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first weeks of the war was open to legi?
timate criticism. The ne?v purchasing
body will clear away this difficulty, it is
expected
Aside from effecting a much needed
reorganization of the governmental
war-busines n-ischincry. it is believed.
the new central committee will sim?
plify the government's business pro?
cedure, eliminating much of the red
tupe which now surrounds all govern
in enf contracts. Ever since this ????un
try entered th? war it ha? been po-nted
out that tru? War and Navy depart- ;
rr.ents were wrestling with the trc- '
mendous tasks imposed on them with
an executive BSaci inery di-signed for |
peace-time operation*?.
Cc-ordination Lacking
There has been in consequenc?? con-1
i-iderable friction and delay and a gen- j
eral lack of coordination in the fat"
ernment's purchasing.
The same condition was express.-**! in '
practically all of the Allied nations
during the first few months of the war
and eventually solved by concentrating
purchasing power in one central body. '
Later, when the Allies began to make
large purchases in th? United States,
they frequently found they were com-'
polled to pay exorbitart prices for ?
supplies through their competing in I
the American market against one an- j
other for the same material*.. This ob?
stacle has been overcome now through
what virtually amounts to an Allied
purchasing commission in the United :
States, which bargains collectively and
gives priority to the orders of the va?
rious Entente nations as necessity de?
mands. '
Officials of the Council of National ,
Defence predict that Chairman Scott of
the new Central Purchasing Board will
be eminently successful in the larger
task the President has now given him.
As chairman of the General Munitions
Board he has advanced the mobilization ?
of the munitions industries of the
country at a rate that has won wide
commendation from officials of both the
War and Navy departments. His work
in this connection, it is said, caused
Secretary Baker to recommend his pro?
motion to the larger work of the War
Industries Board.
Scott, as Boy of Ten,
Began to Pay His Own
Way in the World
irrem Tlie Trltrun? F>un**u]
Washington, July 28.- Frank Augus?
tus Scott, chairman of the new War In?
dustries Board of the Council of Na?
tional Defence, has been serving as
chairman cf the General Munitions ?
Board of the Council since April 9, !
when the board began its work. Mr. ?
Scott is an acknowledged authority on ?
the quantity production of muni.ions '
for modern war, and through his work I
the General Munitions Board is already
ia close touch with the exact munitions ;
situation.
When Secretary Baker telegraphed |
Mr. Scott to come to Washington to as- |
tiat the government in the munitions j
problem he was serving as vjce-presi- |
?lent, treasurer and manager of the
Warner & Swasey Company, of Cleve- j
Hnd, a firm which had already made ,
large quantities, of machine tools, range
tinders, gun bights and other munitions (
for the Allies.
After a series of conferences on the
, question of organising industry to turn
out in quantity the vast amounts of
small arms, field guns, ammunition, ex?
plosives and the many other varied re?
quirements of a modern army, Mr.
Scott was asked to remain in the capi?
tal indefinitely and undertake the work
of correlating the needs of the army
and the navy and developing sources of
supply for the demands of the two in |
common.
Started as a Newsboy
Mr. Scott wsB born in Cleveland, on
March 22, 1R73. the son of Robert
t'rozier and Sarah Ann (Warr) Scott.
His father died when he was ten years
old, and since then he has paid his own
way in the world. His first job was de?
livering newspapers, hi? second carry?
ing messages for the Western Union
Telegraph Company. Although he
worked in the caily morning and late
in the afternoon, he continued going to
1 ublic school until he reached the
?ighth grade.
From office boy he became a clerk,
.??nd eventually a specialist in rates.
He went to night school during this
.??hole time, and learned Latin, history
7?nd English literature from a tutor at
Western Reserve University. His next
promotion was to the position of
f reicht expert on the standing com?
mittee on transportation of the Cleve?
land Chamber of Commerce, becoming
inter successively assistant secretary
and secretary of the committee.
Be-comcs Bank Treasurer
During his occupancy of this position
he became a real factor in the business
??nd professions! life of the community
and was active in carrying through
many public spirited plans for the de
velopmcnt of the city. He lift the
Chamber to become secretary and
treasurer of the Superior Savings and
Trust Company, with which he re?
mained three yeart, to assume finally
an office in the Warner d- Swnsev Com?
pta?.
Mr. Scott is a director in the Cleve?
land Trust Company, a ?lirector of the
Humane Society of Cleveland and
treasurer of the Lakeside Hospital and
h member of the advisory board of the
4 leveland Technical High School. His
chief hobby has been military history.
Defence Council Plans
New Publicity Policy
'?>ni Tli?? Tniu ,- Burn??]
' 1*1 *."*. -A plan for a
?r.al publicity organization hire to
supplement the work of the ("re, !
bureau is now under consideration by
officials of ?h,. ( ouncil of National De?
fence. It is proposed to have a cen?
tral publicity committee in Washing?
ton directly responsible to Director
Gifford of the Council of National De?
fence. This committee is to be com?
posed of representatives of the pub?
licity committees of the several state
councils of national defence, as well as
several other publicity organizations
created to advance various phases of
the war programme.
