The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 152, Ed. 1 Monday, September 3, 1917 Page: 2 of 12
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.lORIAISTOMSE
: im FAIIODS TTTIE
t-2 Dut31eri' There Wffl dost
"Doors Septedber 8 at 11 P. M.
Plaits Will liquidt in Shortest
Potable Time labor WiU
. ' Hot Be in Danper Follow-
iaj Ehut-DowiL
t " ' ' AtfcitUifrtttRtp-!
PEORIA. 111.. Sept I. Peoria for
mora thaa hart century the wmsaey
' making center of the United States will
' toss Jts title of "The StiU City." early
to Septefaber. at least for the duration
of the war. On September t. at 11 p. m..
" til fiTe great distilleries located here.
thalargest to the world will ceas grind-
VyT ins; corn wr wiuwvj ..-...
The big plants which hare been making
' U par cent of the whiskey In the country
ere to cloaa under the national food ad-
ministration law. and orders from Wash-
j rv Waka Inlarfial
Injrton to mwito l: . ....
- revenue collector nerc iv . -
-In the distilleries must be empty of
' 'baer" as the whiskey Drew is called by
The five big IOCS! Wl" uhbiiiiicub w-
" rMtlv cave the following statistics
their capacities:
Bushels
of Corn
Daily.
. . 10.000
. . 1.600
Tons of
Coal
tli
300
125
- Distillery
. Atlas
Clarke Bros. Co
Corning Distilling Co..
Great Western
10. 000
10.000
10.000
wooinera
Number
Money
' Workmen
Invested
tMstUlery- Employed. In Plant
. tlas 1.000.000
CUrke" Bros ft Co W0 150.000
Corning Distilling Co... 250 V
Great Western 300 f"2
Woolner's 250 1.000.000
Clarke Brothers Co.. will go out of
business and Woolner's Distilling com-
Mtny and the Corning Distilling company
' win close down. All three are Peoria in-
stltuttons. The Great Western distillery
will continue to operate at a mill frac-
" turn of its normal capacity while the
'. Atlas distillery will continue ss usual as
i It is not at present producing beverage
l J Booors. Both the Great Western and
' - Atlas 'plants are part of the so-called
?' whiky trust." They will continue to
r y grind corn for spirits to be used for eom-
mercial purposes under present plana
' WILL NOT CONVERT
PLANTS INTO CEREAL MILLS.
Reports that the plants will be con-
verted into cereal mills are denied by
j distillery managers.
f "The Peoria distilleries manufacture
' some alcohol for scientific and commercial
purposes' W. E. Hull general manager
. for Clarke Brothers A Co. said "but
: whiskey Is the main product A distillery
of large capacity can not operate on a
email scale at a profit There haven't
i been enough war orders from the United
States or the allies to keep more than
on of the distilleries busy and no new
; V ones are In prospect lence the dla-
tlUeries must close."
On August 2t. Robert D. Clarke vice
president and principal stockholder In
Clarke Brothers A Co.. announced the
esaapanr's dlstilery for sale.
"We are preparing to liquidate In the
shortest possible time." Mr Clarke said.
.. Dra have reduced our capital stock and
v in order to liquidate in the easiest way
' - have formed five smaller corporations
v. each to take over some part of the busi-
i Bess and each capitalized at $200000."
' Should the government require large
amounts of alcohol for powder manuac-
twt the distilleries will immediately re-
open but the owners are not expecting
any government contracts. Orders from
the allies have dropped off in the last
" two years.
For several months the distilleries have
been running at full capacity and using
bora 'than &0.0O0 bushels of corn daily
" so much interest centers in the affect the
i c losing of the big plants will have on tbe
corn market Farmers of Central Illinois
probably will feel the effect of the cloa-
' - tng mora than others for Peoria's market
' baa been an outlet for them for all their
: corn which distillers readily bought up
" and which is not very useful for purposes
other than making whisky. Distillers sav
: the fanners will suffer a dead loss on this
- EMPLOYES WILL NOT
SUFFER SERIOUSLY.
- Labor does not sppear to be in any par-
- ticjilar danger as a result of the coming
: shut dasrn although more than 1200 men
.. are employed in tbe distilleries. Older
employes win be retained by the two dis-
tlllsrlos which will continue to operate
. and some may be kept to look after the
upkeep of plants that will be closed. Even
: If M per cent -of the men employed in the
whisky making industry here lose their
.. Jobs' tnere will still be room for them in
' other big plants here. Companies which
manufacture farm machinery and tractors
; are sdvertising for men and a concern
V which has government contracts for cater-
' pillar engines is planning extensions
svhich will absorb every man forced out
; .. of a position by the closing of distilleries.
Government causers and storekeepers
; probably will suffer moat keenly. More
' than a hundred of them are employed at
tbe distilleries and many of these have
been In the work 20 years or more. A few
are to go Into' other branches of govern
ment work bat most of them expect to
seek other jobs or else remain idle while
toe distilleries are closed.
