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VOL XXI 11 No. 39
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE,
SATURDAY. U JULY 1917.
WHOLE NUMBER 1183
COL E. H. R. GREEN
4
Col. E. H. R. Green, son and heir of
the late Hetty Green, has Just married
Miss Mabel E. Harlow of Highland
Park, a suburb of Chicago.
RAID TURKISH CAPITAL
British Airmen Bomb War Office
at Constantinople.
Cruiser Sultan Sefim, Formerly the
,. German Warship Goeben, Hit
by Explosives.
London, July 12. An air raid on the
enemy fleet off Constantinople was an
nounced In a statement of the British
war office. Bombs were dropped on
the Turkish cruiser Ywuz Sultun Se
lim, formerly the German cruiser Goe
bl;n. The extent of the damage to the
vessel is not given.
) The war office at Constantinople also
was attacked, and a direct hit was at
tained by the British, who returned
without casualties. , The .. announce
ment fallows: .- ,
ArporMia bemecfcived- fronr-the
vice admiral in the eastern Medlt'er
ranean that on the night of Monday a
successful attack was carried out by
the' royal naval air service, against the
Turkish-German fleet lying off Con
stantinople in the Golden Horn.
"When ' the Goeben, surrounded by
warships, Including submarines, had
been located, an attack was made from
a height of 800 feet. Direct hits were
obtained on the Goeben and on other
enemy ships near it. Big explosions
took place on board them and several
fires were observed.
"The war office also was attacked
and a direct hit was obtained. The
enemy appeared to have been com
pletely surprised, as until the bombs
had been dropped no antiaircraft bat
teries opened fire. 'Our force returned
safely without any casualties."
Paris, July 12. Sergt. Maj. Antolne
Paillard, one of the French aviators
who participated in the bombardment
last Friday of the Krupp factory at
Essen, Germany, and who failed to re
turn, has It Is now learned, landed
safely in Holland.
AMERICAN LINER ATTACKED
Torpedo Passes a Short Distance
Ahead of the Ship, but U-Boat
Not Seen.
An American Port, July 12. An
American liner arriving here with 257
passengers from an English port re
ported, that she was attacked by a"
submarine at 11:80 p. m. on June 18
' while bound for England. A torpedo
coming from the starboard side passed
a short distance ahead of her bow. Her
gunners fired three shots in the direc
tion from which the torpedo came. No
further trace of the U-boat could be
found, and the liner continued on her
way unmolested.
RUSH WORK pN WAR VESSELS
U. 3. Will Have 300 Submarine Chas.
, ers Ready for Action by
January 1.
Washington, July 12. The .United
States will have approximately 300
110-foot submarine chasers in the wa
' ter and ready for action by January 1,
It was learned at the navy department.
The first delivery of these boats will
be made in August and will consist of
25 craft. Fifty will be delivered In
September, 75 in October, 100 In No
vember, and the remainder in Decem
ber. SWEDEN RESENTS DfVER RAID
Stockholm Government Protests Ger
' man Submarines' Attacks on Swe
; dish Fishing Boats.
5. Stockholm, July 12. The govern
ment has Instructed the Swedish min
ister at Berlin to protest against the
torpedoing of Swedish fishing boats by
German submarines. '
WANTS CONGRESS ,
TO RUSH FOOD ACT
Hoover Warns Delay Causes
Slump Farmer and Con
sumer Caught.
BIG PROFITS FOR SPECULATOR
Senate Agrees to Final Vote on Con
trol Measure July 21 Minimum
, Price of $1.50 for
' Wheat
Washington, July 12. A report on
the food situation prepared for Presi
dent Wilson by Herbert Hoover, hold
ing that both the farmer and the con
suming public are suffering while food
speculators make unearned profits
from the delay in enactment of food
control legislation, was ..given out at
the White House.