Among th? latter organizations men?
tioned in this connection are the Board
for Historical Service, New York; the
New Republic News Service, organized
by Willar.l Straight, of New York; the
Boston Writers' War Committee and
the intelligence committee? of various
leading colleges and universities.
Publicity Work Hampered
For ?ome time there ha? been an
impression an ong officials of th??
?'ouncil of National Defence and rf
the ?tato council? that the Committee
on Public It formation, of which George
Cretl is chief, was not satisfactorily
meeting the publicity need? of the
govci-nment. While there ha? been
little dispoiitior. among these officials
to eritici?e adversely the work of the
Creel bor-au. n?.verthele*?, it haa been
th? opinion that the work of the Com?
mittee o?? Public Information wa? con?
siderably circumscribed by the preju?
dice? that hart developed against it
both among numbers of the press and
member? of (or gres?.
In c->n?equ?*rice, therefore, it i? now
tnr plan of official? of the Council of
Defence to create a publicity organiza
???hich ?hall have collaborator? in
every state and large city in the c>un
"k
le?? sgent? of th? central commit
tee, ?t is said, will adaiit material hav?
ing ita origin in Washington to meet
the intere?t? of their Iocs! constltu
?reles. A special effort will be made
t** reach th? weekly and ??mi-weekly
country papers.
Food Saving
Will Win War,
Says Hoover
Success of Voluntary Con?
servation Points to Vic?
tory, He Declares
Germany's Record
Outdone by U. S.
America Has Accomplished
in 4 Months What Took
Teutons a Year to Do.
Washington, July 2f?. America will :
win the war, Herbert Hoover declared
in a statement to-night, because of her
superior resources und through the
ability of the American people to
organize. The sources, already evident,
of the nation's voluntary food con?
servation effort.-*, Mr. Hoover said,
point to a final victory.
"Germany accomplished less in this
direction in twelve months," said Mr.
Hoover, "than our people have in four.
The only need of legislation and
authority is to curb those who would
profit by this voluntary movement."
More than two million women, Mr.
Hoover announced, have enrolled as
members of the food administration
and pledged themselves to follow its
directions us to saving food within the j
household. Within sixty days, he said,
many more millions will have become
members.
"No one can rightly be gloomy over
the outcome for the American people
in this war," said Mr. Hoover. "Suc?
cess in this war is a question of re-!
sources and the will and ability of the
people to organize themselves to use
them rightly and to endure. Many
thinking Americans and the whole
world have been watching anxiously
the last four months in the fear that
democratic America could not organize
to meet autocratic Germany. Germany
has been confident that it could not be '
done.
Proof Im at Hand
"Contrary proof is immeditely at our
door, and our people have already dem?
onstrated their ability to mobilize, or?
ganize, endure and prepare voluntarily
and efficiently in many directions and
upon n mere word of inspiration, aside
from the remarkable assemblage of our
army and finances.
"Wi- entered the war four months
ago, and it was announced by the Presi?
dent that one of the great problems of
the war would be food- that we must
prepare to increase and to save our
foodstuffs for a year in advance, not
only for ourselves, but for our Allies
as well.
"There has been no consequential na?
tional or local legislation, yet the
greatest spontaneous volunteer effort
ever made in history has not only pro- j
vided us with a larger stock of food
supply, as a result of patriotic plant?
ing in every quarter, but waste is being
eliminated out of every crack and
cranny of our homes and of our in?
dustries, and this is being done with?
out compulsion of the law, but by
spontaneous effort and self-denial of
the people.
Promising Outlook
"Our present prospects indicate an
increase of production of cereals by
160,000,600 bushels, and, although our
farmers planted an increased acreage
of wheat, the weather has not re?
sponded for this product. Literally
millions of new gardens have been
planted or extended everywhere. We
nave the largest supply of Vegetable!
hit in our history.
"The wolf is at the door of F.urope,
and with all these surpluses our stock
of foodstuffs would still have been ?oo
little for the demand upon us during
? the coming year if our people had not
responded to the call for wise OSOi
i-ri r-.omv and elimination of waste. T!i>
response not only in planting, but also
in conservation, has been of such a
speataneooe, magnificent order as to
givi' confident optimism in the ability
of our peoplo to prepare and to pre?
serve.
Canners Are Ready
"Our American canners will this year
produce about 1,760,000,000 cans of
fruit and vcftetables. Dur government
and the Allies will require about 100.?
i 06,666 of these cans. The returns ore
bave from various state organizations
indicate from the results Obtained for
the first half of the season that th?
American women will preserve 160.?
(.,066 jars and cans this year of fruit
;and vegetables, and will thus supply
! any deficiency called for by the armies
"The elimination of waste in the
j country has been most gratifying. The
, best ladea of this sa\ing is in garbage
returns from our large cities. WO
i have the returns from the month of
Jane from cities of a population ?of
16,..(Kin, showing a reduction of their
gai huge by 12 per cent under the
, month of June last year.
"Now that we make a broad survey
of the country after four months we
find every State spontaneously creating
a definite and active food organization,
presided over by capable ai d devot? <i
n*en and women, who have sacrificed
every interest in this national service;
v.? find a well-conjidcred and well-de
bred organisation of sub-committees in
the various phases of food production
and conservation, and we see theso re
\ duplicated by sub-organization in
counties and municipalities.