. The local coal situstion may be relieved
.by closing of the big plants which con-
sume on an average of 1000 tons of coal a
' slay most of which is supplied by local
In money Uncle Bam probably will be
too Biggest loser. lor he will be out some
SMJW0.000 a year In internal revenue
taxes. Some idea of what the distilleries
have been paying and the amount of
Whisky they have been making may be
obtained from the following revenue fig
ures for the past five years ending June
. as. 151 c
Tear Gallons.
112.12 20.M0.240
1B1I-14 !) Ill lit
Tax.
$33.3.21 0
22.7S7.S81 1
23.5M.M U
1 1014-H 21.451.800
lt-l( 25.405100
U1SV17 30.720.120
27.04S.t22 t
23.t02.M7 tl
Tl The wisky production during the past
year naa been abnormally large. For the
montn or July isit not shown in tbe
figures already given the collections were
t420m.57. representing"" tax paid by the
PeoSts distilleries on 4.845.550 gallons of
s pirns ttepiemoer win nna the gov
eenmenl wsrebouses here filled with whis
ky and collections for Internal revenue
win continue large for a few months
laager or st least until the warehouses
are emptied.
Every Man Asked to
Be Given Exemption
Houston Post Sftcial.)
'.SHERMAN. Texas. Sept. 2. Trie Sher
. ssn exemption board yesterday exempted
-101 man from the army draft on account
of dependents.
7 Three hundred men were called for tl
' third list to make up Sherman's quota of
V . II. 1 1 1 . .
X v wvn. iuv nm uuieu eaaunnea.
j man auca u oe exempieo.
Bodenheim Acquitted
'.''of Wrecking Bank
tHomtton fart Sttrm
CENTER. Texas. Sept 2. The jury in
. IM u. a- Boaenneun case returned
verdict of not guilty Sunday morning
aboat 1 o'clock. This case has been on
trial since last Monday. Mr. Bodenheim
was e barged with wrecking the People's
Biaie nana oi songview.
lockhsrt Xiaister Benpied.
i w u (JlwiM fu 5cut)
- liOCKHART Tetsi. Sept 2. Rev.
Oeorto K. sHewart.4or sorno time pastor
of tbs Fbrat Baptist church at this plaee.
baa tendered bis resurnatlon eiraettva at
tics and wlB leave with bis family for
-evtna s takd chargs ot.the pastorate
f that-plaoa. - Rev. Mr. Stewart has
-en hero a soot two years and enjoys
ejneneuHAP naai arga arqnsintsnre.
A. & U.
'v..
UST AHH01ICED
Kuies ef Yooi tfeiAppoLsteja
Corps of Cadets.
Appoiatmenta Are for 1917-18 tes-
sioo on Condition That Cadet
Shall -Enter Next Higher
Cleat. .
COLLEGE STATION. Texas. Sept I.'
Tbe promotion list for th session of HIT-
lilt of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical-college
has been announced by
President W. B. Blssell. The list which
Is of Interest to hundreds of students and
parents in Texas follows:
' Headquarters Corps of Cadets
Agricultural and Mechanical Collega of
Texas
College Station Texas.
September 1. 1117.
General Orders No. 1.
With the approval of the president the
following appointments are made in the
corps of cadets for the session of 1917-
ltll. (The appointments axe made on the
condition that the cadet shall enter the
next higher class):
Colonel: H. C. Knickerbocker.
Lieutenant-colonels: J. W. Grace F. C.
Jinemann.
Majors: E. E. Rlgney. L. T. Tighe. J. B.
R. Leery J. G. Krwln B. F. Looney
L. E. Prleater.
Captains: C. M. Copeland J. C. "Mc-
Klmmey. C. P. T. Grlesenbeck. F. 8. An-
derson F. E. Whitley C. C. Jobson. ?D.
E. Baker C. L. Taliaferro. D. S. Moore.
W. W. Bates J. H. Melton. M. A. Rose.
T . G. Lipscomb L. B. Bone. J. K. Wal-
ker 8. K. Seymour T. J. Kelly. F. A.
Cooper C. C. Braden. J. B. Miller L. C
Doney.
First Lieutenants: W: W. Maxwell C.
Evans. F. J. Hockaday. R. L Slagle. O.
Saerker. il. Bom. S. F. Hurt O. L. Snow
C. Wlpprecht. M. A. Hamilton. T. J.
Davis. M. J. Fahey W. Kenan. A. N.
Sanders. A. Henaarling. L. H. Carnahan.
K. U Moses. W. J. Ray E. C. Nash. H.
Eldrldge. II. C. LeffeL
Second lieutenants: J. W. Williams R.
P. Brown. D. E. Martin. F. W. Mogford.
E. T. Kagie. P. L. Sneed W. K. voa
RosenberQ. A. H. Alex. C. Freeman. C. A.
Nusabaum. V. J. Shiner. C. T. Boyd It
A. Brotherton G. B. Morgan E. M. fle-
genbrecht M. E. Savage J. L. Starnes
C. M. Browder J. B. McKnlght F. W.
Judd. G. C. Morris. A. Kimbell. J. E.