.Unless strong and efficient govern
ment action is Immediately taken, the
food administrator reported, the farm
ers will face a slump In wheat prices
and consumers will be caught In a situ
ation even more serious than that
which already Is resulting in "actual
undernourishment" In the great con
suming centers. The speculator, It Is
declared, Is taking a large part of the
prices now paid by consumers.
U. S. Unable to Act Now.
"We are practically helpless to safe
guard either the farmer or the con
sumer," concludes Mr. Hoover, "until
the pending legislation Is passed."
The report, in the form of a letter
to the president, was Issued through
the public information committee with
the statement that publicity was given
It "in order that the country may
know how serious and far-reaching the
consequences may be both to the farm;
ers of the country and to the con
sumers ot,4be pretieat-rdiJui'S in pass
ing the pending food legislation."
No comment by the president accom
panied the report, although he has
more than once demonstrated his m
patience 'over the repeated delays In
congress which 'have kept the entire
food control program in a state of un
certainty for weeks.
- Senate Agrees to Vote July 21.
Unanimous consent to begin final
voting on the food control bill and all
amendments not later than 2:30
o'clock Saturday afternoon, July 21,
was given in the senate and the cloture
motion was withdrawn.
The agreement was sought by Sena
tor Chamberlain, In charge of the bill,
when it became apparent that the
storm of opposition to the prohibition
and other sections would make passage
of the. bill within the next few days
impossible.
After Thursday, July, 19, speeches
will be limited to five and ten min
utes. The agriculture committee tentative
ly approved several sections of the
substitute, including the provision to
fix a guaranteed minimum price of
$1.50 for wheat producers.
' Ouster Suit Filed Against Mayor.
Memphis, Tenn. Charges of having
"willfully and knowingly" failed to en
force the prohibition, gambling, lewd
ness and other laws; of haying mad
the police department inefficient be
cause of their interference; of having
! loaded the public payroll in an effort
' to build up a political machine, and ol
having violated the city charter, ar
among those in an ouster bill filed
against-Mayor Ashcraft and Police
Commissioner Douglass.-
To Hold Industrial Workers of World
Ellensburg, Wash. Federal troops
stationed near here arrested between
60 and 60 Industrial Workers of the
World, charged with interfering with
crop harvesting and logging, in viola-
tion of the Federal statutes. The men
will be brought to Ellensburg and
placed in a stockade.
Porto Rico Gives 104,986.
San Juan, Porto Rico. The total
registration in Porto Rico under th
selective draft law was 104,986, it was
announced. The registration is di
vided as follows: White, 78,275; ne
groes, 24,605; aliens, 2,076; enemj
aliens, 30.
Marching Troops Into Peking.
Washington. Republican troops
have entered Peking and momentarily
expect the abdication of the restored
Manchu Emperor, Hsuan Tung, accord
ing to a cable to the Chinese Legation
here from the Chinese Foreign Office.
President Feng Kwo Chang has or.
dered the arrest of General Chang
Hsun, the military leader, who was re
sponsiDte tor us coup, t, ur, wu Ting
Fang, Minister of Foreign ' Affairs,
again has resigned his office on th
ground of ill health, and his resign
tion has been accepted.
PALS
(Copyright.)
RUSSIAN FORCES
PUSHING ONWARD
ARMY IS CONTINUALLY AD
VANCING ON GALICIAN
FRONT.
Two More Villages Are Seized By the
Slavs Thousands of Prisoners
Also Are Captured. :
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London. Sweeping onward, west of
Halicz, in their mighty offensive
against the Teutonic allies in Gallcia, -the
Russian' troops are pursuing the i
retreating foe. Two thousand prison i
ers and 30 guns were 'captured whei
HaiicK. the key to' &&mbrftptttiTi
Gaiicia, was taken by General Tcher
emisoff's troops. But the victorious
troops did not stop there. They press
ed forward, giving the retreating Teu
tons no rest. The valley of the River
Lomnica was reached. Advansed de
tachments crossed the river. Th vil
lages of Bludniki and Babin were oc
cupied. The retiring Teutons are be
ing pursued on the Bogorodchan-So-lotvina
front. The Russians have
reached the Posiecz-Lesluvka-Kos
macz line.