Proof of Democracy
"This is the organization of democ?
racy, and this is positive proof that
' only upon call of national duty our
? petple will rise, and rise overnight, to
. the real defence of their faith. ? have
' ro fear that the superior intelligence
! of our people and their capacity of
' self-denial, their will to persevere, will
< not prove a wall against which the
1 Cermans may battle for the next five
1 years if it be necessary.
"liven though the situation in Europe
' may be gloomy to-day, no American
tv.ho has knowledge of the results al
' ready obtained in every direction need
I have one atom of fear that democracy
I will not defend itself in these United
States."
Pershing ?to Inspect
U. S. Training Camp
Paria, July '?n. Major (?em-nil 1'cr
shing will leave Parti by automobile
early next week for his first visit to
the permanent American training camp
sine?' the trooM arrived in France. Me
will spend two days at the ramp.
The first day he will visit Major Gen?
eral Sibert's quarters and on the sec?
ond day will make a detailed inspec?
tion of the various units. General Per
? liiti* h?a? visited tha French and Brit?
ish fronts.
Goethals to Resume
Road Work in Jersey
______ I
Ready, However, for Any Pa?
triotic Service, Says For?
mer Fleet Manager
Sea Girt, X. J., July M, Major Gen
; eral George W. Goethals, who recently
lesigned as general 'manager of the
I government's Emergency Fleet Cor? j
i poration, is now planning to resumo
j work as head of the New Jersey Koails ?
( ommission.
Adjutant General Charles W. Barber,,
representative of the Governor, who
talked over the teienliono with General j
(iiiethals yesterday, quoted the Panama
Caaal builder as saying:
"Of course, like all patriotic Ameri-j
| cans, I am at the service of the govern?
ment in any capacity, but I am arrang
I ing now to enter still more actively
into the work for N'ew Jersey, and will
see Governor Edge, prepared, in adili
tion, to be of any other service he de?
in connection with the building
of tunnels, bridges, port development
and other engineering activities."
It has been reported that General
Goethals might be sent to France to
do army engineering work.
News of Troops'
Landing Discloses
Censorship Hitch
Washington Requests Se?
crecy After Dispatches
Are Passed Abroad
[Br Th? A??FK~l?te* Pre**]
Washington, July M. At 9:40 o'clock I
this morning, five hours after its re- '
ceipt, The Associated Press received
form the Committee on Public Informa- !
tion n request to "kill" the dispatch
from an European port announcing the
safe arrival of another contingent of
American troops.
The Associated Press saw no reason
for deleting the dispatch, inasmuch as
it disclosed no military information of
a character to betray the location or
description of the troops, and, further
more, because the dispatch had been
passed through the official censorship
in Europe.
The chief censor of the War Depart
neat told a representative of The As?
sociated Press he was surprised that
the dispatch had been passed by the
censor abroad, because he supposed an
understanding had been reached with
the Allied governments as to what
character of news respecting American
military forces was to be transmitted
freely to the United States. The As?
sociated Press, too, understood that
such an arrancement hail been made.
Furthermore, The Associated Press
has before it no request from any re?
sponsible oPfic.al to submit news of
such a character, passed by the censor,
to officials in Washington before being
distribufcd to its members. On the
other hand, the Secretary of War on
July 5, in a statement to editors, per?
mitted pre*s cables from France to go
directly to addressee without reference
to Washington, with the stipulation
that certain classes of information
must not be contained in them. No
such prohibited information is con?
tained in the dispatch to-day.
Since July ? no request has been
made to The Associated Press to with?
hold or submit dispatches from abroad
prior to publication.
<>n July 3 the Secretary of War, by
official order, arbitrarily took posses
i sion of all cable dispatches to news?
papers and press associations relating
to American troops abroad, and on
July 4 and 5 dispatches from France
addressed to The Associated Press in
New York were diverted to the War
Department, without notice, and later
delivered to the Washington bureau
: with, on one occasion, a request for
deletion, which was complied with.
Un July 4 Secretary Baker, in New
York, said to The Associated Press:
"The present arrangement is only a
: temporary one and will be maintained
only so long as is necessary to per?
ica a smooth working plan to handle
this matter without imperilling the
j lives of American citizens."
?tn July 5, in an official statement,
Secretary linker announced:
' "The emergency havmi- passed, the
War Department states that press
cables from France are airain per?
mitted to go directly to addressees With?
| out reference to Washington. Thsse
, precautions, however, must continue to
1 be observed."
Then followed an outline of military
information which must not be dis?
closed- To-day's dispatch in no way
conllicts with that order:
The Associated Press had no further
communication from the government
on the subject until to-day.
i It was generally supposed in Wash?
ington, and the belief has been shared
by many officials. Including the army
censor, and presumably the Secretary
of War, that an arrangement had been
perfected with the censors abroad. To?
day's events are the first indication
that such is not the caM-.
The Washington bureau did not know
and does not now know whether the
troops refi-rred to landed in Enpland
or in France. The Associated Press
always has stood ready to cooperate
with the government in observing any
request in the national interest.