Slemmons. J. H. Jameson. J. T. L. Mc-
NeWi A. R. McLean. W. H. Lawrence. M.
H. Ford. J. L. Hodglns G. R. Warren.
W. H. Watklns A. U 8raRh H. S. Myers.
Schiller. N. G. Crocker. J. w. Kings-
well. H. M. Benson. R. F. Saunders. A. D.
Carson C. B. Francka L. R. Manning. J.
L philUpe R. A. Brewer. S. G. Tarking-
ton. W. G. Sexauer C. G. Pereira.
Corps sergeant major: D. W. Howell.
Corps supply Sergeant: G. D. Anderson.
Drum major: 3. H. Stacey.
Regimental sergeants major: J. E.
Webb. H. M. A rosier.
Regimental supply sergeants: Q.
M.
C.
Bittle. H. L Chappelle.
Regimental color sergeants: E.
Brooks J. M. Lawrence.
Battalion sergeants major: W.
Scrimgeour. A. W. Adklsson. P. Hancock.
J. a. rlardwlcke.
First sergeanto: M. L. K easier. W. E.
Uvlagston. G. M. Davie. W. MacFadden.
B. M. Givens. J. E. Bloodworth It P.
Tooley. G. D. Humphrevllle W. O. Jonea.
R. K. Abicht H. M. Clayton. C. H. Clark
Porter. B. N. Taylor. R. F. Foley. F.
L. Green. E. C. Teurpe.
SergeanU: D. L. Stevens. F. V. Murrah.
P. L. Neal C. W. Crawford. S. H. MUey.
L. B. Moore. A. L. Culver 8.' N. PowelL
W. G. Thomas A. A. Rasmussen. J. W.
Beaocota. K. L. Kirk land. Q. A. David
son W. H. Armstrong J. A. Hagen W.
K. Alexander. J. S. Denlsom T. E. Hazen.
W. M. Thai ton. B. Campbell R. Schaer
V. B. Olenn. M. I. Lands. J. S. Stewart.
G. H. Beverly M. R. Worroslr. F. P.
Wittman. F. Messenger. H. B. Weir V.
R. Brady. G. L. Caastevens. W. P. Mc-
Osker R E. Merrell. 8. H. Skramstad. C.
H. Colvin A. H. Weyland. J. W. Martin.
C. M. Fabian J. M. Norment C A.
Adams L. C. Becker J. P. Andrews. D.
8. Francis J. E. Gardner. T. Scherer. B.
L. Rayor K. B. Wilson T. K. Scott A. R.
Ress. N. H. Klock. C. T. Kuhne. C. E.
Heard. M. M. Potter J. A. Williamson
w. w. Derrick.
Corporals: A. L. Ballard. H. A. lilt
chell. C. F. Boulden. J. H. Canity W. E.
DUftert j. v. Wuls. J. R. Slay. G. D.
Dickie A. J. Price. J. P. Read C. L. Bab-
cock. H. L. Frasier D. L. 8mlth. W. L.
Harris. W. W. Boyd J. S. Williams. C. T.
Sprague. W. T. Johnson. H. Rosa. T. F.
Wlesen E. V. Armstrong. J. Helm. L. H.
Matthes. J. B. Ashmore. E. D. Junkin. R
H. Harrison R. E. Krueger. J. C. Brown.
B. J. Garrity. C. L Hasie. C. E. Birk.
A. L. King. H. S. Hudson. J. W. Bartlett.
H. F. Heep E. D. Hopkins. E. O. Keefer
K. J. Edwards L. H. Ahuneyer. J. L
Davern. E. K. McQuillen. L H. Bettls R.
E. L. Patlllo A. H. Jungman. R. A. Har
ris. F. B. Shelton G. B. MlUer. H. N.
Olesen H. W. Jennlson J. O. Kiesecke
C. E.- Carter. W. E. Lasseter. H. Holden
C. A. Mangold. A. J. Alexander. W. F.
Hamilton E. H. Rasberry. J. M. Craw
ford. J. L Bates. R. W. Voes. T. P.
Lackey R. P. Bull. D. 6. McManua. W.
H. Harkrtder. ft w. Hints . j. Arnold
Sr L. Wright. T. E- Orothaus. C. C. Cav-
nder. E. T. Hughes. W. M. Burkes. W.
K. Byron. L. E. Summer D. D. Major G
D. Livingston E. A. Mullaly W. C. Cof
fee R. A. Laughlln.
ASSIGNMENT TO
ORGANIZATIONS.
Corps: Colonel. H. C. Knickerbocker ;
major adjutant B. F. Looney major.
supply officer L. E. Priest er; sergeant
major D. W. Howell; supply sergeant. G.
D. Anderson; drum major J. H. Stacey.
Band: Captain F. A. Cooper; first lieu
tenant. R. C. Leffel: first sergeant Ev C
Teurpe; sergeants.. F. V. Murrah W. R.
Alexander. G. H. Beverly. A. H. Weyland:
corporals. J. R. Slay. J. 8. Williams A. L.
King. H. N. Ulesen.
