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FERRIS ATTACKS
HOUSE MINORITY
Declares Republican Members
Seek to Obstruct Adminis
tration's Plans.
HITS DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTE
Discloses Recorded Votes on
Vital Measures Dealing With
War Crisis.
WASHINGTON. September 22.?Ac
cepting. with unexpected promptness
the challenge of the Republican cam
paign managers, Issued only yester
day, for an open comparison of the
Republican ami Democratic records in
Congress upon war measures, Scott
J*errlK, chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee
to-night boldly characterized the Re
publican minority, viewed as a whole,
as deliberate obstructionists of Presi
dent Wilson's main policies.
In a lengthy public statement, h?*
assorts with emphasis that the Demo
crats of the House and Senate have
been the reliance of the administration
in the war crisis. In support of his
charge, he reviews the votes of Re
publican and Democratic members f
the two bodies on a long series of the
most important war measures.
Coming directly from Chairman Fer
ris, to whom the task of accomplish
ing the return of a Democratic Con
gress has been entrusted by the party
leaders at Washington, and bearing
the imprint of the publicity bureau of
the Democratic National Committee,
the statement is construed as sound
ing the Democratic keynote of the
approaching campaign
Its vigorous tone indicates that the
Democratic leaders here have con
cluded thut the time has come to ag
gresslveley meet the Republican at
tacks by an open campaign of counter
publicity on the ji;irl of the constitu
ted heads of the Democratic national
organlzat ions.
They claim that the agitation was
adroitly planned and begun by thi Re- i
publicans at this early dato in order i
to embarass the Democrats in view of]
the President's suggestion that poli- 1
tics be adjourned.
The statement of Mr. Ferris, which
was Immediately provoked by the pub
lic condemnation of the record In ,
Congress of the majority party made I
yesterday by Representative *GIIlett.
acting Republican lloor leader of the i
Mouse, and Chairman Fess of the Re
publican congressional committee, is
more than an attempt to answer the
public criticism by the Republicans.
It is in reality an ofllcial call to the
party colors of administration sup
porters throughout the country.
"Unity of action in Washington is
as essential now as unity of militarv
command In France," is one of the
striking statements of the Democratic
dial, man, and he concludes with this
_ modest appeal to the American
voters:
"The President's partv confidently
awaits the result of the November
elections.
"In the face of recorded notes and
.?tactions, it in idle for the Republican
leaders to assert that the Republican
minority in Congress haw been con
structive. The contrary Is the case.
"Just as the Federal reserve law, the
tariff commission act and others were
enacted over Republican opposition, the
shipping bill, three war revenue meas
ures. and, indeed the war resolution
itself, were put through over stubborn
opposition of the minority."
Chairman Ferris outlines the history
of the shipping bill, whose value, lie
points out. is appreciated by the wftole
country and the allies He charges
that the Republicans held up this hill
in Congress for two years?lacking
.twenty-one days. It was dually passed
in August, 1916, 160 Republicans and
only one Democrat in the House voting
against it. In the Senate it was op
posed by twenty-one Republicans and
no Democrats.
CITKM MAW MKASlltKM
it 101.1) I I* IIV HKI'I ni.lCAXS
"Dozens of war measures could be
cited to show how Democratic support
and Democratic support alone, has kept
up the administration's war program."
Mr. Ferris declares. "The three great
revenue hills of 1916, 1917 and 1918,
were opposed by many Republicans on
partisan grounds. With the elections
approaching, the Republicans for the
time being are rally to the support o't
the administration, as witness the
unanimous passage last week by the
House of the pending bill."
Mr. Ferris then proceeds to contrast
the Republican with the Democratic
\otes on a score or more of important
war measures. He says the war reso
lution was opposed by thirty-two Re
publicans and sixteen Democrats; the
McLcmorc resolution (warning Amer
icans off the high seas;, was tallied
only after 10;t Republicans and thirty
two Democrats had voted against this
action; armor plate plant amendment
was opposed by 133 Republican Repre
sentatives to only two Democrats; es
pionage act opposed by ninety-seven
Republicans and nine Democrats; food
survey bill opposed by sixty-live Re
publicans and sixteen Democrats; rail
road control bill opposed by four l!o
publicans and two Democrats.
In the Senate, thirteen Republicans
and one Democrat sought to block it.
Four Republican Representatives
and sixteen Senators voted against the
telegraph and telephone control bill,
whereas there was no Democratic op
position. pointed out Mr. Ferris. Nor
was there any Democratic opposition
to the war iinance corporation bill,
whereas two Republican Representa
tives opposed, two voted "present" and
two Republican Senators voted against
it.
PART OF CREW OF STEAMER
BUENA VENTURA LANDS
Three float* and Mlxt y-Four Men of
Ship's Compliment Still
M Inning.
Iltv Associated Press I
CORUNNA, SPAIN. September 22.?
Three oflicera and twenty-seven of the
crew of the American steamer Buena
Ventura have arrived here. 'Hhe ves
sel was torpedoed last Monday. Three
boats with sixty-four of the crew arc
missing.
The Ruena Ventura was proceeding
from Bordeaux, where she had un
loaded a cargo of petroleum from Phil
adelphia.
The vessel was of -I.SRI gross tons
and belonged to the United States Steel
Products Company.
EVERETT COLBY ENLISTS
AS PRIVATE IN ARMY
One-Time Candidate for overnor of
>fw .lerMry tiive* 1 p Promising
Career to Shoulder Hitle.
I
OKANC!'!, N. .1.. September 22.-? Kvc
rett Colby, former State Senator and
one-time candidate for Governor of
New Jersey on the Progressive ticket,
has abandoned a promising career as a
lawyer and the pleasures of social life,
in which he always has been promi
nent, to enlist as a private In the lank
corps. , lie is to leave for Gettysburg
on October 1 to get his initial training
In how to "treat 'em rough."
