomorrow with the leaders |and three hopetul of passage in about two weeks. | The com Chairman ~ Simmons of the finance |and working committee which virtually re-w government the house bill, Will open the discus- [ Wwith the eigh slon and Senators McCumber, Pen- | 1912, or March rose and other committee members 4 expected to follow. The debate is expected to center on in disp where fewer the income, war profits, liquor and |will ! consumption tax sections. The pro- | m posed tax on Incomes of publishers|be and the proposed increase of second class mail rates also promise consid ture erable discussion. Commen g . th plovers and capitol indicates that the broad lines | med 1 of the opposition will be upon criti- | or lor w r clsms that the committees revisi has been in the interest of corporate and wealthy inferests. Committes members are preparing to vigorously combate such criticisms. Much progress, senate leaders said tonight, has been made toward se- curing a_gentlemen’s agreement to expedite the bill. and pré pending de negotiations. In an effort to less metal an airplane lied nations met would be used new airplanes. in making of the the