The advance on Bogorodchan-So-lotvlna
front represents a drive into
the Carpathian foothills. Solotvina is
22 miles southwest of Stanislau. It if
about 20 miles from the rest of the
Carpathians; along the Galiclan-Hun
garlan border. In he three days' bat
tie more than 100 officers' and 10.00C
men, 80 guns, 12 of them of heavy cal
iber, and a large number of, trend
mortars and machine guns, with quan
titles of military stores, were taken bj
the troops of General Korniloff. The
Russian War Office report on the con
tinued success of the Russian troopi
threw Petrograd into a wild state ol
rejoicing. Crowds paraded the streets
Everywhere praise is being sung foi
the new hero of Gaiicia, General Korn
iloff.
WIDE'SCOPE FOR WAR PARLEY
Allied Conference In Paris Will Con
sider Everything Relating to '
Great Conflict.
'Paris, July 12. The forthcoming
conference of the allied governments,
to be held here, will consider not only
the question of the Balkans, but every
thing .regarding the conduct of the
war, according to Excelsior. The vari
ous governments have not yet desig
nated representatives.
TAKES OVER ANOTHER SHIP
President Seizes German Cargo Steam
er Prince Eltel Frlederlch for the
Shipping Board.
Washington, July 12. By executive
order President Wilson seized the big
German cargo steamer Prince Eitel
Frlederlch, which has been lying war
bound at Hoboken, N. J., almost three
years, and turned it over to the ship
ping board as Its property. The Ger
man raider of the same name, interned
at Philadelphia, was seized some time
ago.
VILLA'S MEN ARE REPULSED
Government Troops Rout the Bandit
Forces In an Attack on
, Parral.
" Mexico City, July 12. The war de
partment announces that an attack by
General Villa on Parral has been re
pulsed. - , f
jaenson. Recruiting m the local na
val station broke all records last week
with 12 men nrpppted.
'fHf yV( BHOHL VERY
CHUMMY Wi SVMMf R
pay Ofttl OR. 5MIWE J
APPEALS FOR JUST PRICES
Liberty", Rests In Balance, President
SaysProfits and Patriotism Not
. Mentioned In Same Sentence.
Wasl.i an. President Wilson ap
pealed, t) the country's business inter
ests t$r i u abide every selfish consid
eration mid to give their aid to the na
tion at fi's.-l? as those who go out to
offer the " i vt-'S on the battlefields. In
a stateui' iit addressed to the coal oper
ators ai : manufacturers he gave as
surar.ccis Liat just prices would bq
paid bv i Government and the pub
lic dtiri! the war, but warned that
no atten.pt to extort unusual profits
will be liberated.
1 "Voiir i itriotism." the President's
appear' 1, "is of the same self-denying
stuff ns the patriotism of the men
deadpan., maimed on the fields ol
FranC'i. r it- is ho patriotism at all
TJol iii -"vor speak, t.en, of profits
r i - .
Pe-mlssion To Acquire Stock.
Petri 'grad. Former .Emperor Nich
olas has appealed to the Provisional
Government to- allow him and th$
mrmbws of his family to acquire stock
in the "Joan of freedom." The former
Emperor announces that the amount
til thfiir investment in the loans de
pendp upon whether the Russian state
intends to support his family. He adds
that of his own property he possesses
now only 900,000 rubles, his .wife
1,000,000 rubles, his heir, Alexis, 1,500,
000 rubles; his daughter Olga, 3,000,
000 rubles, and his other daughters
between 1.000.000 and 2,000,000 rubles
F. C. HARPER RULER OF ELKS
Atlantic City Chosen as Next Meeting
Place Delegates Serve as
"Strikebreakers."
