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Hundreds of Wheelin^ites Who Can't Shoulder a Musket At e Volunteering to W ield the Hoe? More Food for the Nation ?**?****?*?* n ?********#******#*####### ? ? ~"V / ? B The Weather * S THE INTELLIGENCER % J Largest Morning Paper * Circulation in West Virginia. * * T~~ * I ************************* Local Rains Tuesday; .Wednesday * Fair. * VOLUME LXY.. NO. 219 WHEELING, W. VA., TLKSDAV. M A "\ 8 , 1 9 .1 7 . PRICE ? TWO CENTS % - Twelve Thousand Railroaders in i Nine Regiments First to France j The Expeditionary Forces Will Be Volunteers, Raised at the Great Railroad Centres of the United States ? Most of the Officers to Be Railroaders. "WASHINGTON", May 7.? Nine now regiments of army engineers. !o bo composed exclusively of highly trained men, will he the first American troops to be sent to" France. They will go "at the earliest possible moment" the "war department announced today, ,for work ? m communication lines, hut speculation as to exactly when or to what points, they will be sent is forbidden because of the submarine' menace. The new forces will' be volunteers raised at the nine great rail way centers of the country. Kaeh regiment will be commanded by an engineer colonel of the regular army, aided by an adjutant. All other officers will be railway engineers or officials. The expedition will have a total strength of between I '1.000 and 12,000 men. each regiment being composed of two battalions <>i' three companies each. US. g US' / U. S, BEER AND WHISKEY TAXES 11 BE DOUBLE INHERITANCE TAX RATES INCREASED Many New Stamp Taxes, In cluding Even Movie Tickets for the Kiddies. WASHINGTON, D. C.P May 7.? In an. extended session to-day the House "ways and means commit tee wrote new and drastic liquor and inheritance taxes into the war revenue bill, but adjourned to night. still in disagreement o?er raanv sections and about 000.000 short of the $1,800,000,000 it has voted to raise. The lead ers hope to complete the measure to-morrow, and a proposed retro active income tax amendment which would yield $140,000,000 during the coming year, and other far-reaching proposals, are held in abeyance to be inserted at the eleventh hour, if necessary, to make up the desired total. Proposed taxes on whiskey were increased by the committee from $1.10 to $2.20 a gallon, and on beer from $1.50 to $2.75 a barrel.. The amount of exempt liquor in a dealer's possession at the time the law becomes effective was re duced from an unlimited quantity to 50 gallons. These changes, it is predicted, will result in almost $50,000,000 additional revenue. Inheritance tax rates were greatly increased over strong pro tests from Republican members. It was agreed tentatively to in crease ali such taxes one-third, beginning at the present exemp (Otmtlirned oa Pa?? Twelve.) [ Every branch of railroaders neces ? sary to the building or operating lines {-will bo represented in the ranks ?-.nJ Ithe war department expects a i." . sponse to the call that will permit a | careful selection to be exercised and insure a force already trained to the i minute, an armv of experts in railway operation. The depart nunt's state ment. follows "The war depar' ??i<,nt has sent out orders for '' .aising as rap idly as possibl nine additional regiments of engineers which are destined to proceed to France at the earliest possible moment for work on the lines of communica tion. It is requested of the press that no speculation or rumors re garding this force be carried other than that given out. All details regarding the force will be given out as fast as compatible with j the best public interests." ? It was explained that these engineer forces were not in any way connected with the army organization planned by the war department and already made known. They represent an ad dition to the total military prepared jness program upon which the country is now. engaged. In effect the regi ments will be additional technical units of the army which the adminis tration Mil authorizes the ptesident <o organize in whatever numbers and <?n whatever plans he deems best. The strength of an engineer regimes; is approximately 2.000 men, which would make a total of 18,0i>> men to be as sembled in the new force. As it i-i specified that the troops are for use in communication lines, presumably ? on railways, highways and telephone llines. it is assumed that the men will be drawn as far as possible from rail way