Japanese Cabinet ItCMlgns.
TOKYO, September 21. ?The Japan
ese Cabinet, headed by Field Marshal
Count Terauchi, which had held of
flee since October, 101G. resigned to-day.
Thinks Ireland Will
Eventually Volunteer
In thin morn Inn'* Tlmr?-I)l?|in1(*h I
Alfred IVrchnl tiriivrM, the Kniclliili
nullior. him I'.n InlrrmllnK ntory de
Nrrlpjllvr of condition* In Ireland nn
Ihry relnto In Hint country'* ririi
tunl nttltude totvnriL thr tvorld wnr.
.Mr. liritVM nrfvnniTx the idra Hint
Hie Itnninn t.'iitholle lil?litf|iN of
Irelnnd fniiKht In n 1
UrN|trrnlr elt'ort to ntr<*nctlini the j
holil of their church on the younger
crnri'tllon In Ireland, mill tlmt
rvrntHKlly the;- will he round NvtliiK
Iiik tlic ndherent* of the chiirch to
the ncceptnticc of the volunteer |iro
Krmn, kIvIiik Hie lirltlnli uovern- j
mrnt nt leiiNt n portion of the mili
tary nupport due It In the ivnr
| nKiilnxl niltorruc.v.
COL. TCHAPLIN RESIGNS^ i
; AS RUSSIAN COMMANDER
i Accuard of Recent A'ter.ipt to Over
turn Provisional Government
Mended by Tehuikovsky.
PROTKCTORATK IS KSTAHIJSHKD
Archangel Now Generally Tranquil,
and People Are Watching Ameri
cans and Other Guards, Satisfied
With Fairness of Allies.
(By Associated Prr*.? 1
AII/'HAN'iKli, September 22.?Colo
nel Tchaplin. the loader of the recent
attempt to overrun the provisional gov
ernment headed by At. Tschalkovsky,
in Northwestern Itussia, has resigned
his post as commander of the liuusian
forces and baa iieen succeeded by Col
onel IvanofT.
The labor disputes in Archangel are
being rapidly settled. American sol
diers who had been operating the street
car system have been transferred to
other duties.
As a result of an attempt to over
throw the Tschalkovsky government,
the allied diplomatic and military
i- liefs to-day assumed temporary direc
tion and established a protectorate in
the region in the rear of the allied
front pending the adjustment of politi
cal disputes.
This decision followed "the arrest of
M. Tchaikovsky and all but two mem
bers of his government early Thursday
by a party of conservative officers
headed by Colonel Tchaplin, the Rus
sian army commander, wno sought to
establish a new regime. .M. Tscliaikov
sky and his ministers were taken on
board a ship en route to the Solovetsk
monastery, from where they were re
turned by order of tne allied ambassa
dors, \\ itn the approval of Consul-Cen- i
??nal I'oole. .<ieanwnile, tiie allied
forces, including the American troops,
are patrolling tne city, assuring tran
quility and a just settlement ot all
disputes.
The allied ambassadors had no de- !
sire to interfere in internal affairs, but
tney considered that the Tchaplin
l purty's attempt to establish themselves |
| by stealth and force to be incompatible |
with the principles for which tlie'itlltesj
are tlgnting.
.Vs soon as he learned Thursday !
morning of the coup d'etat. American
Ambassador Krancis called a confer
ence of the diplomats and General
I'oole. with the result that the gov
ernment was prohibited from function
ing and the Tschalkovsky ministers
were ordered immediately returned, j
pending an adjustment and the procla- ,
mation prepared.
Archangel is generally tranquil and
the people are watching the American
and other guards, apparently satisiied
with the fairness of tne allies.
. ?
WALL OF TURKISH BAYONETS
SURROUNDED MT. LEBANON
'?"tint Specter of Stnrvntlon Stnlkrd
Through the Oner PrimperouK
l.nnd Amid Corparx.
ItV JOHN I.. HAI.IiKKSTOX.
[ I.UN'DON. September 22.?How Turk
I ish troops surrounded with a wall of
I bayonets the prosperous Lebanon
Mountain, a Christian and Jewish set
| tlement. a happy oasis in the desert
ot misrule, and starved all inhabitants
' tc death was told me to-day by Zieron
1 Jacob, a refugee who escaped to Kng
, land after he had been forced into ser
I vice with the Turkish army.
"After the Armenians," said lie. "it
became the turn of the Lebanc/.. l?Je
ir.al I 'aha is too retined and too civil
ized to use such clumsy methods as
were employed against the Armenians.
"Therefcle, lie ordered'a blockade of
Lebanon. A wall of Turkish bayonets
surrounded the sorrowful mountain.
Not a grain of wheat could be smug
gled through. As the' people are chiei
ly planters of vines and olives, and
not wheat gro\v?? s. the consequences
were not long to follow,
"The gaunt specter of starvation
stalked at once through the once pros
perous land. Indescribable scenes of
hunger ueivime prevalent. Thousands
could be seen wandering like beasts
seeking grass or the thorny leaves of
cactus, devouring them as though they
were the choicest delicacies.
"Corpses-of women and children and
old men strewed the roads. Up to
eight months ago. 150,0U0 had died of
hunger. Perhaps as many more have
died since."
SHOT BY SHERIFF'S POSSE
! Joncn Mtllen In Killed mid Brother
Wounded In Search for Sliickrm
I In Hiding.