The Committee on Public Informa?
tion to-day asked that all dispatches
relating to troop movements be re
, ferred to it for vis?, hu! declined to
say whether n representative could be
', reached throughout the night to pass
! upon inquirir?.
Kaiser Sends Note
of Praise to Troops
,Fiom Galicia Wires Hindenburg
Thanks to Western Armies
Copenhagen, July 2*. Emncror
William, according to a telsrgrara Vom
Berlin, has sen* the following meF-sag?
i to Fold Marshal von llindenbur?':
"from the battlefields of Galicia,
.where my troops in an unresting a 1
I vanee have won fresh laurels, I recall
with a grateful heart the unfo?-??.??
1 table deeds of my armies in the West
I in repulsing the enemy vith tenacious
.perseverance. Above all, I think of the
hra\ e troops .n Flanderr, who for
; weeks have been the 'arget of 'he
?most violent artillery ."ire a* i who
; dauntlessly await the futur.-."
Sacky, Acctiaed by Wife,
Is Discharged by Court
Ariherl Saehy, s broker, of Kadgs
j wood N. J., who was arrested Monday
I on the complaint of hi.? wife, Lillian,
1 on a short affidavit charging suspicion
I of grand larceny, was discharged by
; Magistrat" Murphy, in the Tombs court,
| yesterday.
Investigation has shown ?bat the
money invested by Mr Sacky for hi;,
wife has braucht good result*. F*.?iy
dollar has been accounted for.
Seek to Detach
Austria From
German Union
U. S. and Some of Allies
Hope in That Way to
Shorten the War
Italy Favors Big Drive
Experts Figure Offensive in
Southwest Would Cost at
Least 2,000,000 Dead
[Frntr. Th?? Trlfcuii? nun-ia!
Washington, July 28.?There is ex?
cellent reason for believing that Amer?
ica und some of the Entente AHi**
consider it po.ss.ble to detach Austria
Hungary from the Germanic alliance
and that their diplomacy is influenced
by thut consideration.
The view held by them was said in
a semi-official quarter to-day to be that
the climinaticr. of /\ustria-Hungary
would make necessary the abandonment
of Germany by Turkey and Bulgaria
as well, and leave Germany faced by
sure annihil?t!? n, with no alternative
but surrender without conditions.
There was declared to be another
opnion in tne Allied group, represented
chiefly by Italy, with considerable
French sympathy, tnat the only practi?
cable means of inducing or compelling
Austria-Hungary to lay dtwn her arms
is a succ-ssful military offensive Of
Italy. This opinion characterizes ?he
opposite belief that Austria can be de?
tached through negotiations as being
substantiated by nothing more solid
than the fabric of drcami.
A military ?xpert with diplomatic
experience and information said to?
day:
"Italy has sufficient soldiers, guns
and ammunition for maintaining htr
lines inviolate, but has neither coal
nor iron in sufficient quantities to war?
rant the initiation of an offensive, with
the assurance ol being able to sustain
it, such at would smarh the Austrian
defence and crumple up the Austr.i.u
lines.
Italy Could I?ose Millions
"Italy has -?.ono.ooi) fully trsined
troops prepared for such an effort. The
cost has been calculated, and it is no
? xiigg? ration to state that an offensive
on toe sc.-.le tecetaary to force Austria
to ask terms WOOld cost Italy I,?V?0,.4
men in killed. This estimate Is not
magnified. Tht Mermada alone would
cos*. 204,000 men, and not less than
500,000 men wi uld have to be sacri?
ficed to capture Trieste.
'?Amazing as it seems, Italy can en?
gage in this gigantic operation tad
sustain these enormous losses with?
out any deleterious effect upon her
man power. That is easily demon?
strated. The birth rate alone is very
high, but add to that the return of
Kalian ?migrants plus the total pro?
hibition of ??ni'gratioii from Italy dur?
ing the war, sao it it readily seta that
Italy can spare L000,000 men and more
in killed ami still bt in as favorable a
petition as rtg*ards population a? ?he
wn:.< at the commencement of the war.
Before tho war emigrants wen? leaving
Italy at the rate of 'lU'Vinij I year; the
war hat been In progress three years,
and darint that timt .HW-?O subject.?
who normally would have left the coun?
try an? still in it.
"Financially, economically, mili?
tarily, and even in some ways politi?
cally, Austria is entirely dependent
upon Germany. Her diplomacy is ?u'o
ordinated to German influence? and di?
rection. It is, therefore, difficult to
conceive of how Autstria might be
! separated from Germany by anything
i except the naked necessity impose,' by
i military defeat.
"It is possible, according to roll
able information which has been ?Jts
' closed after discussions among the Al?
lie?, for the Austrian lin?-s to be
broken. The tusk of breaking them is
Italy's. It is the conviction of many
?military minds that the war will not
be won within two years on the V'est
rrn front, as the present alignment of
force? and the prospects held out by
the Allies do not promi?e that r.'ces
sary preponderance of fore which is
essential for an attack upon fortified
points.