employes and the forces of the [telegraph and telephone companies, j Recruiting for the regular and the I organization of each force will be di rectly 'under the colonel of each reg iment. Recruiting machinery of ir regular service or the National guard will be placed at their service and it s hoped the enrollment of the troops will take little time. The recruiting points will be New York, Chicago. Louis, Boston, Pittsburgh. Detroit, At lanta. San Francisco and Philado:* pbio. Officials believe the great brother hoods will co-operate, throwing the strength of the unions behind the re cruiting efforts. The railway corann nies already are so organized under the Council of National Defense that their co-operation is assured. The en gineers and officials of the line who < offer themselves will be selected in such manner so as not to <-ripple the operating forces of any company. The decision to send the engineers is understood to have grown out of conferences here between government officials and members of the French (Continued on P Seven.) Heavy Verdict Against | Supreme Moose Lodge: WASHINGTON. '.May 7.? By refits-1 ing to review Alabama court proceed ings the supreme court today put into, effect decrees awarding $is>>'.?fl dam ages against the supreme lodge of th> Loyal Order of Moose for the death of Donald A. Kenny during initiation a' the Birmingham. Ala., lodi;e. Kenny died after receiving an electric shock [from a "brandinc board." That this! feature was not a regular part of ;lie ! initiation, but impromptu "horse play" . of local lodge members, was contend-! 'ed unsuccessfully by the supreme lodge. WASHINGTON'. May 7. ? Spokes men of the railroads of the east be fore the interstate commerce commis sion today in the first of the hearings fhrongh -which all the railroads of the country hope to set an increase of li> per cent in freight rates, declared the necessity for the advance was imper ative to enable the railroads to m^t the *ar time demands of the nation and the increased cost of everything entering into th*? operation of* their systems. Even should the advance be granted they said it would fail by S75.O0O.OfKi to offset the increase in operating expenses / for the current year. The eastern line? completed their case today. Tomorrow the executives of those of the south will teli th<* com mission why they- think they should have more revenues. Shippers, many of whom agree that -ome increase is necessary, will he -,'iven a hearing by th?? commission on May 23. The proposed increase which b&s been tentatively authorized , by the commission will go into effect. ; oh July 1 unless the existinc tentative 'order Is changed. Specific increases ? are sought for coal, coke and ore in the east and south, which arc exempt led from the general raise. , I All the executives appearing today for rhe eastern roads placed special emphasis upon inadequate facilities a/nd insufficient capital. Howard Rt liott. ^peakine for the New Haven.' said the proposed increase would not meet the advance in the system's coal bill. Samuel Rra. president of the Pennsylvania, and others declared ; hp increase to be absolutely essential if the railroads in the great manufactur ing districts were to be in a position to handle existing traffic and be pre- ; pared for war service. THI WEATHER. WASHINGTON, May 7.? Forecast: Ohio ard Western Pennsylvania ? rair Tuesday 'and probably Wednesday, i Wert Virginia ? Uocal rains Tuesday; i Wednesday fair. ADMIRAL SIMS NEGOTIATING DETAILS OF AMERICAN NAVAL PARTICIPATION IN WAR 1 WASHINGTON. 1>. l\. .May 7.? Naval co-operation between ? Mo United States and the Allies against Germany is being negoti- I aied larcely in London, ii was learned to-day. instead oi More at. | Washington. as is the case with military and other subjects. Hear Admiral ? Sims, who was on hts j way to Kngland when war was declared, and who has just at- ? I tended the allied naval conference I at Paris, is charged to speak" for I th;> American government on the ? major questions of policy. j Apart from lite original an-, i tvjuncement that the l nit en j States will patrol American wa- J ters and thus relieve the allied j vessels on duty here, no state ment of naval policy is expected, j Whether American vessels will cross to the other side and nelp in an offensive campaign either In British waters or nearer the German bases probably will r>e come known only through an nouncement -of some decisive ac