I Hv Associuied Prows. I
CHATTANOOGA, TENS'.. September
i 22.?Jones Skiles was killed and his
| brother, Henry, probably fatally
: wounded to-day by a posse led by
Shetiff Bass and which went to Signal
> Mountain in search of slackers. Ac
l cording to the ollicers, the men failed
i to halt at command and were lired upon,
i Reports have reached the sheriff that
j a number of slackers are hiding on
| the mountain.
j 382 KILLED IN EXPLOSION
i.Mnnjr Other* Are Seriously Iinjured
When AtiMirlan AntmnnlHon Fac
tory In \\ reekcil.
I t
AMSTKItl'AM. September 22.?Three
I hundred and eighty-two persons have
i been killed and many others injured in
an explosion in an ammunition factory
at Woellersdorf. a town near the Aus
trian capital, according to the Vienna
newspapers.
L-Mre broke out in the powder room
and the terrific heat quickly overcame
those in the flame-wrapped building.
Most of the victims were girls.
? tabling Pnrtle.i Penetrate I,Inc.
W ASH I N tJ TO N. September 22 ?
American raiding parlies in the Woevre
penetrated the enemy's line at two
points, inflicting numerous casualties
and bringing back twenty-five prison
ers, says t.encral Pershing's commu
nique for to-day received to-night at
thu War Department.
Men Given Deferred Classifica
tion Because oi Dependency
Will Be Accepted.
ENROLL THROUGH BOARDS
Norfolk Designated Naval Mobil
ization Point for Virginias
and the Carolinas.
' Hv AKM<?cintrd t'ri'MH 1
WASHINGTON, S?'pteml)cr 22.?The
program under which the navy and the
j marine corps will seruri1 t!i?r men here
after needed was announced to-day by
Secretary iJank'ls after conferences
with representatives of his department
the marine corps and provost-marshal
j general's olllce. The navy is to have
an average of 15.000 men monthly,
j while the marine corps will g?t 5.(100
j monthly for four months and 1.500 each
> ii onth thereafter.
j <'f 'he navy's allotment of 15.000. it
i may enlist or enroll men who have
I special qualilicatlons for certain navy
work, hut the remainder will cotno
j from "the run of the draft." navy olli
cals culling out skilled nu-n to meet,
as far as possible, the snecial ne?ds of
t the service.
Men who now h'llil. or may hcreift.-r
be given, deferred classification on -ic
I count of dependency will be permiiteJ
| to enlist in th?-* navy, as the higher piy
i given is expected to ?lo away with th -?
possibility of hardships to the dep--n
j dents. 1 hose who have had previous
j service in the navy also will be pcr
j mitted to re-enlist. In no case, not
I even from the draft, wjll the navy ac
cept men who cannot read, write ami
speak the Knglish language, nor will
it accept men not citizens of the I'nit.'d
States or conscientious objectors.
Much the same system will be fol
i lowed in enlisting men both in the navy
and marine corps. Naval recruiting
j stations will be known as "mobiliza
tion centers." each having a definite
? territory to serve, and they will be
j established at central points. Marine
ccrps recruiting ollices also will he
kept open.
MKM" IIKSIHIM't; TO KM 1.1 ST
MIST MAKK APPI.H'ATIOM
Men desiring to enter either the navy
or marine corps will be required to
make application at the proper recruit
ing olllce. When men are accepted f*>r"
the navy, the mobilization oltlcers will
apply for them through their draft
loards: but iti case of in* n qualified to
enter the marine corps, the recruiting
oflieer will send a request to the prov
cft-niai-shal-gener.il for their enroll
ment, and the provost-marshal-general
then will order the l*?oal boards hav- I
ing jurisdiction to enroll them.
.Southern naval mobilisation points
were announced by Secretary Daniels,
as follows:
Norfolk, for Virginia. West \ trginla.
North Carolina and South Carolina.
Atlanta for Georgia, Alabamu and |
Florida. . j
Ne\v Orleans for I.ouisiana and Mis
sisslppi. , v.
Oklahoma City for Oklahoma. New
Mexico and Texas.
Cincinnati for Tennessee and Ken
tucky.
St. Louis for Arkansas. ? ]
Navv mobilization Inspectors will he
located for the southern division at <
New Orleans.
GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES
STUDENT NAVAL SECTIONS
Opportunity for Knrollnirnt N\ 111 lie
Oprn Prior to October I
Says Mew Order.
t Hv Aimnciated Press. I
\V AS II J N (I TO N. September -,
Naval units or naval sections of the
I student army training corps are lo
be established at eighty-live univer
sities and colleges in thirty-seven
States and the District of folumbia.
I In announcing this to-night. tlic Navy
l tepartmenl said students subject to
draft mav enroll in tne naval units
or sections by applying before Octo
ber 1 to naval representatives at the
institutions. ]
Students admitted jtxll be allowed;
active dutv and wKl ne enrolled in
1 the naval reserve force as apprentice
! seamen. The students must make their
! own arrangements with the in.-titu
lions with regard to hoard, lodging
| and tuition. j
1 ? Members of the naval units and
sections will, after a certain period.!
I i>e selected according, to their perform
| ance and assigned to naval duty in I
a training camp.
i Tho Southern schools at whifh naval
[ units and sections will be enrolled, |
I grouped hv States, include: North
t Carolina. State College and I'nlver
! s;tv of North Carolina: Virginia. I ni
i versity of Virginia and Virginia i'oly- i
technic Institute.
UNIONS OPPOSE DRY BILL
I Secretary Ilolnn Declare* Member*
Will A.hIi President Veto
! Itnn .MrnNiirpN.
N |0 \V VOI1K, September 2:!.--"All
I the unions of the United States will
! join in asking the President to veto
national prohibition and to reserve, the
order putting a ban on beer." said
Krnest I>ohm, corresponding secretary
of the <Vntr..l Federation In ion to-day.
