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WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; continued cool tonight. Tempetature for twenty-four lioura ending 2 p.m.: Highest, 96, at 2:10 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 71, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 5. No. 26,705. From Press to Home Within the Hoar" * worn Net Circulation. Month of July, 1917. Dally Average. K7M>i Sunday, *2,884. AUGUST 4, 1917?SIXTEEN PAGES. ONE CENT, j THIRD D.C. IS GOING TO GREENVILLE, S.C. Official Announcement Is Made Today by the War De partment. TO BE IN 30TH DIVISION Official announcement today was made at the War Department that the Sd Regiment of Infantry of the Na tional Guard of the iDstrict of Co lumbia, now In camp at Fort Myer, "JVa., will be sent to Camp Sevier, at Greenville, S. C.. and brigaded with two regiments of infantry of the National Guard of South Carolina, thus confirm ing: the statement to that effect made in The Star a few days ago. It had been the original purpose of the department to send the 3d District Infantry to Camp McClellan, at Annis ton, Ala., with other units of the Dis trict National Guard, and .Maj. Gen. Bell, commanding the Eastern Depart ment, was so informed. The orders said tp have been received yesterday by Ce.pt. Chase, regimental supply officer of the regiment, from Gen. Hell to ar range for the transportation of the regiment to Anniston, Ala., it Is said at the War Department, must have been belated orders based on the orig inal instructions from the department. ' Since those orders were issued it was decided in the interests of the service to Bend the 3d District to the Greenville ' camp, so as to complete the brigade of ] the South Carolina guardsmen, and Gen. ? Bell, the department commander, has been ' officially instructed to act accordingly. The dute of departure of the 3d Infantry ; will depend upon the rate of progress made in preparing the camp for the troops. The troops at Greenville will constitute the SOth Division of the Armv, ' formerly the &th Division, and will he made up of troops from North and South ! Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and the 3d District Infantry. The commanding officers of the brigades have not yet been J announced, but it is admitted to be pos- ' eible that Brig. Gen. Harvey, command- ! lng the District National Guard, may be ' placed in command of the brigade, of ?which the 3d District Infantry is to be a part Transportation Not Arranged. Although organizations of the Na tional Guard of the District of Colum bia, which have been mustered into federal serv ice, are under orders to! proceed to certain designations for in-i tensive training, either today or early J next week, no arrangements have as' yet been made for railroad cars to i transport them, and they cannot make ! any arrangements until specific orders ! coTie from the Department of the East, j The two companies of Coast Artillery ; have been ordered to leave their arm- ' ory at 230 1st street for the barracks i ?AX. Fort Washington today, but are still ?' awaiUnju.rtftflime tliWtfTictions, which have been turnea over to the head- ! quarters of the North Atlantic Coast Artillery district, at Fort Totten, N. Y. : Meanwhile all the equipment has been i packed, and all that is not absolutely . needed if the companies are forced to ' remain another night at the armory went forward by boat this morning to { Fort Washington. The 3d Infantry, which is in camp at ] Fyt Myer, has received conflicting in- ' structions. Col. Glendie B. Young, the commanding officer, said today that he has orders under date of July 31 to take up his transportation schedule with the railroad people and make arrangements to go to Anniston, Ala. He said he had also . heard that the 3d Infantry is going to Greenville. S. C. He has been following ; orders and making arrangements for cars I to carry the regiment and its property j to Anniston. Meanwhile the War De- ? partment authorities say positively that j orders have been issued for the 3d Regi- j ment to go to Greenville. Expected to Get Away Soon. i Tie eight organizations of the National Guard encamped at Camp Ordway, on j the Patterson homestead, have been noti- j fled that they are to start for Anniston ? Tuesday, but as yet no arrangements 1 have been made for transportation, the ; administrative officers saying that they ; must wail for definite orders. As an indication that they will get away ! soon orders were received by Maj. Leroy W. Herron, commanding Camp Ordway. j and the commanding officers of the othe* National Guard organizations to stop all ' recruiting for National Gu.-'.rd units, and that hereafter all recruiting is to Ik handled by the Regular Army recruitine cer vice All National Gtjard organizations ! stood inspection this morning: with Regular Arn v mustering officers di recting the work. Lie? t. Gerald <i. McGrath of Battery B was- relieved as office of the day at Camp Ordway at 1 o'clock by Lieut. Donald Long of Troop < . v.