tion. if there is one. British and American ofllcials. divided into ei.uht sub-commit tees to discuss all the various I phases of American participation ! in the war. reached details to-day j in their effort to harmonize the ???inflicting opinions as to how I America's aid may be made effec tive against Germany. The sub coin init toes met 10 canvass the in dividual phases entrusted to them, and hopi'd to lie able to report within the week. Fore inn .Secretary Balfour was officially received by the supreme court during the morning, having been accompanied from his head quarters to the capiiol by Chief Justice White. In the afternoon Samuel (Join pers, president of the American Federation of Labor, with the British labor leaders, who have come. to this country, on his in vitation. called on Mr. Balfour. It was stated that discussion whs purely informal and did not center on question of policy. ? The presence of the British la bor loaders is gratifying to Amer ican officials, who arc anxious to learn how England solved the la bor problem both in relation to conscription and <is to freedom from strikes and other disturb ances. The system of so called closed shops, where labor and capital are under mutual obliga tion to the government has cre ated much interest, rs well as the system by which war work is given preference all along its line of* manufacture. I . Feminist Movement, Unknown Before War, Has Advanced by Leaps and Bounds as Daughters of Empire Have Assumed Place in Industry. (By CARL W. ACKEB.MAI7) ? "t?|?y ritclit. I'.' IT. IN- n?- ;i.*socrUi->r> Frau Gertrude IWurner. the lead* in c writer on women's activities In licrinany, stales in h?r hook. "Die Deutsche Fr?u in her Sovcialen Kriegs fursorge," I hat there are 0. 500,000 women in Germany working for a liv ing today. ! Refore the war and even after the beginning of the war. Herman women played no part in the life of the Ger man nation. In Germany it was a "man's world" and women were con sidered on(v us th^ necessary means of having families. But during th^ war this has changed to such a gr?at extent that people who never be lieved that woman suffrage would he an issue looked forward to the i i mo when women would vote as they do in Norway and Denmark and in many states in the 1'nited States. From the empress to the poorest woman in the country there is a feeling that the war cannot lie successfully conducted un less the women as well as the men help tlio Fatherland. And because ihe women have been asked to do so much the feelinc lias mown that when pea oe conies the women must have something to say in governmental av fairs- During the last two years tin activities of women have reached every branch of trade and many gov ernment department*. Last fall a woman was made an assistant in the newly organised Kriegsatnt. which was to have charge of the German civil service. On the kaiser's birth day this year, when the submarine war proposal was finally decided upon, two women, the empress and Frau von Hinrtenburg. were invited to Great Headquarters. It was the first, time militarism ever consulted a woman. Women Entered Red Cross, i At the very beginning of the war women became active in the Red 'Cross. And at every railroad station 'in Germany along the main routes to (the front women organized relief sta tions, where the soldiers obtained cof | fro am! sandwich ps while they were making; their long journeys from the oast to the wo st, and where the. wound jod received careful attention. In this .work the v\omen made their debut in {public affairs. Today, when one trav i el s in any direction from Berlin, one finds tho women at over y railroad still 'serving hot substitute coffee, fruit and jsotne sandwiches to iho travveling I soldiers. Often while traveling to the I front with troop trains 1 have watched j those women work and have noticed ; what a great comfort and aid thry .'were to the weary soldiers. I have) 'heard officers and soldiers remark! ?that i' would havve been Impossible] | for Germany to continue tho war were I it not for this assistance. Hut this was only tho beginning. ' Woman's success in tjiis field caused the iirmy to call for her help In other ! fields of usefulness. When food began ? to ?et scarce, so scarce that even the I army could tint be liberal to soldiers I while tliev wore travelling, these women j we re called upon id organize food de . pots And then when the poor people ?at home began lo have food