Italian Offensive Needed
"An Italian offensive of the propor
tions.considered. however, would com?
pel Germany to withdraw great nun
tier? of troops from the West, and this
weakening would favor the efforts of
the Anglo-French armies. The possi?
bilities of the Italian offensive, are in?
dicated by the fact that nt the ores
?;iit time there is not a single Austrian
? soldier, except prisoners, on Itu!i.-?n
jsoil; all the Italian fighting is con
, ducted upon enemy territory, and the
m? *i?ure of advance Italy's armies hava
made i? the measure of her resources
| for sustaining her offensives.
"The two vital needs for the or??n
[ sivc proposed are coal and iron. For
months pait Italy has been able to
obtain them in oniy very limited quan?
tities. She is dependent upon America
for them. The purchases may be m-"l?
in America, but tonnage is denie.!, or
rather there i? a competition among
the Allied group of belligerents them?
selves which imposes great restric?
tions upon some of them, inclujin?
Italy."
; It was rumored to-day that eart?
hed been made by some of the Ent-nte
'powers to per?.iiide the United Stattl
to declare a statt of war with Ac*.
tria, in order that the earlier dtfttt
of Germany might be effected through
more hearty a?sistance to Italy on th;
part of America in the matter of both
sir;).? and money. No confirmatior of
tho rumor could b.? obtained in au?
thoritative diplomatic and offcial
quarters. It was stated, however, that
the United States ha? sufficient ton
i nage to meet the immediate and vital
demands of the war, including I'aly'a
requirement?.
Germany Promises
Pardon to Deserters
Text of Decree Recalling Men
to the Army
HI) TWirr???h t<> The Tribune!
Washington. July 28. The text of
? the German imperial decree recalling
deserters, as it has nppeared in the
i press of Holland, read?;
? "Notice! An imperial decree insures
all German dasarton sojourning in for*
, ngn countries deferred punishment,
? with prospects of pardon, should their
conduct during the further cours?, of
the war warrnnt it, in the event that
they return to I'.rmany without delay
at the latet hy .July 15. 1917. Through
this imperial decree the German de
, ?Tters are offered an opportunity erf
' returning to the Fatherland under very
i favorable conditions. Deaerters re?id
I in? in Hotterdarr. or vicinity arc re
j quested to apply ?n person to the Im
prr?! German Consulate. Nieuwehaven
111, for further information concerning
their return to Germany.
ftSiaaed) IMPERIAL GERMAN
"CONSCLATK"
Latin Alliance
Now Planned by
Italy and France
Spain and Rumania, It Is Hoped,
Will Also Join in
the Union
?Frani The Tribune Hur-?ul |
? Washington, July 28.-A dispatch to
the Italian Embassy from Rome re?
ceived to-day indicates that whatever
differences there may have been re
specting the Balkan situation, political
i as well as military, were thoroughly,
? composed at "the recent Paris confer?
ence. In addition *o the major allied
powers, Serbia, Rumania and Greece
were represented, and a complete un- .
t derstanding was reached.
The dispatch stated that the Russian
problem had been considered at the
, conference, saying:
"A part of the conference of Paris
' which has not been sufficiently empha
i sized is that the ministers and gen?
erals of the Allied countries discussed
the necessity of assisting in every pos
' siblo way Premier Kerensky and Gen?
eral Brusiloff, who are fighting an?
archy and disiirganization in Russia.
"The wish expressed by the Russian
Provisional Government to hold a new
conference for the revision of the war
aims of the Allies does not in any way
disturb the Allies, who are all fighting,
not for imperialistic motives, but for
1 the freedom of the world. Russia must
, be helped to overcome her present dan?
gers with all the means that her allies
can put at her disposal.
Latin Alliance Proposed
The dispatch stated that there were
enthusiastic manifestations of Franco
; Italian cordiality at the conference, the
French press emphasizing the impor?
tance of the proposed Latin alliance. It
continued :
"In Italian official circles and the
press tae reception accorded to the Ital?
ian member... of the conference was
hailed as a sure step toward a proposed
alliance between the two peoples. A
complete understanding already exists
between the governmnts. The French
press has advanced again the idea of
taking advantage of these renewed evi?
dences of the profound friendship be?
tween France and Italy to suggest, that
plans be laid to establish permanently
the Latin alliance, which should coop?
erate with the Anglo-Saxon and Slavic
bloc of nations to prevent any possi?
ble aggression and war in the future.
"The two countries, says the French
press, are now strongly united for a
; common cause: their union must be
made permanent, because it represents
the natural conclusion of a orother
hood of arms, of aims and of ideals.
All reciprocal national and colonial in?
terest.! have been carefully examined
and appreciated. It is quite natural
that France and Italy should come to?
gether. With them the first nucleus of
the Latin alliance is formed. Rumania
is likely to be drawn into the combina?
tion, and so is Spain, provided the ideas
of Count Romanones prevail and Spain
. follows the course dictated by racial
tendencies and national interests."
Still to Occupy Sal?nica
A separate meeting was held after
the conclusion of the Allies' formal
conference by the Dalo-Franco-Englisli
delegate* at Paris. The exact terms of
the discussions and conclusions are
being kept secret, but it was declared
authoritatively to-day that these na?
tions have not even considered the
abandonment of Sal?nica, but will
maintain the international army there
and the Italian army in Albania.
"All that the Allies are trying to do,"
it was said, "is to harmonize and co?
ordinate their actions and efforts in
that sector of the war, in Macedonia
anil in Albania."