It was further stated that Samuel
(Soinpers will he requested to head a
delegation representing 3.000.000 work
ers. which will he named to lay the
request of the unions heroic President
Wilson.
PLANES GUARD QUEEN CITY
A mrrlrnn Aviators Drop llnnj- llomlis
t pon Anslrlnn Vnvnl llase
nt I'ola.
ItOMK, September 21'.?American and
Italian naval planes, it was disclosed
to-day. have been maintaining an ob
servation service over the tltilfs of
Trieste* and Quarnero and aro also
guarding Ihe queen city of Italy. Ven
ice Besides. American planes have co
operated with the Italian forces over
the Piave lighting line. American air
planes also have aided in raids on
the. Austrian naval base of Pola, drop
plug 1 .<>00 kilograms of bombs.
NOSE DIVE PROVES FATAL
I Captain Hammond, of lloy.il Flying
t'nrpx. and Passenger Instantly
Killed.
| By Associated Pros?* 1
INDI ANAPOldS. September 2'J.- Cap
I tain. Hammond, of the P.rilish Koyal
Plying Corps, and C. Kinder, of (Ireen
| field. Ind., were instantly killed, and
i Lieutenant Hoy Pickets, of the speed
tway aviation Held, Indianapolis, was
i seriously injured when an. aeroplane
J?t which thc.v were returning lo the
I j eld from a l.iberty loan trip lo t'.reen
t Held, went into a nose dive and fell
? 4oo feet while I hey were preparing to
make a landing at the speedway Held
at 7 o'clock this eventne.
ARK OF ALLIES
WELDING IRON 8KB
Americans and French Complete
That Part Which Threat
ens Germany.
ITALIANS READY TO STRIKE
International Force Will Menace
Moscow From Samara, in
Orenberg Province.
WASHINGTON. September _T,?. I
?'?Hilary ma?s at ll.e w.ir | ? r.
-how that allied and Amer.,,,/, ar.nl," |
',y- hul ?-,?"lliuially, advancing
.? Irani, arc perronliig r|?.; ,lf ,
aioun.1 the Touionl- nations. j
?'ii ih,? western front |Ju, Atl),.rj(<. |
?">'> l-Tonrh fi. WI armies. |,y takiag !
Hit Ions opposite i|?. -natural !
Into < Senna ny. via Metz. hav. l
?hat p.TTt ?f ?.e ring .hat threatens!
Germany from t|u. Wl st
"ii the Itali hi front. Italv. with ro- 1
?Oumlliu; rt'll<1 y ?!rlk,. '* j
1 'ii the front rht- Kelt
ans hacked by IJrltish. Kr./m-j, ?i.| !
U.- two nan*il^lo^ TUrk<'y
?-?r
her so-call, ?| l.beiat,,, pro vines' nox,
.... "??s'hImii western border. ?" I
I he ring of iron frtirn the land sldev
"111 he ai'ttially .i milMarv fact when
heretofore pointed out. tile \j"
?r.-neh-Amcrlenn army, moving 'so-uh
ward from the .Murmansk |? nlnsn ,
meets and combines with the t'/.c.ho-'1
. loxakH. Mritish. Amorienn m.}
..U.S.. torce.s which are steadilv push
l"> t"v.ards Samara. In the prov.
! of Orenbeig This jun. tioi,. whose
strategic purpose and importance is '
".'"B more and more revealed will
liberate Mussia proper and cnabie her
f.Kaln to lake up arms against the ten- '
tral powers.
The very a p pea rat of an interna
tional army threat.ning Moscow from
? nmara. in Orenburg. it js though*, hero,
will cause the people of Mussia to rallv
t" ???*ir old standard for the overthrow 1
of ttie political elements which onlv I
yesterday were emphatically denounced!
by tht- is late Department as outlaws.
i'ltOJKl T TO KM-lltCM-;
liKltMAW l'A\ III-: VIS I'AI.I'/.K |> i
I his. for th<- tirsi time since the en-I
trance into the wUr of America as a!
ligh11iig ally, the vast project of i-n
circling (iermany and eruHhii.k: her with '
a slowly contracting ring. is being vis-j
calized and realized as well.
The somewhat celebrated ring of j
"blood and iron" which Kismarek em-I
ployed at Sedan is sooner or later to I
be repeated at Merlin.
If anything wore needed to complete I
the military isolation of the central i
I powers, it is to lie found in two ad
: ditional considerations:
I (1) The Meet of France is holding
Turkey and Aus-tr*-. from the Kastel n
I Mediterranean, while the navies of
I (Meat Hritain. Italy and the Pnited
I States are bottling up the Austrian ,
ships of war from the rest of that st-a.
| Already the Anglo-Amei lean M.ot has
j hottlet! up the Herman great Meet in
home waters, and h:ts made the egress I
of the old Russian Maltic Meet, sup
posed now to he in the hands of tier-,
I many, impossible. The greater part j
j of-this old Meet may already have join- j
ed tile Herman naval forces at Kiel. I
[ The revolutionary attitude of!