difficulties | tin- government organized soup kitcli ! ens and middle class restaurants and placed the women in charge. In Berlin, i for Instance. Krau Kranke, the wife of a ; prominent physician, is in charge of the : soup kitchen In the ?'lty market hall. I where go.finn litres of stew are prepared i daily for the poor. In Cologne, where i this system of cooking and distributing ! food has been so successful, women do most of the work, and with the excep tion of Street Commissioner Schmidt, , the people who are directing the food de ! pots are women. Women Collecetd Metal. Last year, when the government de cideil to assemble all the copper and ' brass which the people had and use It J for war materials, women were placed j J itt charge of this work. When the gov- ? i eminent appealed to the people to turn j j in their gold to the T'elchsbank women j were placed In charge of the bureaus. ! | When the food card distribution became I ' .<ii extensive, up to last December, for instance, when lftO.fteo.i'OO bread cards j had been Issued It) Herlln along, women i were brought Into the offices, not only (Continued on F&ffe Pour.> I Special Train of the French Mission Derailed at Areola, Illinois; None ot the Party Injured ALL OF THE MEMBERS GET A SEVERE SHAKING Wrecking Train Replaces the Coaches on Track ? -The Schedule is Off. T.K li I i K 1 1 A I T i :.~M ay 7. ? The I special train bearing the French | mission was derailed near Areola,] HI., this evening. Four ?>f the; coaches left the rails hut did nol ! upset. No 011c was hurt, so far as! known. A wrecking train left i I liere at S:^0 for the scene. Thej train will be four to five hours'1 behind the scheduled time. AKrnLA, ill., .May 7. ? Mem-J hers of the Frenrh mission toj the 1'nited States were severely1 shaken up but otherwise unin-i jured, when the special train,! aboard which they were returnini;' east from their middle west tour! was derailed one and one half ; miles fmm here at 7 o'clock to-i nitrht. ssTEHrrrs to miet PA !:KKP.SH!'HG, May 7 - -Th? .?iur Iffs "f W.-si Virginia will nif<;t if-- t morrow. Th'\v will ijisfiiss poino In v.* 3 passi-rl liy th?\ stat?? l"Kisl:i fir?' at i's Inst A lHrifr> at t ? - 1 1 ? l >i-n ? of the ? county officials is cxjiectc'l. , t ACTUAL FACTS OF SUB REMEDY TO BE DIVULGED WASHINGTON. May 7.? First hand information as to progress adopted by the naval consulting board lowiird finding means to rornbai the German submarine will be given Secretary Daniels tomorrow when the board's sub committee dealing with this sub ject will come to Washington for conferences with navy depart ment officials. W. L. Saunders, chairman of the board, whose statements in New York Saturday indicated a belief that the problem was near ins solution, will accompany the subcommittee. Nv> navy official would admit tonight that he knew of any specific scheme evolved by the board, and Mr. Saunders' statements apparently were re garded as indicating only thai re sults- had been obtained which would justify experimental work on a large scale. fAMRHU'OK. Mass.. Miiy 7 ? Tho I larvarti intfrscliolastir track nii'i'i which was I" huv>- hei-n hold Saturday u"a s calb*d eff hv ill" Ihirv.ud Athl^iii: aKsnvlaiion todnj. 'July ihr<-?; ssehuvla had sent in entries. ITRIBUTE TO LINCOLN BY THE FRENCHMEN Joffre Lays Wreath at Tomb, and M. Viviani Speaks in Words of Eloquence. SPRINGFIELD, Ills., Mny 7.? Mar shal Joffre, hero of the Marne, paid .tribute to the memory of Lincoln at 'the emancipator's tomb here to-day, | and with the others of the French [commission, received an enthusiastic | welrome to the capital of Illinois. | Marshal Joffre .silently placed a j wreath upon the Lincoln sarcophagus. | With bowed heads and doffed caps the i French hero Rene Viviani. vice presi I dent, of the French council of minis j ters, and th^ military and civil officials i who accompanied them, filed into the tomb, paid honor to the War Presi dent and left ?without, a spoken word. I At the State Capitol, however, i where an official reception had bepn arranged for them by Governor Frank I O. Lowden and the legislature, both | Joffre and Viviani spoke. | Springfield was the only small Hty in which I he mission has made a lon e stop, and from the moment they I stepped from their official train until | they departed, an hour and a hall la tter, they were met with cheers and waving tri colors. Soldiers who lined 'the streets stood at attention and j were