-ho is the police officer of tjjr camp. Second Lieu*. .Tobn T>. Robnett of Troop ,\ was relieved as otfWr of the guard !?y Sec ond Lieut. William R. Offitt of Ra* tery A. A concert by the 3d In*an?rv Bnnr? frorr the r ?mp ;it Fort Myer was en Joyed 1 y the v.'O rr cr and officers at Camp Ordway us w?*M * hv several thousand of their friends last night This entertainment was ar:;nei(l |,\ Capt. Louis C. Vogt, commanding Bat tery A. WHY HOLLAND SENDS MISSION TO TH U. S. THE HAGUE. August 4.?Minister of Agriculture J'osthuma. r??ke<* for -j statement o* the reason* for d*?pa?ch !?*' :t mission to the I'nited States, it? obi'ct* and plans, said: "The eoverrmenr's rrotiveo |n vend ing a mission to the Cnlted S"i*e? are the dfflWv.lt,e, ?T,riwml fn rjff-mer! cia? relations between 'he I'nited S*n*e? ar,j I JS? COuntr>*. espec'allv f0o# Wh"COf Ho,land -"-operation j J ~ majesty s minister In the United States, approach the authorities " ha>e. dealt w th the,, nue.tjon' and explain to them the enM ??,, |l of this country and i? com^erc^aTre" lations with other countries." RICH ANTIQUES STOLEN: GUARDS ARE GARROTED PETROGRAD, August 4. Si* ., rrr, ? j men. three of whom were disguised as soldiers, motored to the senate and house, garroted the guards, stole a silver-statue of Catherine II and other antiques, valued at 1.500.000 roubles ALLIES ARE RESTORING WARSHIPS TO GREECE ?fA.hH??SVAnSU!? 4 ~The restitution 2rs whiJ-h k HC<ft y the entente !??' It .k exercised control over 4iesMo^ ', VeVrntf, Preceding the ab Jication of King Constantine began today The llirht oruiiser Helli waa re turned to th? Greeks, re With Exception of One All Min sters Later Withdraw Their Action. TCHERNOFF THE CAUSE V'KTKOGRAD, August 4.?Premier and War Minister Kereijsky and all the other members of his cabinet, except Vice Premier Nekrasoff. resigned last niRht. Later, with the exception of M. Terest ehenko, the foreign minister, they with drew their resignations. The action of Premier Kerensky and his ; fellow cabinet members came about as I the result of accusations against M. Teller- : i noff. the minister of agriculture, and a] com pit te breakdown of the negotiations. ' to bring the constitutional democrats into ? the cabinet. M. Tchernoff was accused of having been connected with the German, ; general staff. A last attempt will be made to recon- | ' struct the ministry tinder Premier Ker- j I ensky, with the chief new members be-1 ! ing exclusively from the socialist and j j radical parties. j Wishes to Defend Character. In a letter to Premier Kerensky, M. TchernofT said he was resigning to ob tain freedom of action in order to defend his character against the calumny that he had bee-n connected with the German gf-n? ral staff. The government expressed the con viction that M. Tchernoff will succeed in rehabilitating himself. Vice Premier Nekrasoff informed the ( Associated Press that some of the docu- . ments supposed to incriminate^ M. j Tchernoff already had been examined, j He considers the charges against the minister of agriculture as not being very grave, but the cabinet was obliged to accept the resignation provisionally. The documents, the discovery of which led to the resignation of M. Tchernoff, are said to indicate that he made contributions to a newspaper in Switzerland which has relations with the German general staff. It is re ported that the portfolio of agriculture will be left vacant temporarily. Gen. Erdelli Assassinated. Gen. Erdelli, military governor of Petrograd, says the Bourse Gazette, has been killed. He was treacherously shot in the back. LONDON", August 3.?The Russian Gen. Gurko, former commander of the armies south of the Russian western front, has been arrested, according to Renter's Petrograd correspondent. The retirement of Gen. Gurko was an nounced last May. It was stated at the same time he had been ordered dis missed because he objected to interfer ence by the council of workmen's and soldiers* delegates with the provisional government. The negotiations between the Russian cabinet. Premier Kerensky and the con- i stitutional democrats, with a view to1 the latter Joining a coalition gorwrn- ! ment. says a Reuter despatch from J Petrograd dated Thursday, have been broken off. A dispatch to the same news agency j dated Friday in Petrograd says that M. ! Avksentieff. chairman of the executive i committee of the council of peasants' | delegates, has beeji appointed minister ? of the interior. Deserters Bounded Up. TIFLIS, Russia. August 4.?Deserters from the. army who are being rounded up by the military authorities opened . fire on them, wounding several. Reir forcements of Cossacks armed with mi .line guns arrived and flred on the ' deserters, wounding many more. Four S hundred of the deserters surrendered, j Position of Tchernoff. t ? M. Tchernoff has been one of the cen- ' tral figures in the present cabinet troubles in Russia. Negotiations for the . j reconstruction of the cabinet have be.en j in progress for several weeks. One of ' the conditions raised by the constitu- j tional democrats, whose presence in : the cabinet was desired, was that M. ' Tchernoff should resign. On July 28 ' a dispatch from Pe.trograd reported I that Premier Kerensky had reso'ved to 1 sacrifice neither M. Tchernoff nor M. ' Terrestcrenko. the foreign minister, uho also is opposed by the constitu tional democrats. M. Tchernoff was appointed miniser of agriculture last May and was re tained in that post in the Ke.