] Rnuniiinia, tin- uncertain attitude of
I the Pkraine and the absence of any!
j kind of commerce, except that which j
[may he had from already plundered
provinces.
j Commenting on the simple recitation'
of the accumulating weights crushing'
! the central powers from within and the j
I tightening of the ring of iron, an o;li
ivr on the general staff said to-d.iy
I that Germany could not "stagger very
i long under her internal and external
load "
I As to the situation on the western
front, it was pointed o-it to-day that |
| the Germans r.o longer have a salient
frpin which to l.iumh an attack Me-(
sid.-s this, the Americans hold the most j
j important salient, which has been
thrust into the i>rman line opposite'
the old Germ.:n snlit-nl of St. Mihiol. |
f~For this reason, and in view ?>f the
daily reports that the Germans are nat- |
urallv concentrating fur the dci.nsej
j of the highway into Germany, which:
runs by'Met/., coupled with the d tor- J
initiation of Genera! Pershing to a<i-;
I vance on the road, military opinion
here is crystallizing into the belief th.it
the Americans ami French soon will
swing beyond Met/., shell the tranches ,
fr<?m lie.es parallel to them and take
them by assaul'.
Meantime, it is necessary to advance
along the Moselle towards I'agn.v. That j
j advance, with artillery preparation. ac- j
j . .Hints for t!?frequent references to
I the "bombardment of Mel sc."
i PARIS TAKES LITTLE STOCK i
IN PRUSSIAN REPORTS
.\c?!t|i:i|ifr* \gree That Hcporl* of.
Governmental <tianv.CN Arc .Mmlr
(o tlcccivi" AIIIom.
PARIS, September J'-'.?-All leading
French newspapers. conservative and
; radical alike, ar<- unanimous iu taking |
a skeptical attitude toward the reports ,
of a German go\ernmont crisis and aj
j movement for parliamentary govern- i
' ment in the Kaiser's empire. The Paris'
press '.varus that the reports may have j
i been purpo:-el> uprcad in order to de
1 ceive the allied people, leading them
? t^> believe G. rmaay. by "liberalijclng"
j her internal system, is meeting deinoc
I racy half way.
I.?? Journal de Mehnts. for instance,
calls the leported agitation "camou- 1
| tlagod democracy." while l.e Temps
I warns its readers that the German I
j militarization of Finland under a Ger
man king does not harmonize with the |
j reform talk coming from Merlin.
j CONFEDERATE REUNION OPENS1
!
; !"'ir*? I'rogrnn. Will lie Given To- |
j Morrow Ms?.M, With Kotir Gov- j
finors Vrcticni*
| My AsHorittlcil rr?':iN. J
; TP MSA OK MA., Septeml>er ?Carl!
llintou. coinmaiMler-iii-chiof fif the!
Sons of Confederate Veterans of the,
Pnited States, arrived here this morn-i
? ng and took charge of the hea-hjnar- '
tors of the reunion organization. ,
marking the ot'iciiil opening ?.f the
twenty-eighth .'onf.derate reunion.
Admiral A. O. Wright, commander of j
the Confederate Naval Veterans, also I
arrived to-day. The lirst program will,i
be given Tuesday nigiil. .vhen four i
Governors and Senator-elecl Pat liar- ;
rison, ol Mississippi, will t!.a\?: t <1-|
drcHses.
Itev W. .1. Hachinan. chaplain -#rcn- j
?.ral of the Pulled ("onlcderate \ ?-1 - '
erans, wired to-day that owing to ill- t
| health he would not be able to open 1
j I ho ??ou n Ion.
The Tiiiie*-C>ls|>iileli In the "Autocrat !
i llie Itreakfnst Tahle" in many thou-!
! sr^nils of Mlchmond homes Met It take j
the news of your store to these pro- |
grossive. prodticlive, consuming, buy-1
iug families.
TURKS AND BULGARS
MEET WITH DEFEA T
Ten Posters Designed by U. S. Artists
Will Urge Buying of Liberty Bonds
Illy Associated I'roxs. |
WASHINGTON, September ?
Ton poster* ilrKlgiii'iI I)} American
nrtinln, reproduced millions iif times,
w'll urKf III*' buying of Fourth l.ib
irlv lonn ImiidN, and ?vIII lie found
on cwr} mill mid window tiflrr Ihc
campaign oprnn on Sa I u rduj. Sep
tember -S. The ton ?rrr itrln'lrd
from iimotiK numbers of ilrsl^iiN con
tributed to (Ik- 'I rriimir)' Ho |in r t iiim I
lliroiiKli I tic l)i\ ixioii of Pictorial
I'liltlicil v, of niiirh Ciuirli'M Ilium
Oihson is chairman. and ?rro ihiincn
:i- uiisiu the most powerful presen
tation ?.f idea* that sire behind
V mcriiMi's iMiiir.
..oscpli I'ciiucll, nhoif line ilrint
In?? ,vf Industrial processes sire
widely known, has pictured the
tin.iti st lit ii<- of t.lherly criniiblins;
under shell tl re in Nov York luirnor.
ajcuiust ttic lurid linekprounil of Hie
liln/.iiiK city. Over It is the caption:
"That l.lhcrty Sluill Not I'erlsli from
tin* Knrt'i," ii ml liclow the e.vltorta
t;ou to liuv bonds tluit the \isioit
? any never wee reillluilliin.
An oil pttintitiK <*f :i mother with
Inn ehiltlren .stretching out nn ttrin
in ttppc:il, tlie work ul Walter li.
I'.\crctt, ii< lettered "II im| t'hildrcn
Hie and Mothers I'leild in \ninf"
\ not Iter reminder of (?crititin war
fare and its iiicnuacc tu I''. Stretli
iiiail's potter, depicts a lluii pceriilK
over lite ed?e of ravaged liurupe,
cliiiKliiK to a oloodleit Imyunet, with
hiuiKi-t eyes li\od on Aiueriea.
??Ileal Hark the II tin With l.ilicrty
itoiuls" Is the exhort a l Ion lettered
oa this last.