saluted hv Marshal Joffre. Lines of school children waved flags and cheered ent husiastically as the auto ! mobiles carrying the party passed (Continued on Png'o Twelve.) | GDMPERS SENDS PLEft TO RUSSIA AGAINST PEACE WITHOUT ALLIES ALL AMERICANS IN HEARTY SYMPATHY With the New Russia and Its Aspirations, Declares Labor Head. WASHINGTON, May 7.? A plea against a prematura peace for Russia rind renewed assurances that Ameri can wage earners and the, American people are in hearty sympathy with i lie Russian democratic movement are included in a long cablegram sent by President Samuel Goinpers of the American Federation of .Labor to the executive committee of the council of workmen's and soldiers' deputies .at Petrograd. . Speaking for organized lalxr in this country. Mr. Gompers also c. cresses complete confidence in the pu^osss and opinions of the American war mission soon to go to Russia. Al though he does not mention ep??itl callv the recent attacks on Elihu Root, who will head the mission, the labor leader denounces as criminal and pro-German any suggestion that the members will seek to interfere in Russia's international affairs or will give any advice except with the purpose of combatting the common enemy. Forcible annexations are con demned, but Mr. Gompers pleads that every people affected by the war should in the .end be freo to choose their allegiance. Punitive indemnities also are denounced and hope is ex pressed that leaders of the working classes of the central empires will <-ease plotting for am abortive peace and will bring a real peace by over throwing the autocracies of Hohen zollem and Hapsburg, The message, timed to aid in com batting the pro-German agitation ap parent during the last few days in Russia, was cabled yesterday. It was made public tonight and says in part: Gompera' Message. "The gravest crisis in the world war's history Ls now hanging in the balance, and the course wnich j Russia will pursue may hare a determining influence whether de mocracy or autocracy shall pre vail. That democracy and free dom will finally prevail there fcan be no doubt in the minds of men who know, hut the cost, the time lost and the sacrifices which would ensue from lack of united action may be appalling. It Is to avoid this that 1 address you. "Iji freo America, as Jr< free Rus sia, the agitators for a peace fa vorable to Prussian militarism have been allowed to express ' tbeir opinions so that the con scious and unconscious tools ot ihe Kaiser appear more influen tial than they really are. There are but few in America willing to allow Ivaiserism and its allies to continue their rule over those non-German peoples who wish to CContlned on P*sre Twelve.) Ttiomps?ReceSverstiip Now Declared Invalid PHILADELPHIA, May T.? The state supreme court today reversed the common pleas court of Fayette countv setting aside the receivership appointed bv the lower court in the case of Josiah V. Thompson, owner of coal lands in Pennsylvavnia valued at $70 000.000. Justice Potter in an opinion ruled that the lower court was without jurisdiction. The costs of the suit are placed with Fuller Hogsatt and David L. 'Durr, the plaintiffs in the original bill praying for the re ceivership. Thompson was president of the J First National bank of Uniontown, Pa., when it closed its doors in January. 1915. He is under indictment on the charge of wrecking the institution. His trial is set for next November. Thompson has large coal holdings! in West Virginia. GREEKS NOW JOIN THE J ALLIES IN ATTACK OW i BULGARS IN MACEDONIA Subscribed to Liberty Loan by : the Consolidation Coal Co., of W. Va. Bpfdal Dtapatch to thfi KntHlUmcer, BALTIMORE. Md., May 7.? The | Consolidation Coal company, through ! President. Jere H. Wheelwright, today | subscribed $1,000,000 to the liberty j loan Issue. Mr. Wheelwright followed I this by a personal subscription of ; $1J>0,000. The two together make the j largest subscription from one individ- ! ual or compa/ny in Baltimore. Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoo wired his hearty approval of the patriotic spirit displayed by the Consolidation company and Mr. Wheelwright. Mr. Wheelwright said: "The suc cess of the loan will have a tremen j dous effect on the enemy. This is no time for words, but far action. Every patriotic American should bestir him self." IV01F1 TO MOBILIZE AT CHILLICOTHE ANNOUNCEMENT GIVEN OUT FROM COLUMBUS; Conferees on the Army Bill | Unable to Agree on Measure. i ' ;i ! [ Special Dispatch to Intclligencer. ! COLUMBUS, O., Hay 7.? It was I | announced officially from the office I of tli* Ohio adjutant ffenoral to 1 ni#ht that Chillloothe has been se- | lectod as the point for mobilisation for til* Eighth division of the now United States arm of 537,000 mini j that will materialize soon after the | I army draft bill la agreed upon by | the two houses of congress and be- J comes a law. Chilllcothe la a city of 16,000 population In the Scioto valley, fifty miles aonht of Colum bus. The division will made up | ? exclusively of West Virginia and j Ohio troopr, with nearly 7,000 from the former and about 35,000 from ! the latter. I "I f j WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 7.? Conferees on the war army bill in a ! four-hour discussion to-day failed to ' reconcile the differences between the - bill as it passed the two bouses, andj< adjourned until to-morrow. A decided : j difference of opinion arose over the!( Senate amendment which would per- 1 j 'mit Colouel Roosevelt to take an ex- 1 ipeditionary force to France, and un- i | less it is smoothed out, the bill may!] jhave to go back to the two bouses ror further action. < { Other points of difference included \ i the prohibition amendment inserted ? | by the Senate and the age limits or j ? 'men subject to the selective draft., j I The Senate bill fixes the limits be- t jtween 21 and 27 and the House oe- < tween 21 and 40. 1 I Although there was talk to-night ( 'of a compromise by which the Senate 1 i would get tbe Roosevelt volunteer ( | amendment and the House age limits t | as fixed in the bill, it was said there < [was nothing tangible in to-day's con-,< jfe.renoes to make this appear more'i I than a possibility. h | All of the Senate conferees are con- 1( jvinced that, the House immune agejj is too high, and would be loath . to ( give in on this point, although they j are all anxious to support the action < of the Senate and retain the Roose velt amendment. i Representative Dent and several t I other House conferees were among i the leading proponents of the volun- i teer system as against the selective!!; draft when the bill passed the House, ie (and they have insisted in conference l that the House, having turned Qown.t ?the volunteer provision, they cannot j< now support it in conference by ac-, Icepting the Roosevelt amendment. ;< The Senate conferees were opposed h | to the volunteer provision, but the r I Senate itself, by a large vote, inserted |t [the Roosevelt amendment. * 1 Discussion is expected to continue If for several days at least before thej< conferees despair of an agreement anu : i ake the bill back for further instruc-jj Itions. It ADHERENTS OF FORMER PREMIER VENIZELOS . British Enter Bullecourt, and Are Driving Out the ^ Germans. Greek Iroops, followers of for- ?/ mpr Premier Venizeios, in con junction with the French forces, have occupied Bulgarian positions on a front of more than three , ;.*? miles m the Serbian theatre and ? ' repulsed * Bulgarian counter at tacks delivered in an endeavor to annul the advantage. This an nouncement, which was made by the Paris war office, is interest ing, inasmuch as it shows for the first time that the followers of Venizeios actually arc under arms with entente forces fighting in Macedonia. 1 The British and Germans throughout Monday were still en gaged in violent fighting for pos- ? v ~ session of the town of Bullecourt, ? " midway between Arras aaid Cam brai, and also in this immediate region at Roeux and between Fontaine and Reincourt.. The British forces now are on the northern, western and east ern outskirts of Bullecourt, leav- ;;j ing only the southern part of it V'S available for a retreat of the Ger- M.,r mans still inside. Unofficial r&- 1 ports have asserted that the Brit- i ish entered well into the town and that hand->to-hand fighting was go ing on. North of this sector the Germans report that heavy Brit ish attacks at Raeuy and between . Fontaine and Reincourt were re pulsed during the day with san- : gulnary losses, while still farther north in the region of Lens the . British official communication re cords the repulse of a third Ger-- ? .y man counter attack on the. newly acquired "British positions south ?? of the Souchez river. The Brit ish rifle and machine gun fire en tirely wiped out the German forces, which attacked in w^ves. while the supporting contingents were taken under the direct