-enakv ministry established on July 24. He is j a member of the executive committee of 1 the council of peasants' delegates and ii an advocate of land nationalization. E GERMANY PLOTTED WAR Impossible Ultimatum to Serbia De cided Upon?Teuton Paper Chal lenges Government. liy the A?**viat??d Press. I ON DON. August 4.?Louis Einstein, former special agent of the American embassy at Constantinople, writes the Times supporting the ntory of the Ger man conference, July 5, 114. preceding the declaration of war. Me s.'pys that Marquis Garroni, the Italian ambassa dor at Constantinople, told him that on Ju'v 15 the German ambassador. Wangenheim. who h*?d returned to ? Constantinople from Berlin the pre ? vious day. informed him of the cov ference. at which Ilerr Wangenheim himse'f v as present and that the war wr, derided upon at the conference. The Ausir'an archduke's murder was j to be the pretext and the. plan was to I present an ultimatum to Serb'a wh'ih she cou'd not nccept and fr^m wh'ch war would ensue in forty-eight hours. Challenges Government. 1 AMSTERDAM. August 3 ?Th- Deut ; sche Tages Zeitung challenges the ''er t man government to prosecute Dr. Cohn, j socialist member of the reichstag. for his alleged reve'ations regarding the ' crown council held at Potsdam, July 5 1014. The newspaper says it knows the revelations published in the London ? Times fame from Stockholm direct and from the German independent soc'alists and it offers to give the fu'lest evidence ' in case the government desires to court martial Deputy Cohn. The London Times asserted th*t a conference w*s he'd in the presence of Emperor William at Potsdam, July 5, 1914. in which the political and m|'| | tary personages in Germany and Aus tria-Hungary took part, when a pl*?n was proposed to let 1no*c the war. Th" . Wo'ff bureau of Borpn on August l said it had been offlclal'y authorized to declare that the. statement was a ? pure invention. The news agency said [ the Time.* had supported its allegation on statements made by Dr. Cohn in the main committee of the reichstag. These statements, it was added, were refused j n cor-mitf- ?>y the German ifovern \ went as incorrect. Officials Confer About Agita tion in North Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoma. ARE TO BE MADE TO SERVE Persons resisting the draft law, De- | partment of Justice officials announced today, whether in Oklahoma or else- ; where, will be sought out. run down and brought before the proper authori- j ties, no mutter at what cost. Provost Marshal General Crowder and Assistant Attorney General Fitts, in charge of the enforcement of the draft law, conferred at length today as to steps to be taken to check anti-draft j agitators in North Carolina. Georgia, Oklahoma and other localities. | The War Department is in close , touch with the situation, and is pre pared to take drastic and effective steps j if necessary in the affected districts. I Secretary Baker or Gen. Crowder prob ably will issue a statement outlining! the"department position later today. i Just what steps will be taken to I bring to justice the men who are | spreading sentiment in the south and elsewhere against the draft law were not announced. f Statement of Mr. Fitts. Mr. Fitts, in the absence of Attorney General Gregory, issued the following statement: "Whether in Oklahoma or anywhere else, if persons who are regularly se lected for military service under the selective soldiers' act fail.to obey when properly notified and called, they will be reached and overtaken by the strong arm of the federal law and brought be fore the proper registration boards." Mr. Fitts' first information of the anti-draft movement in Oklahoma was obtained today from the newspapers. While department agents and field in vestigators have been looking into the situation there for some time past, it was said their reports had not been brought to his attention this forenoon. The situation, so far as he knew then, was no different in Oklahoma. than in other sections of the country, where sporadic demonstrations against the law have occurred. Officials were in clined to minimize the seriousness of the situation, based on unofficial re ports, in Oklahoma. Investigators Predicted Trouble. Field investigators, however, some time ago reported to the department that trou ble might be found in enforcing the law in certain sections of Oklahoma. Despite the fact that the letter and spirit of the selective conscription law combine to place its operation in the various states under civilian supervision to the fullest possible extent, it may be come necessary to employ federal troops to restore order in the disaffected regions in Oklahoma. This arises from the fact that the entire National Guard of the country will be divorced completely from state control tomorrow, under President Wilson's