First regiment: lieutenant colonel r.
C. Brunnemann: captain adjutant L. C.
Doney captain supply omcer. J. a.
miller; sergeant major J. E. Webb; sup
ply sergeant H. L. Chappelle; color ser
geant E. C. Brooks.
First battalion. First regiment: Major
L. T. Tighe: first lieutenant adjutaont. S.
F.eHurt: sec on a lieutenant supply offi
cer E. M. Regenbrecht; sergeant major.
p. Hancock.
Company A: Captain. J. H. Melton: first
.lieutenant A. Henaarling: second neujen
an is v. 4. eniner. i. acauier; iirsi ser-
geant 3- M. Davis; sergeants. J. W. Bau
com St. campoeu. t. A. A asms; cor
porals J. V. Willis. C. T. Sprague. H. 8.
Hudson H. W. Jennlson R. W. Voss. E.
T. Hughes.
company u: Lpuun. r. m. wniteiy;
first lieutenant O. L. Snow; second lieu
tenants C. Freeman. H. M. Benson; first
sergeant R- E. Tooley; sergeants. D. L.
Stevenson. L. B. Moore. R. Schaer. L. C.
Becker: corporals. J. w. Bartlett J. O.
Glesecke. R. A. Laughlln.
Company C: Captain 1. C. McKimmey;
first lieutenant T. J. Davis: second lieu
tenants C. A. Nuasbaum A. D. Carson
first sergeant. H. M. Clayton; sergeants.
W. H. Armstrong. F. Messenger J. r; An
drews. A. R. Rees; corporals. W. E. Die
tert H. Ross rl. r . Heep c. ti. Carter
W. M. Burkes.
Comnanv D: Caotaln. C. L. Taliaferro
first lieutenant; A. N. Sanders: second
lieutenants. C. T. Boyd W. H. Watklns. J
M. Phillips; first sergeant B. N. Taylor;
sergeants. A. L. Culver H. B. Weir D.
S. Francis; corporals u. v. uicsie. r. v.
WJesen E. D. Hopkins W. E. Lasseter
T. P. Lackey. W. X. Byrom.
Second battalion. First reginAnt: Major
J. Q. Ervtn; first lieutenant adjutant E.
r Nash: second lieutenant sunnlr off!
ear M. E. Savage; sltrgeant major J. B.
Hardwlcke.
Company E: Captain C C. Jobson; first
lieu tenant w. Kenan; second lieutenants
P. L. Sneed M. H. FortC J. L. Hudglns
first sergeant. R. F. Foley; sergeants p.
u. Neal. v. It Brady: corporals. W. T
Johnson. R. V. Armstrong E. O. Keefer
H. HMden K. V. Bull.
Company F: Captain. L. B. Bona; first
lieutenant. J. Born; second lieu tenants 1.
L. Starnss. N. Q. Crocker. J. W. Kings-
weu; nrst sergeant w. k. uvingston
sergeants. V. B. Glenn. J. E. Gardner
corporals H. A. Mitchell j. Halm. JC 1
innraraa.
Company O: Captain. S. K. Ssymour:
urst ueuieoam. m. a. nanuuon;
DANGEROUS
rCemiBs4 from Pag pnaj
thamsful policy ot truculeace and treach.
that a nation so out
nged Soes not know Its own mind that
it baa .Bat Ootoprahanalble reason for de-
fending Itself or. for Joining with all ita
Blight la inaintalnlnjt a fro future for
itself and Its Mania 1s of a piece with
their deafness to the oft-repeated state
ment of our national purposes.
"It Is perhaps that these forces of an
tagonism have not yet learned to know
tbs vole' of that America we love and
It may bo well that those among
US who stand ready to forward the plans
of aggression bred in secret do not under-
stand the language of democracy when It
proclaims the purposes of war In terms of
a peace for ths peoples that shall be un-
troubled by those to whom man are but
the pawns In their struggle for power and
gain. But true Americans those who ton
for home and the hope for better things
whose lifted eyes have caught ths vltlon
Of a liberated world. have said that for
ths policy ot Iron- and blood there shall
be an end and sternal justice which Is
seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
lieutenants. C. M. Browder O. C. Morris
C. B. Francks: flra) sergeant G. D. Hum-
phrevllle; sergeants M. L. Lands. G. L.
Caastevens; corporals C. F. Boulden L.
H. Matthes L. H. Alsmeyer.
Company H: Captain. C. F. T. Grlesen
beck; first lieutenant. R. L. Slagle; sec-
ond lieutenants F. W. Mogford. A. Kim
bell. W. G. Sexauer; first sergeant w.
MacFadden: sergeants. K. L. Kirktand.
W. P. McOsker; corporals J. u. (jasaiiy.
B. Ashmore J. I. Davern.
Second regiment: Lieutenant colonel. J.
W. Grace; captain; adjutant T. J. Kelly;
captain supply officer. C. C. Braden;
sergeant major. H. M. Amsler; supply
sergeant G. M. Bittle; color sergeant J.