Carinon simplicity In illustrated In
a poster lit .1. Alien St. John, called
??The lluii?His >l:irk," and showing
only ?> htood.i hand print." **lllot It
Out With I.lhorty llomlM," the artist
adjures. Likewise John .Norton,
whose design shows n pair of bloody
hoots, urnainented with tlte Imperial
Herman eajcle, puts over the easily
understood message, "Keep These
Ofl tlic I . S. A."
Holprluiu's IruRcdy nixes tlie theme |
for I.Hswortli ) iiiidk ? accepted of
ferinu. In which a silhouetted Hun
draKKiiiK a fcirl through a scene of
tire and desolation, points the ncces
s-ty of Its legend. ??Ileineiiiher llel
Killlil. * There will he l,t)(MMMIt> lith
ographs of this poster alone.
,MarchIni; troops loilowinK X ietory
ami the r.iclr through the storm of
liattle. as depleted oy .1. Scott W ii
lianiN, has proved a subject lending
itself to reproduction In heroic sl/.e.
It >>111 appear on lite cards and also
he spread out oxer twenty-four
slieet lillliioiird?. Walter Whitehead
has ty pined the soldier's ail mon i I ion,
"Come On:" oxer a khaki tiuure^liat
faces the foe.
Henry IIiiIcIkIi, whose "Halt the
lluii" poster in previous loan cam
paigns won wide rui^iu n, this time
oilers "Hun oi Ihimcf" iu waieli a
little Kiel, a liuli) iu her arms, kiis.cs
i'i startled apprehension upon a
lluii breaking into tlie household.
? toward < handier Christy, de
slmilitK the team poster, took a
novel subject, marked hy realism,
when lie ccptcd a photourapii of a
halt lesliip'H Kim and Its crew in ac
tion. A t'tfiirc of \ ietory towers
above the toilillK .uunncrs, who send
koine the siicll, ami the poster ii?
?narked, "Clear the Way!"
Ilcsides the poster.-, tuere will also
lie disirihuted widely a card carry
ing ii picture of t.ie fourt'.i l.iberty
loan billion and exhortiiiK ctery
loyal American to wear it.
Will Negotiate at linn With Cier
niany for the KxiimiiKe of
Prisoners.
\oti:i> mf.n on commission
Pourparlers Through Several Mem
bers of Swiss CtovernmtMil Will
lic'Kin Monday, ..ml Are H.V|iec(t':l
to Last Several Weeks.
Illv A?hi)cIhIi><I Press. I
(JMNKVA. September 22.? Momlicr.s of
the American delegation appointed 10
negn%iate with Germiiny fur the ex
change of military hihi civil prisoner
arrived at Hern last night. The dele
gation is composed ot John W. Car
rett, minister i<> lite Ne t iieriands; John
\\\ Davis, the new ambassador to (treat
Firitain. representing the War Depart-|
tuuul; <icneriil l-'ranets J. Kerni.n, rep-'
resenting the ariny. anil Captain
Henry II. Hough, representing the
navy. The Herman delegates iirt ex
pected to reach Hern to-day.
Pourparlers through several mem
bers of the Swiss government will !<??
g>n on Monday and they are expected
.?> last several weeks.
The American lied Cross has received
two additional lists of names ot Aine! - ,
lean oillcers and men who .re interneil
Hi various Herman camps. Most of
them were taken prisoner on the west-;
era front in .luue and July.
PRODUCING GASOL :
FROM NATURAL GAS I
tieiiliiKli'iil Survey UoporiH Wonderful 1
(ialu .Miule !n 'I'llin .Method
During I'tot \ nir,
\V A S II 1 \ l! T i) N, September 22.? i
Showing the progress made in the pro-I
ouction of gasoline from natural g.i?>.
in addition to that ex t r.ieted troni jie
troleum, the 1,'mted States licoiog icn I
Survey to-night reports 21 T.S.s i. 101 ?
gallons, or III per rent, compared wish
the lHlii output. The quantity (>f coin-,
me.'cial gasoline represented by the'
output of raw gasoline in 1017 prob-j
ably amounted to more than HttO.OOO.- |
Oj.Hi.
The volume of natural gas front
which the gasoline was recovered was
about 120.000.000.(>0M cubic feet, and the
average recovery wjs half a gallon for
every thousand cubic foot. The gaso
line was recovered by compression, al>
sorp;iou and vacuum pumps, as well as
that saved as drips from gns mains.
The greater part. 77."? per cent, was
recovered by compression and vacuum
pumps.
EVELESS SHIP ARRIVES
\n V. iKtinii Permit leil and WnMlilugtou
Man In l-'orced to l.rair llriile
In Knglnnil.
AN AT I. A NT It' POUT. September 22.
- An lOveless Kden was the good slnp
which landed here to-day from a ISrii
isli port, wherefor there was woe in
the heart of John T. McKean, assis
tant trallie director of the railroad
terminal at Washington, who was a
passenger. .McKean married Miss Ag
nes Lapp last month in Nottingham.
I'ngiand, and they were to have re
turned together At the l.'.st moment
McKean was informed that women
would not be permitted on the ship,
and. as it was imperative that he re
turn at once, he had to leave his bride
abroad.
The bride will sail on the first ship
carrying women passengers.
AMERICANS ARE MURDERED
It iiNtiariN I rive Pnpnl:: I !<??? of Vot?g;<|n
Proilnce to Persecute Allied
Subject*.
I IIV AshoHilted I *
AMSTKKKAM, September 22,-~The I
Kussi'tu People's Cofimissery at Volog
da. according to the I'etrograil cor
respondent of the Hamburg Nach
ricbten. has urged on the population I
of the ?entire Vologda province the'
most ruthless persecution of Hritish
subjects and Krench and American
clt izens.
Rioting against entente nationals alls
taken place at various towns, the cry- '
respondent s'iys, mid some Frenchmen j
and Americans are being murdered.