prcWTamMlon federalizing the force on that date by means of the militia draft act for war purposes. Should the situation in Oklahoma get beyond control of the sheriffs' posses or other civilian forces the only recourse of the governor would be to ask Gen. J'arker, commanding the Southern Department, to send troops to do the work. There will be no Oklahoma National Guard under tlw governor's jurisdiction after today. COST OF DRAFT, $8,660,480. Figures Furnished House of Repre sentatives by War Secretary. It will cost $8,660,4S0 to pay the bills of the drafting of the great Nations' Army, according to figures placed be fore the House of Representatives by Secretary of War Baker. This amount covers all overhead expenses from reg istration for war service to enroll ment in the National Army. "On a tentative estimate that the gen erous system of exemptions and dis charges will result in a necessity for examining four registrants to produce one soldier," said Secretary Baker, "it is apparent that the system must be ca pable of examining 5,000,000 during the year. For this task the organization includes a personnel of more than 18, 000 persons." THIRTY-THREE ARE REJECTED. In Rockville Only 25 of Draft Failed \ to File Exemption Claims. Special ( orr^ponflenoo of The Star. I ROCKVILLE, Md., August 4.?A total ! of 135 men v ere e .amin d here Thurs- i day and Friday for the draft army and . thirty-three of them were found to be I unfit for military servic \ Only twenty- i five of the number failed to file c aims for exemption, dep nderits I ein*? the grounds urged in nearly a'.l of th ' cases. Eighty-eight men are on the ? list for e amination today, vnicii \ i?. 1 complete the examination work so far ; as the first rail is concerned. Monday mornir g. the local exemption 1 board v ill 1 egin the v ork of passing , upon claims for exemption. PRIMARY TODAY IN KENIUCKY "Dry"' Issue Makes Interest Center in Fight for legislature. Lul'ISVILLE, Ky., August 4.?Despite the fact that this is an off year and that no candidates for state offices other then executive offices will be nominated today's state primary has a? >used unusual interest. The probability that the general as semb'y at its next session would be asked to pass a resolution submitting to a vote of the people a prohibition amendment to the st.ite. constitution re sulted in the fight waged between op posing candidates in pracMcally evei y legislative district revolving almost ho'ely about this issue. Candidates for county offices and for offices in the smaller county subdivi sion0 in every or** o< th" 120 co'i^t'et in the state, candidates for municipal office** in all cities not having a com mission form of government and in one judicial district will also be nomi nated. is :t3ofr tor republic. China's Premier Says Government Profcres to Form Nev7 Parliament. ?SKIN'G. Tuesdav. Jn'y SI (delayed). ?Premier Tuan Chi Jul li s issued a statement declaring himself a stron# ndvocte of r. republic, announcing that the "overnmer' proposes to form a new parliament. He says the extreme , "ction of the old parl'amcnt brought ?he recent insare attempt to "estorinir the monarchy. Nevertheless Tuan Chi Jui says the government will seek to h-vve a popular organ which by its con stitution will co-opcate with the gov ernment and be suitable to the present condition of the people. The republican government may be permanently secured for ens'ern Asia Peace in China and tranquility in the 'ar. east will be promoted although here may be opposition from the radi j "nIs. vet the wel'a-e of the nation de iiuands that the plan be executed. U. S. NAVAL AIRMEN PASS PILOT TESTS IN FRANCE (Special Oablrjfram to The Star and Chicago Dally Xew*.) (Copyright, 1917, by the Chicago Daily News Company.) PARIS, France, August l.?The Amer ican naval air pupils who began their training as pilots in the United States according- to French methods have passed the military pilot tests at an aerodrome some 200 miles from the front. The first American naval pilots thus trained in France have been sent to a French naval base for instruction on flying boats and the float type of air hydroplanes. A large number of Amer icans who are being trained as military aviators are also making rapid prog ress. IT-BOATS CAREY SAILS. A GULF PORT. August 4.?German U-bo&t commanders are making effec tive use of the ruse of disguising their craft with sails to Resemble trawlers luring haasy weather, according to Capt. H. B. Thompson of the tank steamer John D. Archbold;-which was sunk June 16. Capt. Thompson is mas ter of a steamer now docked here. The Archbold sighted a vessel of two masts and one sail about six miles away on the afternoon the tanker was sunk. Although suspicious of the ves sel. Capt. Thompson said he was not certain of its identity until +he craft submerged, with sail set. Thereupon the Archbold changed her course. Tne submarine was not sighted again, but wo hours later a torpedo crashed into FEATURES AND FICTION Russia Recovering From Debauch After Revolution Russia 1? today the world's pmsrte; and she i* likely to reran in '* n animnted question murk for some Mine to come, writes Inane F. iforrtmton. Po'iticl'y tin* nat'on hns fotind i'self The dif ficulty Upk with the extremists now In control, who do not know what they want. To s?e Itussla today is to K-e a nation liremPy mart with freedom. Mr. MareoRSon'* views are from fr*J l-nnrt in'onmMon sire written in his usual trenchant style. The Problems of Violet Strange ?In this intensely fasc*nn*1ng wr'*** of detrcMve stori< s Anna Kcthrrinr (trcm is winning eommeiidatlon from r a:l? rs each w?