M. Lawrence.
First battalion. Second regiment: Major
J. B. R. Leary; first lieutenant adjutant
M. J. Fahey; second lieutenant supply
officer. J. B. McKnlght; sergeant major.
A. W. Adklsson.
Company A: Captain D. S. Moore; first
lieutenant O. Staerker; second lieutenant.
K. A. Brotherton. A. L. Smith. S. U. Tar-
klngton; first sergeant B. M. Given; ser-
geants J. S. Stewart R. E. Merrell. V.
Scberer N. H. Klock; corporals A. J.
Price. E. D. Junkin C. A. Mangold D. o.
McManus.
Company B: Captain M. A. Rose; nrst
lieutenant C. Evans; second lieutenants.
W. E. von Rosenberg. H. & Myers. C. C.
Pereira; first sergeant. W. U. Jones; ser-
gesnts. E. N. Powell. 8. H. Skramstad
B. L. Rayor C. C. Kuhne; corporals. A.
L Ballard J. P. Read it H. Harrison E.
E. McQuillen A. J. Alexander.
Company a: : Captain J. K. Walker; first
lieutenant' H. Eldrldge: second lieuten
ant J. W. Williams. R. F. Saunders L.
R. Manning; flrat sergeant C. H. Clara;
sergeants. W. G. Thomas C. H. Colvin. E.
S. Wilson. C. E. Heard; corporals C. U
Babcock. R. E. Krueger. I. ri. Bettls w.
F. Hamilton; W B. Harkrlder.
Company D; Captain T. G. Lipscomb;
first lieutenant C. Wipprecht; second
lieutenant- R. P. Brown W. H. Lawrence
R A. Brewer; first Sergeant F. U Green;
sergeants. J. A. Hagsn M. M. Potter. J.
A. Williamson W. W. Derrick; corporals
H. L. Frasier R. E. L. Patillo It W.
Hints L. E. Summer.
Second battalion. Second regiment:
Major E. E. Rlgney; first lieutenant ad
jutant W. W. Maxwell; second lieuten
ant supply officer G. B. Morgan; ser
geant major W. B. Scrimgeour..
Company E: Captain D. E. Baker;
first lieutenant F. J. Hockaday; second
lieutenant F. W. Judd J. E. Slemmons;
first sergeant J. E. Bloodworth; ser
geants C. W. Crawford M." A. Wormser
J. w. Martin; corporals u. L. umitn. j.
C. Brown. A. H. Jungman E. H. Ras
berry. S. J. Arnold. D. D. Major.
.Company r: captain. CM. copeiana;
first lieutenant. L. H. Carnahan; second
lieutenant A. H. Alex J. H. Jameson
G. R. Warren; first sergeant J- Porter;
sergeanta G. A. Davidson J. 8. Denlson
C. M. Fabian: corporals B. J. Garrity It
A. Harris J. L. Wright G. D. Livingston.
Company G: Captain F. S. Anderson;
first lieutenant It L. Moses; second lieu-
tenant E. T. Kagle A. It McLean; first
sergeant M. L. K easier; sergeants' A. A.
Rasmussen T. is. Hagen w. M. Tnaxton
F. P. Wittman; corporals. W. L. Harris
C. L. Hasle. F. B. Shelton. J. M. Craw-
ford F. E. Orothaus E. A. Mullally.
Company H: Captain w. w. Bates:
first lieutenant W. J. Ray; second lieu-
tenant D. E. Martin J. T. L. McXew;
first sergeant R. ft Abicht; sergeants.
S. H. MUey J. M. Norment T. R. Scott;
corporals. W. W. Boyd C. E. Birk G. B.
jmiuer J. u. Baiesr c c. cavenoer w. c
Coffee.
A color sergeant is to be selected by
Company B First regiment (trophy com-
pany) to carry the trophy flag until next
competitive drill.
All field and stall officers captains and
first sergeants are required t report at
the college by Monday September 17 to
asstBt In organising the corps. The ses
sion opens Wednesday September 19.
James M. Kenny.
Quartermaster Sergeant V. S. A. Re
tiree Acting commanoant
Approved:
W. B. Blssell president.
Charles J. Crane colonel United States
Infantry retired has been detailed to
the Agricultural and Mechanical college
of Texas aa professor of military science
and tactics and commandant of cadets.
GERMANS DRAWING
Mar city of riga
(Continued from Page One.)
Ian front a Russo-Rumanlan counter at
tack was repulsed. Tbe text of the
statement on the eastern front reads:
"Front of Prfhce Leopold: Along the
Dvina near. Smorgon and near Barano-
vishi the artillery activity has increased.
Southwest of Riga at Frledrichstadt and
Iliukst some of our enterprises were suc-
cessful 'West of Lutsk a thrust by our storm
ing troops resulted In the capture of pris-
oners and booty.
"Front of Archduke Joseph: Between
the Pruth and ths Suchava a destruc-
tive firs was maintained and there were
some skirmishes between advanced
parties.
'Front of Field Marshal Von Macken-
sen: In front of the mountains northeast
of Fokshani the Russians and Ruman-
ians attempted to dispute possession of
captured ground. Bitter enemy counter
attacks failed with heavy losses.