Prince \ li'l* .Mount \ ernon. ' j
WASH I N <! T '' N. September 22.??- >
Prince Axel, of Denmark, who is in
America :?> the cuest of the navy,
visited Mount Vernon to-day as the
guest of Secretary Daniels and laid a
wreath on Washington's tomb 'I'ho
trip was made on Ihu Presidential
Yacht Mayflower. ?
CONGRESSMEN IB VOTE
ON 1I? SUFFH1GE
Witp-Timc Prohibition Also Slated (?<
Cnnic L'p for Anion This
Week.
s::.\atk to pkohk campaigns
Senator Thomas Scheduled tv Open
Criticism of Hou.se Draft of ltev*
? nue li!il by Attacking War ICxcesS
Prolits a.- Unconstitutional.
' llV ArtSOfltllial Press 1
WASHINGTON. Septemher 22.?War
time, prohibition and woman suffrage,
suhjects which have been before Con
Kress for many monlliH, probably will
be brought to a vote this week while
the war revenue bill is entering upon
its third stage?revision by the .Sen
site Finance Committee of the dratt,
adopted by the Mouse hist week.
The House plans to-morrow to take
tip the $12,000,000 emergency agricul
tural appropriation hill with a view
t?> a vote on the Senate rider provid
ing for national prohibition effective
next June .'If, for the period of the war.
Advocates of this legislation say it will
be approved by an overwhelming ma
jority. The bill then will iie sent to
conference for adjustment of differences
between the Senate and House on other
amendments.
Advocates and opponents of woman
su fir a're are lining up for a light in
the Senate Thursday, when Senator
Junes, of the Suffrage Committee, w II
"?all up the House resolution providing
for submission to, the Slates of a con
stitutional amendment granting the
franchise to women. Same Senators
.?;? id to-ntcht there was a possibility of
another delay in final action on the
resolution, because of the absence of
some Senators and th* probable diffi
culty in arranging for pairs
In the Senate tomorrow. Senator
Thomas, of Colorado. plans to oimn
?ritieism of the llon.i" draft of the war
revenue bill hv attacking the w?r e\
vs profits nltin as nnco??st it nt i??nal.
The Senate Kinanee Coi?iii''I"" will be
gin revision of the bill Tuesday and
most leaders doubt that the measure
can be reported before late in October.
I'.o'h House and Senate Committees
will have an active week- The Senate
?nrticiary Committee is exnocted to
? ?ike up to-morrow the 'eMail- resold
Con for investigation of JireWers' in
terests in the purelcsv >>f ?'?e W"s'?
i"art'?t? Times by Arthur llrisbane. The
resolution may be referred to a sub- |
coiiiin it tec.
I Tuesday the Semite K'l'ct'om Com
jmittee is expected to take further ac
tion regarding the proposed investig.i
! tion "f excessive expenditures in sen
atorial prim-,? impaigns in Michigan
and other States.
? >n the House sid? the Apnropri-'
t ions Committee will continue wo-!< J
on the $s,i>00.noii.i'00 army appropriation
hill, with plans for a report on It late
this week or early next week. I
j KINGPISHER CHEW LANDS
AFTER DAYS IN LIFEBOAT
| Captain Declare* t -llont Vtoml lly to
See the I'lffrcl '-f Torpedo I?'lred
I nt III* Vfs*p|.
i AN ATI.ANTIC I'tiltT. September 22. i
News of the torpedoing of the Ameri
can stt am trawler. Kingtishcr, on the!
i fishing banks eighty-live miles off the'
roast on "rid.ay was received here to-|
day when the captain of the trawler
anil the twenty-six members of the.
crew arrived after having rowed j
ashore in the lifeboats
Captain It i Icy said the U-boat which!
Hied thi' lorpedo stood by to sec the
effect of the missile, but did not fire i
any shots at the trawler or the boats. I
The Kingfisher was a vessel of 2t?31
tons, and was owned ny the Knsi ?
i'oast Fisheries Company. |
i FIVE NEuROES IN HOSPITAL j
More Tlmn Score of I'nrt Icipmi ta In
Nurliilk ltioi Are .Now tint
on llond.
' ilv Asifuriitttal Press. I ,
NOIll'-Ol.K, VA , September 22. ? Ki\?'
of the negroes shot by the police last |
night when they attempted to rescue'
iah negro soldiers, arrested on u lar-j
i en v cha-'ce. are still in tne hospital.)
The others wen discharged and turned [
n'e;- to ;.:e poirce, their injuries lie-.
In;; of mn.cr nature. Attending sur-|
g^ i'is are >>oi:;ideut all will reco\er. j
H'Tgeat'c White ?\as not seriously in-j
ju'vil C\ei a sia re of the participants |
in the ritliiig. now out on bond, will
face liin Iv'.lci Court justice Demur* !
rove p.oro.l.g
l-'or efllclrnt help.of c\rr? kind, use!
Times-1Mspatch Want Ads. They reach |
the worker who is interested In better
ing himself.
Infantry Shepherds Otic
man Forces Into Arms of
Cavalry in Palestine.
NAZARETH, CHRIST'S HOME,
OCCUPIED BY BRITISH UNITS
Italians Join in Attack Against
Beaten Bulgarians on
Macedonian Front.
H.MC; A DV.A XI'US l.V FKAXCIS
Americans in IxuthIko Sector Cany
Out Two Successful
Local Staid.*.
I t)v Associated Prvn. t
With the violence oj the operations
011 the \ve-?t*rn front in France cmi
sUIerably dlniinisheil in intensity, the
Turks In Palestine and the. Bulgarians
and their allies In Macedonia are being
put to the t??t. But nowhere thus tar
have tfiey been able to hold back. or
even to counteract the onslaughts of
their foes.