*ek The ??!**? for next **iind ?>* is en'itled "THE Hoi'HE tlF CLOf/??*." and, like the others, in u complete story in itself. Canadian Conscription and the Opposition of Quebec ?Canada lifis its conseriptlou problems. The ehief one In the racial and r- r^'o-s l.-stj- between tie- two ureat provinces of l.Miele <? and Ontar'o. Tie* charge has Lii*n made that tlr? French t'ann i11m;h love no? eonlri*^'f?>d tl"ir full <?????!? of r mil's T'is jtr'ir'.p, 1 y ( h irlrn M. Prpprr, Is of ?-sp'ct<) inr? r ?si r??ht now. with tin* s>b<*ive dr?ft Ivw in opt ration in nil purls of the United States. Another Torchy Story by Scwell Ford War Work of the Women's Christian Temperance Union Nonr!y n half million women are mem bers of tli's orKsn'zatiou: and it* pres ident tells of thvlr ne lvl'I s to protect our soldiers In the training camps. Feeding Uncle Sam's Sailors They are always clven the best food obtainable * and tin- s;ory of the Navy's system of food supply and prepa ration is an inter* hi.ng om*. IN THE SUNDAY STAR Mytww mimMmmtmjiiimmmu Larger Ships Now Building Taken Over by Government Emergency Fleet Corporation Exercises Powers Conferred Upon It by Congress? Work Is to Be Speeded. The Emergency Fleet Corporation today requisitioned all mer chant vessels of more ^han 2,500 tons now building in American shipyards. Double and triple labor shifts will be put in the yards to speed construction. No announcement was made as to the amount of. tonnage taken over, but the shipping board's records show that about 700 vessels of nearly 2,000,000 tons of all classes are building. As fast as the yards are cleared of their present construction they will be put to work on the great heet the government will build. The yards were ordered to enter into no more contracts or commitments for private coastruction and to begin no new work on contracts already made without first j obtaining the permission of the fleet ' corporation. ? Compensation to Be Fixed. Compensation for the construction J seized will be determined later. The yards were directed to furnish imme- f diately general plans and detailed j specifications of the ships requisitioned, copies of all contracts and supplemental ' ?agreements and any other information j that will assist the government in ar riving at estimates of the ships' value. Much of the tonnage building is for British and Norwegian account. Its final disposition will be left to negotia tions with the governments concerned, although the President has power to retain u if the tonnage is needed by the United States. The British govern ment, it is understood, is willing to relinquish to this country all of its tonnage building here. The American ships requisitioned will be kept for operation by the shipping board. Goethals Plan in Abeyance. I The shipping board and the fleet cor i poration still have under consideration j the plan of Maj. Gen. Goethals former ! ly manager of the corporation, for con : struction of two government-owned i shipyards. Rear Admiral Capps, now manager, it is understood, does not look on h t scheme with favor and believes th^ ships can be built in private owned plants. Plans for requisitioning American tonnage now on the seas have be.en held up temporarily by the shipping board until l?gal technicalities a:e straightened out. PUNISHMENT FINALLY METED OUT TO BAND OF MILITARY REGICIDES Death and Penitentiary Sentences, Respectively, Imposed Upon Men Who Assassinated Serbian King and Queen, Fifteen Years Ago. CORFU, Island of Corfu. July 10 (by mail).?Fate has at last fallen on the band j of military regicides who some fifteen years ago broke into the royal palace at Belgrade at night and assassinated King Alexander and the Serbian Queen i Draga. Three high officers have re- I ccntly been shot after military court- ; martial. Three more are awaiting death sentence, seven officers, including i a general, have received life sentences | and some thirty officers have received ; lesser sentences of from one to five, years. ~ While the Outside world was shocked, the hand of assassins enjoyed at home a certain immunity and even glory for having rid the country of a dissolute ruler and his plebeian gypsy queen, for the name of Draga had been well known in the concert halls of Emolu before she had the luck to win a king ; ami crown. The plain people of Serbia. ; who are simple and honest, revolted at ! the crime. But the army clique, which i carried out the murders, carried the upper classes with them and by tur- ' 10.