-Macedonian front: is ear Monastir the
French attacked with strong forces. Along
roe ruaa 10 x-niep ine enemy troops w.io
penetrated into our nnes were either
wiped out or made prisoner.
"The assault made laterlv to the road
bed was everywhere repulsed by the Bul-
garians. Fresh attacks by the Serbians on
Dobropoljc broke down."
French Withstood
Counter Thrusts.
" lAuteitUi Prtu Rtfiort.)
PARIS. Sept 2. Additional attempts
were made by ths Germans Saturday
night to retake the positions captured by
the French northwest of Huerteblee on
the Alsne front French gun -firs broke
up the effort the war offleo announced
Sunday.
Ths statement reads:
"On the Atone front ths two artilleries
maintained very .lively activity during
tbe night. Attempted surprise attaaki
on our posts in tbs Cemy region failed.
Northwest of Hurteblse ths Germans
again counter attacked tbs positions
which were captured on ths evening of
August IL Our tun firs directed with
0PPP0S&
-CLANS AT HOME
tba heart of Aemecracy shall rule In its
stead. - V';'
ASK FOR "INtWIO
HKAftT AMQNa.TOIUKM. .
.'May not those who ton aM thosa who
have mans ossmoa -cause ot the target
hope for the masses of mankind take re-
newed taantt bc titer tjkank of those days
when Anssrlosi kaa taken IU stand for the
right of humanltg and the fellowship of
social and International Justloe? . . v
"Sincerely yours
"WoadKew Wilson. "
Among the speakers at the conference
will bo Samuel Oompera John Halt pres-
ident Minnesota Bute Federation of
Labor; Charles Edward Russell John H.
Walker president Illinois Stats Federa-
tion of Labor; Frank P. Walsh Governor
Burnulst of Minnesota. John Spargix
John Lind. Ross pastor Stokes Kabbl
Stephen & Wise William English Watt-
ing Hugh Frayne. New York Eastern
representative of American Federation of
Labor; Frank B. Wolfe. W. J. Ghent
Professor Max .Frederick Meyer of the
University of Missouri: A. M. Simmons
editor of a socialist weekly who has re-
signed from the socialist party and Win-
field R. Oaylord first socialist State sen-
ator elected In Wisconsin who has resigned-from
the party.
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tack the enemy being unable to approach
our lines.
'On the left bank of the Meuas there
were intermittent activitlssi by the artil-
lery north of Hill 204.
Xn the heights of the Meusa ws stop
ped two enemy surprise attacks. Ths
night was calm everywhere else.
Aviation: Two German airplanes were
nrougnt down by our antl-aircrart gun-
fire under conditions of particular diffi-
culty. The first machine was fired at an
altitude of 2400 meters by our cannon of
tne forty-second section and fell be
tween BouconvlUe and the first lines. Ths
.second -machins which was flying over
our lines at an aitituue or more than
&000 meters was hit by a shell fired by
Post at and crashed to the ground some
kilometers from Soully."
IttJisJis Extended
Their Positions.
Auotitoi Prtu Rifort.)
ROME Sept 2. Italian troops Satur-
day extended tbe positions they occupied
on Thursday and Friday last in the
Breatoviaae valley and on the Carso. the
war office announced Sunday. Additional
firisoners and much war material Includ-
ng nine machine guns and Ave trench
mortars were captured. Austrian coun-
ter attacks' at various points were re-
pulsed. In the Stelvlo region detachments of
Aipini reoccupied the advanced post that
was abandoned on August 27 at an alti-
tude of S&00 meters and captured the en-
tire Austrian garrison there.
British Withdrew
bnt later Becovered.
tiiuectstsd Prtss RtporV)
LONDON. Sept 2. The following state-
ment on military operations along the
Franco-Belgian front was given out offi-
cially Sunday:
"Yesterday evening the enemy made a
heavy bombing attack against the ad-
vanced posts southwest of Havrincourt
which he failed to reach the previous
night After a sharp fight our troops a
first were compsHed to withdraw but
later they recaptured the poets with
slight loss. '
"The hostile artillery has been active
during the night oaat of Ypres."
WANTS GERMANS TO
ASSERT THEIR WILL
(Continued from Page One.)
entered into the' defense of' the nation
social democracy In Its endeavor to obtain
constitutional methods refuses to employ
methods calculated to weaken the nation's
defenses.
"The social democracy considers itself
understood that nations which conclude
peace among each other represent the
will of their peoples. The American gov
eminent In principle is ready to negotiate
with accredited representatives of the will
of the German people. The agreement
may fait because of conditons to be nego
tiated but -it can not fall. However on
the score of who Is to negotiate. The ac
ci edited representative of the German
people is the reichstag elected by demo-
cratic suffrage. Tbeonly thing lacking is
government responsible to the people's
representatives as It exists In all other
coutriea of the world.