It is understood that a new military
policy was outlined, but its terms have
not been divulged. Whether the Allies
contemplate new offensives against
either Bulgaria or Turkey in Europe
could not be learned, but it was as
scrted that a perfect understanding and
a common programme have been ar- I
rived at by Italy, France and Britain.
U. S. Government
Warns of Lockjaw
In Court Plaster
Germs Found in Samples Sub?
mitted to Attorney Gen?
eral's Office
IFrnm The Trthun? Bureau)
Washington, July 28.- The Depart?
ment of Justice to-day authorized the
following statement relative to its in-'
vestigation of sales of poison plasters
in various sections of the United
States:
"The Department of Justice, without
sharing in any sensational view as to
the manner in which sticking plaster or
court plaster became infected, states
that some of the samples submitted
and analyzed have been thereby shown
to contain tetanus germs. The public is
consequently cautioned against pur?
chasing this remedy, except from ap?
proved sources, the warning being par?
ticularly directed against purchases in
small packages from street pedlers and
venders.
"The samples of sticking plaster
mentioned by Secretary of Commerce
Redtield under date line of yesterday
were received at the department this
morning. The samples will be analyzed
i immediately."
Kansas City, Mo., July 28.?Chemi
ical tests of court plaster circulated
in rural communities of Kansas by
itinerant pedlers show that at least
one brand of the plaster contained
tetanus bacilli, according to announce?
ment to-day by Fred D. Robertson,
United States District Attorney for
Kansas.
Mr. Robertson said tests upon guinea
. pigs and other animals showed tetanus
bacilli in sufficient quantities to para?
lyze a human, but the bacteriologist?
were doubtful whether there was
enough to cause death.
Albany, July 28.--A warning against,
, the u ?e of court plaster was issued by
the Btate Department of Health to-day
i through the .State Defence Council.
The council's announcement on the
subject follows in part:
"Specimens of court plaster sold by I
pedlers have been turned over to the j
Health Department laboratory for ex?
amination. Every effort will be made I
to determine whether there are present
on the surface of this plaster any
tetanus or other organisms likely to
cause disease.**
Incomes to Pay
Most of Increase
In War Tax Bill
Total Likely to Foot Up
$2,000,000,000, Opinion
in Congress
Kitchin Sees Senators
As a Result Bill to Suit Both
Houses May Be Drafted
at an Early Date
Washington, July 28.?The Senate
Finance Committee reached a tentative
agreement late to-day to revise the
present $l,G70,Oi*"0,*400 war tax bill so
as to raise at least $l,943,ono,000, the
larger part of the increase to come
from higher income taxe?.
Members of the committee said to?
night it is possible the total a? the
bill before it gets to the Senate will
bo $2,000.000.00'). According t?> the
present plan, about $230,000,000 of the
increase will be obtained through
higher income tax rates, $70.000.000
! from in.lividual? and the rest from
1 corporations. The committee figured
on an increase in the normal rate on
individuals of from 2 to 5 per cent and
' on corporations to B per cent. 1 he rest
of the increase may be obtained by in?
creasing the excess profits ta:< and by
consumption taxes on sugar, tea, coffee
i and cocoa. __, ._.
Under the programme. $l,OG2,iOO,000
I would be the total levy this year upon
, incomes. The present law yields $300,
000.000; tho pending hill onginal!y_was
designed to increase this by $532,700,
, 000 and the $23.000,000 additional it is
now proposed to levy would raise it
over the billion mark.
The Senate Committee will confine
its work for the present to the present
? war tax bill and will leave to the House
' the tagk of raising the rest of the $7,
000,000,000 the Administration believes
it must have to prosecute the war this
year. Majority Leader Kitchin. of the
House, was in conference' with the
Senate Committee to-day and this de?
cision was reached as a result of his
contention that the House might resent
any Senatorial infringement on its
constitutional prerogative of institut?
ing revenue legislation. Whether the
House will prefer to authorize 7*5,000,
000,000 in bonds ?ir Treasury certificates
to supplement the ?"2,000,000,000 the
Senate is providing, will not be de?
termined until next week.
The income ta\ increases proposed,
; Chairman Simmons announced to
niu'h*, "n-preser.ts the consensus of the
? committee's opinion. They probably
| will stand, as the committee was ready
i to vote formally on the upward rtritln
i late to-day, but deferred final action
1 until Monday."
The doeltioa to-diy to leave to the
House, tho task of providing $5.0"-<?,00n,
' OO'i additional, promised greatly to tX
I pedite StnatS .'.cti-iii on th<> pending
I re.enue bill. Senator Simmons sti?l
I the commut?e plans to complete its
I revision Tuesday and report the bill to
j th.? Senate for beginning of debate the
latter part ef next week.
Senator Simmons said to-night there
i is no immediate necessity for the Scn
j ate to consider revenue questions be
; yond the bill.
"There is no occasion for immedi?
ately providing revenues to meet the
- new estimates." Senator Simmons ex
' plained. "There may be no necessity
? of further revenue measures until the
? December session. With the pending
! bill there are ample funds to meet all
I calls until December."