-.zing an<! intrigue oecame one uf cue I dominant forces of Serbia. Handicap to King Peter. King Peter felt the incubus of this j murder clique through the early yeais i ??f his reign. He abhorred the crime and : had nothing to do with it. And yet tne j return of bis family dynasty to power ! .??nil his kingship after years of wait- J ing in exile were dependent to some ex tent on the work of this army cliq ie. ! \\ hile condemning their action, the j kinc tolerated them, the policy being j to draw a veil over the crime and let j it be forgotten. As a result, little has I been heard of the crime in recent years, ? England sent back her minister and ! the Balkan wars gave Peter a firm j hold on his people. All this time, however, the murder ! clique had been wo king. It was so | powerful in the army councils that all ! officers who disapproved tj?e crime ? were retired from active service ar?i 1 E?IT?; LIFE or WIFE AND SELF. Maj. Hoffman, U. S. A., Retired, Principal in Tragedy in Bdsion. BOSTON. August 4.?Maj. Will'am Hoffman. U. S. A., retired, shot and kil'ed his wife v ith a revolver trd'yj and then tu-ned the weapon on himself, j dying instantly. The shooting took I plac? in the Hoffman home. Police officials '?ere unable to determine tne reason 'or the act? Vai. Hoffman, who was sev nty-efrht years eld. was a veteran of the civil " ar. Tie served fi^s* as sergeant with the 5th New York Infantry and was mustered out of the volunteer army as captain of the i:ith N w Yo k Artillery. In 1860 he joined the reg lar forces and as letired with the rank of majo. ln.1004. : * placed in the reserve. This went on for years, with the murder clique occu pying the chief commands and all oth ers excluded from service or advance ment. P.ut all this changed about a year ago wlion the vigorous young Prince Alexande- l^csme regent owing to the age of King Peter and his infirmity from l?is terrible exposure in the ex iodus before the German-Bulgarian in-, j vasion of Serbia. / One of Alexander's first acts was to re- j ! store to active service the great rum'wr i iof officers retired and disqualified by the i murder clique. He declared that all army appointments and advancements would be I I impartial, without regard to the old line drnvn between cliques. j The re/r:cide element deeply resetted this j faction. They appealed to .Alexander, even ; i suggesting that his royal power resulted j j from their act. i j Clique Watchword Revived. ! "When Alexander was firm th? clique re-j I vived lh?'r watchword of t^" form-4*- pt der: "Union or death" This t'me their des'gns were aimed at the prince recent ? and a plot to assassinate h'm was to have | been carried out on August ;'3 of last year. ! I Fortunately the plot was dis~ove-ed md ! j wholesale arrests followed of all tho^e1 | officers who had so long enjoyed immunity j I and power bv reason of the murder of! ] Alexander and Draga. j More than fo-ty h'rrh oTlr??*s were gath I ered in the net. Their trial by m"it:'~y | j ^ourt-mart' 1 h is nio^ee'1:^" ^ri I months. Those condemned to death in-' I elude Co's. D'mitrivitc h, M'lanovltch,! :Tou*zovltch and Lozitch : Lieiit. Col. i Vesniteh and Comimnde- Vu'ov'trh. flni 1 I ''onovitch heads th ? Pst of ihose con demned to life imprisonment The othors are colonels and'Captains who hive bsen j high in power until now. Tn the list are: I most of the band who carried out the mur der of A'exander and Queen Draga fifteen years ago. And thus after years of wait- ' ing the Eurorean war his brought; changes resulting in retribution for the; murder clique responsible fo th? historic i extinction of the Mbranovi'tch dynasty. ' EOSTCN WELCOMF,"" BELGIUM, j Military Parade This Afternoon in 1 Honor of. Mission. BOSTON, August 4.?The members of the Belgian mission obtained a few hours' rest at their hotel today before the afternoon parade of military forces arranged in their honor. More than 3 3,000 soldiers and sailors came to the city to take their places in the line. Unusual police precautions were taken to handle the throng of spec tators, drawn by the twofold incentive of catching a glimpse of the distin guished visitors and of bidding fare well to fhe national guardsmen in their last public apnea ranee in force before going to the training camps. Toniarh he envoys will be tendered a state dinner. To Be Taken Up Immediately After Food Control Measure Is Disposed Of. WOULD NET TWO BILLIONS The war revenue bill will be reported to the Senate from the finance commit tee by Chairman Simmons Monday, ac cording to plans today, and will be taken up for consideration as soon as the conference report on the food con trol bill has been disposed of by that body. The bill, as finally drafted by the com mittee, is estimated to raise a total of $2,000,000,000. which is $133,000,000 more than the House bill. I>uring the last week the committee has amended the bill originally reported to the Sen ate so as to increase the tax levy by $327,000,000. It will be submitted to the Senate as a bi-partisan measure, republicans as well as democrats joining in the fa vorable report. Three members of the committee, however, plan a separate report, advocating higher rates. They are Senators Gore