Shall it be said of us Germans that
negotiations with the United 8tates are
impossible because we as a nation of
Helots are incapable of asserting our own
Will? Do we deserve this after years of
fighting and suffering after achievements
and sacrifices wtthouOneasure and num
bers?" -
Said President Used
"Deliberate Lies."
(Associated Prtss Riport.)
COPENHAGEN. Sept. 2. AU the Berlin
newspapers In their comment on Presi
dent Wilson's reply to the papal peace
note take the view that the American
president's response makes peace out of
the question for tbe present. Even the
Tageblatt one of the strong advocates for
parliamentary reform rejects tbe idea oT
outside pressure upon Germany for the
Introduction of the desired reforms.
"For the present." comments the Tage
blatt "the American government refuses
any peace negotiations and It Is impos
sible to deny or question this fact."
The Vossische Zeitung declares Pres
Ident Wilson to be employing "deliberate
lies" and says the reichstag resolution
on the peace question should be an ade-
quate guarantee for him from the Ger-
man people. It demolishes Its own argu-
ment however in almost the next sen-
tence saying:
"We know ourselves even without the
enemy's advice that the second essential
Is lacking; (the first essential pointed to
by the newspaper was the will of the par-
liament to determine the direction of the
national policies) namely the assurance
that the course Indicated by the repre-
sentative assembly and accepted by the
government will be followed steadily and
with the right methods.
"Recognition of the necessity of the nr
ticlpatlon of the reichstag in the govern-
ment's responsibility Is however spsead-
Ing among the people but It must not and
will not lead to a pseudo democracy under
Want Wilson Vote
for All Allies.
(AsHciatii Prtss Rtftrt.)
PARIS Sept. 2. Frederick Brunet an
nounces his intention of. submitting an
Interpellation in the chamber of deputies
demanding that Franco answer Pope Ben
edict's peace note in the spirit of Presi
dent Wilson s reply. '
"I find President - Wilson's reply oer
feet" said tbs deputy "and I wish to sea
it countersigned y ma wo sjuea -gov
enunents." ' .
Turk's Attitmde .
Ii Beoeptire. ' ' ' ;
tAiu4H4PrittRtif.)
COPENHAGEN. SepC ! A Constanti
nople dispatch states that the attituds of
the port toward the papa) peace not Is a
very receptive one. l ne -ruraisn repiy.
It is stated probably WUI ba delivered in
n tow nays sunuiianemisiy wna tne re
. jj 7.i ' - r- i i
WON OOf EMI
Politics Vera tept in Traofl and
Country was Jtade aa EmMras
ment to the Enemies of
' Germany.
. - By HtftBKRT COREY.
MADRID. July It. German propaganda
tn Spain has been Intelligent and success
ful. It has cost the German government
and well to do German individuals sev-
eral mints full ot money. It has employed
practically the entire time of the M.MsV
Germans who are marooned In Bpaln. It
has been direct cynical and brutal. But
It can not be denied that tne propagana-
lsta have accomplished their objects.
These seem to have been three In number:
To keen Spain from joining the war on
the side of the allies.
To establish such nnn relations of per
SOnal friendship and of corosqercial un-
derstand that the financial exploita
tion of Spain by Germany will oe an easy
matter after ths war. '
To keen Spain's notifies In such S stats
of turmoil as to make the country an em-
barrassment to the allies and under cover
of this "active" neutrality to conduct such
overt games as provisioning suomannea
from naroors along opsin a coast.
GERMAN DRUMMERS
SOLICITING TRADE.
German drummers are even now making
their arsgular calls upon the trade and
showing samples. They can not deliver
goods of course but they can take orders
to be placed after ths war and they
can and do compare their own goods to
the disfavor of tbe merchandise being
shown by the allies. Tbe prices they are
quoting for after the war delivery are
ridiculously low as compareajo moss os-
Ins obtained under D resent conditions.
The 8.000 Germans who were In Spain at
the beginning of the war have inoreasso
to 10. 000 bv the arrival of homeward
bound Germans who could get no further
and ot a recent flood or new arrivals
from Germany posing as Swiss who have
managed to get through Switserland and
France. A good part of the homeward
bound ones were hard up If not penniless
shortly after setting to Snaln.
Every man who proved his worth went
on the German payroll as a spy" It Is said
here. The German government is not 4
charitable Institution. Those who got on
the payroll had to produce something Be-
sides the need of money to stay there.
Thev snled around Madrid like a set of
mountain engines going through a rall-
roatr yard. They were just as noiseless
and Inconspicuous and efficient.
'It was rough stuff" said an Ameri
can "but they made It work xney got
the vital statistics about every newcomer
in town. If they had to go through his
baggage. If they suspected him of pos-
sessing interesting information they fairly
hung over his shoulder If he had a con-
versation tn a public place. I don't know
how much real good they did but they
certainly worked at It"
SPANISH PRESS
BRIBED BY GERMANS.
In the propaganda department they
were as Open as if they had been buying
wool. Spanish newspapers are frequently
approachable through the business office.
In normal times the advertising is scanty
and not well paid for and the topmost
circulation of any paper la" 100000. The
average of the more propsperous Is from
6000 to M.OOO circulation.' When war
came the circulation fell for a time and
the advertisings almost disappeared. It
was the Germans' chance.