The committee's agreement to ?n
! crease income taxes by $230,000.000, in
increasing the pending tax bill from
$1,?"70,000,000 to at least $1,943,000,000,
was said to be based upon belief that
the bulk of the increase should come
from incomes rather than war profits,
already heavily taxed in the bill.
The committee gave much time to
discussing reconsideration of the
amendment, already written into the
bill, levying a tax of 15 per cent upon
corporations' undivided or undistrib?
uted surplus. This is known as the
amendment of Senator Jones, of Wash?
ington, and has been vigorously op?
posed by corporations. There was
much opposition to changing this sec?
tion.
Fiske Urges Aircraft
War on German Fleet
Admiral Tells Opera Crowd
Teutons Could Not Answer
Battleplane Attack
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, re?
tired, spoke last night at Columbia Uni?
versity, following the presentation of
"Pagliacci" and "Cavalleria Rusticana,"
which were given under the auspices of
the National Special Aid Society, to
raise funds for the Red Cross needs of
the aviation service.
In his address the admiral urged an
attack by Allied forces upon the Ger?
man fleet, through the use of battle?
planes. He explained how impossible,
because of mine? and other obstruc?
tions, it was for the navies of the two
sides to come to blows.
"Is it not clear," he asked, "that ?vhut
is needed is a kind of craft that can
approach the German coast, undeterred
by mines? This power is in aircraft
only. Aircraft can soar above the
mines and attack German battleships,
cruisers and submarines by means
which they have not yet learned to an?
swer."
Additional operas will be presented
at Columbia on Monday and Tuesday
nights this week.
U-Boat Base Is Far
From Airship Reach
[From Tli? Tribu:.? Bureau]
Washinjrton, July 2?. A possible ex?
planation of the hesitancy of the Brit?
ish Admiralty to order naval and air
attacks upon the German submarine
base at ZttbfUggt cfimes from a mili?
tary source in Washington which has
confidential information of the govern?
ment at its disposal. It is to the effect
that the real base of the German sub?
marines is not at Zccbrugge itself, but
is about thirty miles up the river near
the Belgian town of Bruges.
There the Germans have constructed
immensely strong "dugout?" urMer the
banks of the river within which the
U-boats can safely hide from dropping
bombs and descending monitor shells.
Another factor which is probably as
potent, if not as romantic, is that the
water off /.eebrugge i? extremely ?hal?
low, preventing at once the approach
of the lare-er naval veasel? and the
manoeuvring of the Britieh monitors.
Many Canadian Recruits Here
[Br T?!??T?J>ri to Tlia? Tribun?)
Ottawa, Ont.. July 28. As a result
f British recruiting missions in New
ork, Chicago, Boston and other United
ate? cities, 2.K73 recruit? have re
rted in Canada.
Workers Wear Masks
To Escape Mosquitoes
Plague of Pests Causes Mala*
rial Colds and Fever?
at Kearny, N. J.
Kearnj-, N. J., July 28. The winds of
the last few days have carried drove? of
mosquitoes into Kearr.y from off the
meadow lands near by. To-night, de?
spite the efforts of local health author?
ities to fight the invasion, the number
of unwelcome visitors seemingly jumped
into the millions and reached plat-ue
proportions.. The men on the night
shift at the plant of the Arlington com?
pany, a da Pont subsidiary, which
makes celluloid novelties here, had to
wear improvised masks of netting at
their work.
The mosquitoes havo brought with
them an epidemic of malarial colds and
fevers. Of a bloodthirsty species never
known in Kearny's annals, they pass
through the finest wire screens and
thrive on oils and favorite mosquito
nostrums.
To ?ui,\ to his other troubles, Henry
Vamerman, Kearny's Health Inspector,
has been receiving complaints from the
officials of Newark, just across, the Pat
saic River, and Jersey City, eight miles
away, who say the pests have reached
those point?, and declare they are a
Kearny product
Belgian Minister to Quit
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
in 111 Health
Havre. July 28. An officia! commu?
nication issued to-day by the Belgian
government says that Baron Beyens,
Belgian Minister of Foreign Atfairs.
wishes to resign owing to the state of
his health. Hii physical condition is
such, the statement says, that even a
iong leave of absence would be insuffi?
cient to reestablish his health, which
has been undermined during the two
years the minister has held office.
To Pay for U-Boat Sinkings
Germany Promises Argentina to
Respect Vessels
Buenos Ayres, July 28.?The Cermar.
reply to the Argentine note on the
question of the torpedoing of Argen?
tine ships, which has just been re?
ceived, was taken under advisement to?
day of the council of ministers.
It is understood that Germany has
granted indemnity in the case of those
already sunk and promises to respect
all Argentine vessels which do not
carry contraband of war.
Dr. Robie Blake
Cornish. Me., July 2?.? Dr. Robie
Blak<\ a pioneer electrical inventor,
ili?d here yesterday. He was born in
Sebago, seventy-nine years ago. Dr.
Blake built a telegraph line ISO miles
long, from this town to Jackson, N. H ,
making all the instruments for the
service.