In Palestine the Turks seemingly are
in the process of being crushed; in
, Macedonia th? entente forces are drtv
j inn sharp wedges for considerable tils
| lances into the enemy fronts.
In France and I* landers, where there
has been any lighting rising in im
i iiortunee aaove patrol encounters, tlio
1 I iritis.i, I-reiicn and American troops
have kept the uppet nana and advanced
their respective lines.
Of Iran:., einte.it interest, for the mo
ment at U.St, ate tile oiief.it tons ot tins
British i_ie.icf.il Allenby's torces iti Pal
estine. liele. in leys than four days,
the liritlsh I1.1 ve swept lorwaril lti the
center between tile ttlver Jordan anil
j take.i tnu titliious Nazareth. the while
! their wings closed round in a swift
I .'itveiop.i.fi movement and nipped with
in the ilia .v of the great i.incer all tne
I Ottoman torces in the coastal sector,
J ihu piain oi nnaruti. me hill region in
| me center ana also tne western .lor
I dan Valley Mean white, to the north
' w-.iM the irieiioiy .?rab torco of the
! ismg OI liedjas have cut .til railway
| coiiinitiiilcatiuii in front of the tlceing
1 links and .tie sm inline, a barrier to
j their rsiiipi by way of the eastern
1 plains.
1 .uoui-: tiia .\ i'j.i ?;t .ns
u,.u:.i.n vitt& coi XTiii)
More than ls,oi.?j Turks had been
mad eprisu,.ei o.> the li.i.ish, anil guns
! ... t'XCeSS Ot 12U <1 id bet-11 counted Wlietl
'the last i ^ tH.i is f. mil i.c.eral Allenby
I were received. In utltiiltxii. great nuan
| titles of wai stores h;.it neen captured
l .mil still others had no. neon counted
! .u.g io tin rapidity oi .no movement.
It is not improbable t.n.t within the
..:s, the strings ot which have been
[ dr..wn taut, casing the mouth, tltou
,.tiuls ot I urns ..io enmeshed. Many
I f those already made prisoner, tlee
ing in disorder, literally walked Into
! .i.c hands of tne British. not knowing
, their tines of retreat had been cut off.
, itltlTIMI SiVKKl1 UVKIl
KIGl.O OK A It M AtiKDDO.V
Although the Turks at some points
. ifered considerable resistance to the
I ..niisli. ttt no point were ihey ahle to
i.iy tlio adv.in. e. even on the famous
j .it:i?l ot Armageddon, which the Britisti
] cavalry swept across ami occupied Nass
jaietli. to the north. In the operation
of sewing the enemy within the sack,
.t'.i'uicii p.ayeri an important- role, vig
j ,1-ou.sly bouibitig l lie retreating Turks,
inflicting enormous cus tallies on them.
The losses of Genera 1 Allenby are de
si l ilted as slight, in comparison with
liie importance of the movement car
ried out.
In Macedonia the Italians have joined
the fray with the liritlsh. I*" re null. Ser
| u'.an and Greek troops, and are ha?il
after the Itulgariaus ami their allies,
who are being driven northward
through .-out nero Svrbi i. Between the
Vrna and Vardnr River, although the
ItulK.ui ins and German* are sending vt|>
re-enforcements. the allied troops li.ivn
conlitrieil their pressure The Serbians
west of the Yard.r lliver have crossed
ihe Philepe-Ishi ib road at Kavanl.tr,
which constitutes an advance of mora
than twetuy-nve miles into their once
held territory. To the east of Monas
lir the Italians have liegiin operations
in the ftimuus Oermi bend, and have
taken several positions, while between
the iVrna and the Viirdar the French
also have met with successes.
On the French front the ltrl.lsh, north
of the Scarpc River, advanced their
line on a twoinile front, while east of
Kpchy. lying between t'ambrai and St.
Qucntiu, ami tit several other .loitit-s
on this sector in strong fighting they
captured tierman positions. On that
part of the front held by the French
there was little activity except by the
opposing artillery, which it times was
lieavy.
On ihe l.orraitie front the Americans
have carried out two successful raids
against the Germans and taken pris
oners. In addition, some casualties
were inflicted on the enemy. Several
guns also were captured.
i'llK.M II KOKCICS ItKAt'H
K.IMiK. OK VKN BKC Hi
PA II1S. September 22.?The French to
lay enlarged their positions south of
tjuenfiti. east of Hluancourt and
I.'i Fontaine. They reached the edg*
of Vendeuil. less than three miles north
>f I.a Fere.
To the east of Saucy (northwest of
Vailly). the French won new ground
iud took prisoners.
riu-; nit. ititiTiMi
vttTom iv i'.m.i:stim;
1.oNI>"N. September 22.?Nazareth is
in Kritish hands
The ancient city in Galilee, where
.Joseph plied his humble trade as a
carpenter, and where riir-st spent His
childhood, was delivered from the ter
rible Turk on Friday, when, Irish. Kng
ilsli jind Australian horsemen dished
into it and past it In one of the most
far-llung and brilliant encircling ope
rations of all military history.
What remains of the Turkish Nablu*
army has been cut off from all avenues
of escape stive for a narrow stretch
aiong the Jordan east of Belsan. which
city also is In British hands.
Occupation of Nazareth marks a
p.rltisli advance of sevinty-tlve miles
since the fall of Jerusalem. Tlio opfr
at Ions culminating in the glorious vic
tory, ivhlch more than settles the Brit
ish account with iho Turks for tho Kut
el-Ani.ira defeat, wore carricd out