"This oaoer received so much money
and that one so much." one Is told here.
The names and sums are freely hawked
about. In conseouence there were some
astounding changes of front. Papers
which had been warmry pro-ally one day
appeared as warmly pro-German the next
At one time it is stated mere were dui ii
papers of any standing In Spain which
emained pro-ally. This Is the more re
markable as observers agree that the
country was warmly French In sympathy
Derore tne war and tne papers were very
generally pro-ally In tone Immediately
after the war began.
These sums were not all disbursed by
the German government uomex uar-
rillo a Spanish writer of violently pro-
ally sympathies comments admiringly on
the German companies and individuals
here spent money to further their na-
tional cause. A German who Is said to
have done the largest business with Span
ish Morocco before the war is reputed to
have spent millions from.his own pocket.
A German manufacturer of clocks and
watches in Madrid Tl said to have bank-
rupted himself in the same manner.
Scores of others have injured their finan
cial standing through their expenditures
In enterprises calculated to aid uermany
or embarrass tne allies.
PAYING FOR
U-BOAT SUPPLIES.
"The extent of the provisioning of Ger
man submarines off the coast of Spain
will never be known" said one man.
"Snaln has a coast Una 2000 miles long
largely deserted and In some sections
hardly guarded at all. The provisioning
of the U-boats was for a time an open
matter although this has been put an
end to in large part It is reported that
tne expenses oi tnese- enterprises were
paid entirely by the Germans resident In
Spain and that the German government
was not put to a peseta or cost.
Ther is a strong church party In Spain
too although the church does not enter
Into Spanish politic to the extent west-
eners nave been taught to believe. Its
Influence Is mostly among tne women.
and the Spanish man very often holds
the cynical view that the church "Is
a place to be married In and burled from."
Nevertheless the church influence Is not
to be scoffed at and the cledcals stirred
UD feeilnc among their adherents against
France because oi tne aisestaDiisnment of
the church In France some years sgo.
DUTY OF KAISER
18 TO PJJNISH ATHEIST8.
"The kaiser Is an Instrument raised up
by God to punish the atheists who laid
Impious hinds upon the holy vessels" the
clericals declared for a time
This has very largely been put an end
to. The clergy In Spain have been notified
by authority to let secular affairs alone
during the war it Is reported. At all
events their activity has abated. Close
observers discount the effectiveness of the
clericals campaign one man who is In
a position to very accurately assess the
value of the clericals efforts said:
"I know many families In which all tbs
women are pro-German and every man
pro-ally. A strong sentiment has grown
up in Spain of recent years against the
Intrusion or tne cnurcn in pontics.
The net result of the German propa-
sanda la not to be underestimated. Pro
sily Spain at the beginning of the war
Is not now nearly so pro-ally. Spain has
been phenomenally prosperous during the
war. This statement rests not only upon
the common testimony of business men
but on the explicit declarations of Count
Roma nones the former premier and
Senor Dato who la premier today and
through the "widespread Investments
made by the Germans the moneyed
classes are almost unanimously with Ger
many i
NO HOPE OF -
SPAIN VO-NINO ALLIES.
One consequence was that Romanones
fell from power when he rebuked Ger
many for her submarine attacks on Span
ish boats. Another wis that while It was
thought possible at on time that Bpaln
A.M 4M th. 1111m 1 la MM -...
..vm.. vh -. " . auu inn V. wp
sldered at all probable. The allies have
wanted Spain la the conflict net only for
the sake of the man reserves that could
be drawn upon and for tbs. moral effect
of tbs last great European nation declar-
ing against too central powers but in
order that Spain may become a party to
Obtained gnat trsoewiarks anr sea yrtsnts
registered. Write tor I rwe star's Quids
eokw Otllos at 70f Kress Bldo. Hsiwten?
HARDWAY il CATHEY
ii ii innrirtn.1 nyi..nriririri.nrri-i-iiT"""r f f '".T"
the trad compact which ii ts hold Ger-
many tn check after 4he-war. . .
It la this Utter Item whlclTis of the
greatest importance to Germany In the
opinion of observers here. Germany has
succeeded tn "peaceful penetration" of
Spain oemmerclauy during ths-wap to aa
extant not realised until recently .by the
alllea. Germans havo.lnvsstsd.ndt lest
than 4iS.0t.00 in Spain during the war.
and they ptaa a vigorous -oomaierclal
cam pal ga in Ue oaly great neutral mar-
ket left to them after the war. - -
"Unless effective action is taken" ac-
cording to a business Than of high stand-
lag here tbe end of .the war will find
Germany nractioally In soess ton of one
of ths great undeveloped markets of Eu
rope TO make sura of tnia tney need onty
to maintain their present position of com
mercial- inenosnip ners ana to gasp a pa in
out ot the war. - -
Cotton Goods Prices
Down One Cent Yard
NKW.TORK Bspt . Gray cotton
goods tnarksU hays been weak foe sev-
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