U. S. War Matera
Sent to Germany
By South America
Dr. Pratt Declare? J^
Control Exports Botrj
Is Faulty*
That Germany ii still obtainnaU,^
qusntities of foodstuffs and i^2
DSed i;i th.? manufacture of eip!^
from the United State?, and thai T
mei;ts are being made to SouthVu"
ica and thence to neutrtl i.^?*
countries and then into Gcrmtr
the opinion expn-sed ve-'-rri.' "M
Klvard E. Pratt. recentl/iSS? >*
th* tiost of chief of the Bir-I?
Foreign and Demesne Commercer?
Pratl ... ,.,"?? *K
pored the export control inWlft
W Ison <.a. Ju .'.,.' p-*%
mation prohibit.ng the exporuu^i
c? rr-m articles without a Iiee.-i. tf
>ew *i0rK exporters who ,n.'s
with Dr. Pratt yesterdsy ri?iaS*-1
ent export control plan *va, L:?>?'
pesase under the joint m??35
the President, the Exporto S*
( OUPCll. the Exports '.rim,., *?*"*
Board the D?parant rf"S3
an) the Division of Export?5
the responsib.llty was d vid?**
va, impossible for ?x-orter? 1113
promptly licenses to export ?22
hi? ?rticlcs. The exporter,Pw*"
one-rasn control i. ' '*or ?
It lias Dr Prstt's mlsm **-'? a
H. Borte i? chtarg?A&?O
of th.? Export Control Dir ?ff ft
be provided with a printT-jH
Washington to expedite the or... U
of licenses. This wir, nerl*?
stalled an,l he apporter^a?
they are subject to us?!,,, JaaZL*1**
i-tei-? 2f* Pr^?iitf.rmu.
is obtaining from this cou'ntr^"'
quantities of the commodit.? S
she mon nee,-.. He snid Germ,-??
ta.n, 2J per cent of her edibT/?
from neutrals. * "**?
Dr. Pratt said he had ?etna/ ra?
the meat alone .hip-ped to Gems?!!
year by neutrals fed the ?1*
?5:7 dlvf rrmany and A?SmS
2.0 days. Tne enemy a|,0 ******
pyrites from the same source ?2
exported 8,0*0,000 tons of lron otVu
Germany last year, he said
Continuing, Dr. Pratt ? dared e-ert
ton of food the United Stat-i iltoi.'J
keep from reaching Germany would re
suit in taking ten men from th? frwt
He estimated that every ten of foosj
kept from the foe would alto i&r- til
life of at least one American soldier.
Dr. Pratt pointed out that thi L'ai??i
States could control the exporte bet.
ter than the British, as the lat?*- ir?
ai ready tied up with agreement- ttsit
with neutrals and America'! har.di e*e
free.
According to an exporter who re?
turned from Washington last night, ap
plications for licenses to ihip articles
included in the list of neiemriei pub?
lished on July 23 to Sweden, Norn*,
Denmark, SwiUerlsnd sad Holland are
being refused. Shipments of coil t*
Spain are being held up.
I
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Announce?for Monday?
animer
earaace uaies
Of Fashionable Apparel for Town,
Country, Mountain and Seashore.
Lines to be closed out promptly?regardless of cost
Groups are limited?early selection will prove advantageous
STREET SUITS
SPORTS SUITS
SEMI-DRESS SUITS
^ at *18 & *35
Si_MI-UKL?***0 *3?J113 _ . t1_g
DRESSY SUITS ) FornMrly to $1"
Of ?ilk and clolh- -remaining ?tyle? from regular line? splendid ?clecttooi.
- HIGHER-COST SILK SUITS- FORMERLY TO $150-445
AFTERNOON WRAPS I $OC 0 $C(\
EVENING WRAPS ** *--?**> & ?K?
PORCH WRAPS | Formerly to $125
HIGHER-COST EVENING WrUPS?FORMERLY TO $165?$75 4 W*
A ?GROUP OF IMPORTED WRAPS?FORMERLY TO $350?111*
LINEN COATS | $1 C o $9*%
STREET COATS at vlO & ?O
SPORTS COATS ) Formerly to $55
SHANTUNG COATS
SILK & SATIN COATS
STREET COATS ) Foi*merIy to $145
at $35 to $55
MORNING DRESSES | $1 O ? $9-5
OUTING FROCKS at MO & ?-*
STREET DRESSES | Formerly to $75
A cloung out of diverte line?- broken ?ire? -only one or two of a MMm ?v
eluding hand-made ?tyle?.
SM.A-RT STREET DRESSES ) ?_ _ _, *-,
AFTERNOON GOWNS ' at *45 & 55
DANCE DRESSES [ _ , . $125
MID-SE?ASON GOWNS I Former,y to $1
Late mo?-"-?!? of chi?on. Georgett?* crepe, ?erf-e and ?itk ; including hiiK?-iaa-ie ?
Kand-embro:?Jered lingerie ?lyle?.
SUMMER BLOUSES \ $g $?7 $JQ
Sheer effecti, including hand-made ?lyle? I 7 ' -_
and tunic?. Formerly to $25
FRENCH HAND-MA0E BLOUSES, FORMERLY to $45?$12 50 to ,2'
COUNTRY HATS )
SPORTS HATS $C p $1fl
STREET HATS *t 3 * 1V
SEMI-DRESS HATS