Boston, July 12. Fred C. Harper, a
lawyer of Lynchburg, Va., was elected
grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent
and Protective "Order of Elks, and At
lantic City was unanimously named as
the next convention city. Harper re
ceived 1,203 votes, against 305 for John
W. Stevenson of Fulton, N. Y.
Former Gov. David I Walsh, August
Herrmann, chairman of the national
baseball commission, and Elks from all
parts of the country served as volun
tary "strikebreakers" in leading hotels
of Boston, where dining-room service
had been virtually suspended by a
strike of waiters.
ADMITS KAISER LACKS MEN
Noted Military Writer Therefore Finds
Offensive Inadvisable at the Pres
ent Time.
Copenhagen, July 12. Major Mo
raht, military correspondent of the
Deutsches Tageszeltung, asks In a
press article whether the moment has
arrived for an' offensive by Germany
and concludes that for the present one
is Inadvisable.
All Germany, he says, longs to hear
the charging yell of the German armies
In a big drive, but It Is doubtful wheth
er the necessary numerical puperlority
can be concentrated against any par
ticular front to push an offensive
through to real success.
LICENSES FOR ALL CARGOES
New Shipping Regulations Will Go In
to Effect on July 15 Favors
U. S. Ships.
Washington, July 12. All cargoes
leaving the United States on and after
July 15, will have to be licensed. In
structions to that effect, were Issued
to the export council by Secretary of
Commerce Redfield. The licenses will
be granted in accordance with the pol
icy outlined by President Wilson. In
grunting licenses American ships will
be favored first, those of the allies)
second, while those of neutral count
frinh will coine third. . 1
KAISER DISCARDS
EIGHT MINISTERS
Action Is Taken in a Compromise
With the Centrist-Socialists
Reformers,
DELAY REICHSTAG MEETING
Full Sitting of Body Postponed Be
cause of Party Differences
Chancellor Refuses to Reveal
Secrets of Crown Council.
Amsterdam, July 12. The German
government was reported to have
agreed to retire five of the Prussian
state ministers in addition to Foreign
Secretary Zlmmermann, Vice Chan
cellor Helfferich and Colonial Secre
tary Solf, in a compromise with the
centrist-socialists reformers.
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg
declined to make known to the relch
stag main committee the proceedings
In the session of the crown council on
Monday regarding which there is much
speculation within and without Ger
many. The committee then decided
to adjourn. These events are describ
ed as follows in a semi-official state
ment Issued in Berlin:
"The main committee of the reich
stag met at nine o'clock this morning.
Friedrich Ebert (socialist leader) re
quested the chancellor, who was pres
ent, to give Information In regard to
what happened In the crown council
on the ground that knowledge of what
took place there was necessary for
further fruitful debate. The chancel
lor, confirming the fact that the crown
council had held a meeting, said he
was unable as yet. to make a state
ment in regard to the results of the
deliberations. Herr Ebert then moved
adjournment of the committee, which
was agreed to." -,
sf; : Reichstag Meeting Dejayed. ; I
"""UrTchr July 12. The full meeting
of the reichstag scheduled lor Wednes
day has been postponed "on account
word received here from Berlin. Im
perial Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg
was reported conferring with
leaders of all factions. One dispatch
carried the report that all the Prus
sian state ministers had resigned their
posts.
Universal Suffrage Plan.
Copenhagen, July 12. The socialist
organ Vorwaerts, copies of which have
Just been received here, devotes black
face type to positive reports In the
reichstag that the Prussian govern
ment decided to introduce a bill in
the diet for universal equal suffrage
this autumn without waiting for
peace.
Count von Bernstorff, former Ger-
man ambassador at Washington, Is
mentioned in the lobby of the reich
stag as a candidate to succeed For
eign Minister Zlmmermann in case of
; his retirement. The name of Dr. W.
i S. Solf, colonial secretary, is also men
tioned, i
The Vossische Zeitung announces
that the Prussian minister of-the In
terior, Von Lobell, had an audience
with the emperor Monday. Reports
given under reserve are that Herr von
Lobell recommended to the emperor
the quickest possible execution of in-'
ternnl reforms and suggested as a
preliminary to a parliamentary minis
try that all imperial secretaries of
stute and Prussian ministers submit
their resignations in order to give the
new chancellor a free hand In calling
members of the reichstag to the cabi
net. The Vossische Zeitung's reserve
seems justified In view of Herr von
Lobell's known standpoint.
( Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard, who was
Count von Bernstorffs emissary to
Emperor William In connection with
the Lusltania case and whose activi
ties In the United States were the sub
ject of much comment, has been pro
moted to be ministerial director of
the German colonial office.
Chancellor Replies to Attack.
The debate In the reichstag main
committee according to reports re
ceived here, was opened by Dr. Gus
tave Stresemnnn, national liberal, with
a sharp attack on Chancellor von Beth-mann-Hollweg's
policy, particularly
that of foreign affairs, which he char
acterized as being based on no definite
consistent program. The chancellor
retorted by saying he was forced to
look to all sides for support because
the reichstag offered him no stable
majority. Give him this and he would
be able"" to develop a consistent pro
gram, he said.
The Vossische Zeitung adds that the
chancellor expressed readiness and
willingness to carry through necessary
internal reforms.
Discover Submarine Base.
Rio Janeiro, July 12. According to
press reports in circulation here the
destroyer Matto Grosso has discovered
a German submarine base on the Bras
zlllan coast near Santos.
HSUAN TUNG
Hsuan Tung, the young Manchu em
peror of China, who was "restored" to
the throne by Gen. Chang Hsun, hat
abdicated again.
TO CUT EXEMPTIONS
Washington Government Will Ap
peal Every Case.
Personal Claims Because of Dependent
Wives or Employment Barred
by Draft Rules.
Washington, July 12. Hard and fast
lines are being drawn by the army au
thorities to cut down the number , of
exemptions under the draft and to per
mit no man to escape military service
until his right to exemption shall have
iben esttibljybd by Indisputable proof.
The burden of proof will be upon
the man who pleads exemption. In
every case in which exemption Is
granted by local boards the govern
ment will take an appeal, and the man
who, because of a dependent wife or
mother or because he Is needed in in
dustry, has been let off by the lower
board, will have to prove that he should
not be drafted anyway.
In these regulations, which have Just
been decided upon by the officials in
charge of the draft, the government
will reserve the well-established rule
of law which holds a man to be Inno
cent until his guilt is proved.
The personal equation will be ut
terly eliminated. None of the men
whose cases are to hang In the bal
ance will be permitted to appear be
fore these district boards. Only tha
cold and colorless words upon paper
will be there to speak for the man
to send him home to his family whose
dependence and support he claims to
be, or to dispatch him to the training
camps and then on to the trenches.
ONE OUNCE A' DAY LESS MEAT
That's What Food Administration
Asks Each United States Citi
zen to Eat.
Washington, July 12. To conserve
the nation's meat supply each person
in the United States Is asked by the
food administration to cut down by
at least one ounce the amount of meat
each day. Recent studies, It Is stated,
show the average daily per capita con
sumption Is nearly one-third of a
pound of beef and one-fifth of a pound
of pork.
Adoption of this suggestion would
relieve the demands of the armies, at
home and abroad, it Is believed, and
also leave a large supply for the na
tion's allies.
KAISER MAKES HARDEN CLERK
Critical Editor's Paper Suppressed to
End of the War Drafted Under
Civil Service Law.
Copenhagen, July 12. Die Zukunft,
Maximilian Harden's publication, has
now been suppressed for the remain
der of the war according to the Berlin
Tageblatt. Herr Harden has been
mobilized under the auxiliary civil
service law, and will be employed as
a military clerk. The government some
time ago had planned to take this ac
tion, but lacked the courage.
RAILROAD REVENUE IS LARGE
Net Excess Over Expenditures During
May Was More Than
$104,000,000.
Washington, July 12. A net excess
of revenues over expenditures of more
than $104,000,000 during May, 1917, on
178 out of the 18(5 railroads of the
United States, was shown by a report
of the interstate commerce commf