and Thomas, demo crats, and La Follette. republican. Item in the Proposed Increase. The new increase of $327,000,000 over the committee's original draft is dis tributed approximately among the fol lowing additional levies: On corporate incomes, $162,000,000; additional sur taxes on individual incomes of $15,000 and over, $27,500,000. Distilled spirits, $95,000,000; beer. $12,500,000; wines, $17,000,000; war ex cess profits. $5,000,000; bank checks. $-.000,000; floor, or stock, taxes on sugar, coffee tea and cocoa, $0,000,000. Total, $327,000,000. The additional levy on incomes of ? corporations applies also to partner ships, joint stock companies and asso ciations, including life insurance com panies. Their normal Income tax is increased to 6 per cent, 4 per cent more than the present law and 2 per cent above the original House and com mittee program. The increased surtaxes fall entirely individuals having incomes of $15 000 or above They range from 1 per cent on fifteen-thousand-dollar in comes to a maximum of 33 per cent on incomes in excess of $500,000. Surtaxes on Incomes. The following or the new surtax rates on individual incomes of $15,00C and over: Between $15,000 and $20,000, 6 per cent; $20,000 and *40.000, 8 per cent; $40,000 and $60,.000, 10 per cent: $60 000 and .*80.000, 12 per cent; $80.00C and $100,000. 16 per cent; $100,000 nnd f!iI0-200, 20 per cent= 1150,000 amT $J00 ? ,000. 23 per oent; $200,000 and $250,000 2? per cent; $230,000 and *300,000 2S | per cent; $300,000 and $500,000. II nei cent, and over $500,000. 33 per cent The new increases ranse from 1 to J per cent on various grades. Another new provision adopted pro y ^.es. .for_ a flat $5,000 exemption foi individuals from the war excess profit* taxes. An important eleventh-hour chancre was to apply the new one-cent bank check tax to checks of all amounts, raising: ahout $10,000,000 in all T.ne j oill previously taxed only cnecks for | mc-e than $5. i The committee also wrote in a new [provision exempting from all posts"?e | letters written ly American soldiers and sailors in foreign lands, and pro vided that the propos.-d new tax of i | cent on each 23 cents paid for trans port in ; parcel post packages shail not apply to packages wygh.ng less than lour ounces. House Leader Kitchin Says Senates War Revenue Bill Takes Burden Off the Rich Chairman Kitchin of the House ways and means committee has given out a statement vigorously criticising the course adopted by' the Senate finance committee in revising the war revenue bi.l. : He said that "intolerable inequalities ? n favor of the more prosperous have been written into the bill by the Senate committee." The burden of taxation hai been taken from big business and placed upon the farmer and tiie small business man and others with r.-.od>>j ?ncomes, he said. He charged tiiat the House provisions taxing luuxries have been stricken ou? and taxes substituted on necessities. The House income tax schedule lias been eliminated, w .ieh would have taken !i large part o* rh,. needt.d revenue from the incomes o the rich. J.r. Kitchin charged, too that the Senate excess prori-s tax ser ' Hon-was ineouitable and impossible oi" administration. Mr Kitchins statement Indiani. is ia:d. that if the Senate agrees' to the amendments of the fln.-.nce com mittee there will be a hard fight when the lull goes to conference between the two houses. Thinks Bis Business Hot Touched. ' There are hundreds of corporations whose annual profits each year reach into the hundreds of thousands and millions." said .Mr. Kitchin. "that will nay rot a cent of excess profits under becau^ringTi ing the pre-war years, they Vnder*the committee amendments al .? "J1""00 profits and incomes, the United while the li-t'e farmer. v.o-th ie-^ ' p?y??0Tn;'.ki"b' a P'"0lU ?' *?.oiV?ni "imendments "which^id* ?'Vet 1 pose excess profits XrXM exemiit'lawve-s aT'Hge"?s!1 ices. The classification "emmoTes'and" { of corporations "like * Garv" ".'v. ' ?Si o?-S."0.S?? s; i = JiWSpSj Tne excess p-ofits tax is enti-e'v ! ?vorkable. Mr. Ki'chin charges. ! ecause } dT*? " V'"ec-'"n.l"?..0Mres ?ut the assets of^each" taxable"1 individual' ' I or ct,-l'0'ation.*' nct onlv in the year when the tax is collected ? ut for eech o' the three years of .d ^-1..,;', .^'^Pendous | to per-'orm. and as mapped out by "the i ?senate iinenoiueluj wo.,, .caJ t y "V5 ess confusion. ^ na j ?Have at Last Been Kade Favorites.' Many big business concerns whic .or years have been at the feet of Con T:ef f?r fav?ri"'m at l?". p n ava'1 P"""*!"' Ky fU,r ~ (Continuedon^eijJpd^*e5 ? I i \ Field Marshal Haig's Forces Have Again Established > Themselves in St. Julien. DEFYING BAD WEATHER, > FRENCH PUSH AHEAD i Advance Beycnd Cabaret of Xort?? keer?Petain's Men Halt Enemy t in Eegion of Verdun. I By tliP Assoriat?'d Press. LONDON, August 4.?All the posW i tions east of Monchy le Preux on th? \ Arras battle front in Franco whick r were captured by the Germans Thurs* day night, have been retaken by th? ? British, according to an official state ment issued today by the British wa* office. Northeast of Ypres, in