ar- ' tillery fire and barrage and forced - ... to give up the effort. Monday saw no continuation of-, the heavy infantry fighting of Sunday night, northeast of Sois sons, in the region of Moulin de LafTaux and- along the Chemin des-Dames, although the artillery continued roaring a mighty duel. WASHINGTON, D. C... May 7.? Unqualified authority for proclamation >/" jf export embargoes' by the President ivas resiored to the administration,... espionage bill by the Senate to-day, iifter Democratic Leader Martin baa explained behind closed doors that '? President Wilson feared he would be ' unable to accomplish the ends desired jnder the section as it had been modi-. 3ed. The provision as it now stands would empower the President during '?? -he war when "the public safety snail" :< so require," to proclaim it unlawful to ;xport articles to "any country -? lamed." Last week the Senate voted ! :o authorize embargoes only against countries through which goods were 'ound to be reaching the enemy. To lay's action was preceded by. a five- . ) lour debate, in executive sesston, . ; luring which, for the first time since j iae United States went to war wltb Germany there was vigorous and long :ontinued critislsm of President .Wil son. Republicans led the attacks, vhich were not directed at the Presl lent's conduct of the war, but at nis v ailure to consult with members of' ' I Congress about the legislation pro- , i josed to enable him to successfully ^ :arry it on. ' The "Open Door." Senator Martin stated that when he doors were closed the President >4 vould be embarrassed by the amend- 'f'j% lient put in last week, and that th? i:S] Senate .should now reverse itself. He "fy. (aid the government has reason to be ieve that American exports were get- '??; ,.-j ing to Germany through Holland and 1 Switzerland. In the open Senate, after the new ?mbargo section had been adopted ... vithout a dissenting vote, Senator rownsend. Republican, declared he tnderstood the purpose of the legls ation was to coerce neutral nations in ho war on the side of the United : States. If this were true, he said, his nation has abandoned "the high "v deals we have set as a reason for en ering this war." ?' K CHARLESTON. W. Va? May 7.? | The state council of defense at its second mooting, with former Gov ernor A. B White of Parkorsburg as permanent president,' is holding a two days' mooting here, engaged in formulating plans for placing West Virgina. her men and her resources at tho disposal of the federal govern ment in the war emergency with Ger many. Matters of noeded legislation along that lino will be presented at> the special session of the legislature) bv a legislative committee selected by! tho council today for that purpose and j consisting of former Governors G. W*. j Atkinson and William E. Glasscock. | Commissioner of Agriculture James I '?*. Stewart. President William Koeer? of the State Federation of Labor, and! Dean Lop Coulter of the West Vir-j gin la university. Th" feature of tho day's session was tho lengthy report made by Governor Cornwell of the proceedings of the National Council of Defense which he recently attended at Washington. The Governor's Address, j Cciill'-mcii: ? Tlic im*eeiitii; ot' '.lover-' nors and representatives of the various T )> states called by the Council of National 'Z Defense In Washington, last week, which "?$ you requested me to attend, appears to . have been for several purposes. I should say that the first and most' important purpose was to bring th? several states into closer contact and . relations with the federal government In the conduct and management of the < great war enterprise upon which thla ' government of ours has reluctantly em* barked. Second, to Impress upon the represen- i tatives and executives of the states the magnitude of the undertaking, the seri ousnesH and thp gravity of it. in order ' " that they may. in turn, impress those V facts upon the people whom they direct- ' ly represented at the cont'orencc. Third, to give :is romplcte information as could be done In the short time we were there and as was deemed advisable and compatible with public Interest as \ '?* to the steps the federal government has taken and is now taking for the success ful prosecution of the war. Fourth, to secure closer and more com plete co-operation between the several states and the federal government and to : ^ point out to the governors and the J (Continued oa e Nine.) r ? M,