Flanders, Field Marshal Haig's troops again have es j tablished themselves in the town of ! St. Julien, from which they were drive? early this week. French Troops Also Gain. I PARIS. August 4.?Despite the con tinued bad weather along the battle front in Belgium. says an official state ment issued this afternoon by the French war office. French troops pushed fc*rward last night, advancing beyond the Cabaret of Kortekeer. The state ment follows: M i "In Belgium, in spite of continued bad i weather, our troous advanced beyond th? 1 {Cabaret of kortekeer. French recon- , noitering parties exnlored the farms be- \ yond the front, which we reached by pushing back enemy patrols. "The night passed quietly on the front north of the river Aisne. "On both banks of the river Meuse ("Verdun sector), the artillery of each side was active. Two attempts made bv German infantry to occupy our tremhes in the region of Avocourt wood resulted in faPure. "In the course of a German surprise attack in the Argonne we took some prisoners, including one officer. "There w?s nothing to report on the rest of the front." I Seized German Officers ? Fear Loss of the War: 1 Man Power Is Weaker ? Rr ?*>?? A ***<*'&tod s. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IK 1 j FRANCE AND BEIXJIUM. Au-ust 4 ? . J German offices captured in the battle ? j in Flanders have discussed quite freely { j both the military pnd polit'cal si*ua ; tion rs t affects the fatherland. Ger ' | many's less in man power they admit j to be serious. | The intereiting information fce*n 1 j volunt- ered bv t'^c^e prisoners t>at the ?entire class of 1918 recruits now is In i the field in its entirety, and, what is , mo:e significant, it is sa'd small ele i ments of the 1919 clary already are at J tae front, although it is claimed they ire serving only as volunteers. This is the first time any German officer has i admitted that any mcr of the 1J19 ciasa j were on tiie battle ftont. ! Fear They Will Lose Wa*. j The whole trend of the statements 'made by these captive officers is that I they are beginning to fear they may 1 lose tiie war. More depressing taafiU anything else is the fear that there .1 ay be anomer . Int^r campaign. }'ea< e without annexatu i cr in* dennity is indorsed by ail the officers . ! who have discussed the cuestion. but j most of them have indicated that they j I i'avor the annexation or" eastern oeigiuiu ? and a pare of the coast of v lanue^s, if t isu.h a thing possibly cou.d be doce. j The men are highly intelligent. An | ofiTcer, who has made a study or, ! economic matters. said The war a r^dy j ; was costing the fatherland ten oillio* marks annually in interest onurges. lie! appeared to be deeply impressed by the gravity of the situation. ?ee Innocence of Germany. i Almost without exception the German ' officer.-- still maintain that Germany is J "nnoc-ent of causing the war and say; 'that th? re is "all manner of docu;nen-' \ ta ; ' f ? l>r ?' e it " I Discussing the present tattl"\ the ' Gc/in;*n officers nay that the British j j gas shell bombardment on the two i j tin ht:; preceding :he opening of the ! ! infantry charge was most eft' cci ve, and {that the Germans sufl^rod heavily^;^ ! The Guar ! Fusiliiers were heavily J m 1 Sunday ? and Monday night. Sunday night they were still in trieiJ* 1 ' supporting positions, but the following | night, r receding the battle, they were j in the proc.-:-?-< of carrying out a relief 1 movement. ri'he men wore gas helmets, i but gas clouds from the ritish, j penetrated the helmets and 1 irge num bers of the troops were overcome. Battalion Wiped Out. I A German division which was being 'held in support, oil the back line cross ing tiie Ypres-M< nin road also suffered | severely. So disastrous was the effect 1 of the gas at this point that at least one battalion, which was being ruthed ! up to the relief cf the men in the lrout i lin^s. never reached its objective. j It is the irony r.f fnte that it was ift ; this section of the front thac the Ger j mans early in the war for the first j time in history inaugurated the use of ! gas shells. , ! i German Says Fores $ of Initial Blow in ! Flanders Is Parried By T'?ss. fOP^vH * G KN, A it-ust 4. ? 'The great, brutal force of the initial b'ow has been parried" writes the Tage Watt's correspondent regarding the Flanders battle. "We survived the grewsome t<?ns?nn v uncanny artillery fire and we are able aga'n to ho7d oar heads high as Ua h-^tte of living men is resumed. The struggle has r.ow reached the phase of human e<Tort after . unseen mechanical d^ath has b*en knocking1 at the door day and night for weeks. The German fu hting spir't was fully awakened, and heroes flung themselves 'from the islands of defense in the con quered district against the advancing masses and seriously vealiened the flanks of the oncoming troops. Mil lions of shells have b?en spent ar;d now comes the test of strength and nerves. Impelling Motive. "The mainspring which Impelled the German fiphting man on was the^ strong realisation that he was here o-ll^d upon to de^endwthe German U bo&t?to serve the flkifhtieet, mne%