Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-10-12
Washington.


try were ordered by the fuel admin
. istration TO register with the fedora
trade commission by October %, sta
- ing the financial interests of all stock
i, holders and partners OF iobbing cor
:, Germs in mines.
"a Uruguay has severed diplomatic re
!. lations with Germany A presiden
tial decree announced the rupture fol
n lowing vote in favor Of II by tn,
, chamber Of deputies, Z to % Tn,
q German r4Inister has been sent hi'
I passports The vote in the chamber
. was taken at two o'clock in the morn
A ing
h The Peruvian government which
). handed passports TO the German min
ister has ordered the Peruvian minis
J ter TO Germany A. Ven Der Aeyde, "a
r leave Berlin
. II is announced in Washington that
. the Peruvian government has ordered
the withdrawal of all the Peruvian
consuls in Germany
Decisive ascendancy Tor the allies
in the supreme test of battle strength
now taking place on the bloody fields
of Flanders is claimed by Secretary
OF War Baker in the weekly review
OF war operations issued by the war
department
II may be premature 10 assert that
the British war machine has forced
a decision over the Germans but Sec.
rotary Of War Baker says the yicto-
ries OF the past fortnight threatening
the German submarine bases on the
Belgian coast. show he ascendancy
Of the allies in the ultimate.
Confirmation Of press reports Of the
appalling damage and extreme suffer
ing from the disastrous floods in North
China has been received in messages
to the American board of commission.
ers for foreign missions made public
in Boston.
Two German commerce raiders,
manned by the crew of the famous
Seeadler, which, It now develops
stranded on Mopeha Island, in the
south Pacific. after roaming the seas
for seven months preying upon Amer
imam and allied shipping. are operat.
ing somewhere in the south seas, ac
cording to a report received at the
navy department from the commander
OF the naval station at Tuula. Samoan
Islands.
The soldiers and sailors civil rights
bill has been unanimously passed by
the house It probably will not be
taken up in the senate until the De
cember session
1t is learned that the Peruvian gov.
eminent has discovered that A. Won
Der Heyde, the Peruvian minister to
Germany disobeyed the instructions
sent him September 90 to present to
the German foreign office an ultima
tum demanding. under the threat OF
breaking diplomatic relations, that sat
isfaction be given within eight days
Of the sinking OF the Peruvian bark
OF Lorton.
Testimony that Bolo Pasha, now un-
der arrest in Paris, as spy and peace
propaganda on behalf of Germany,
came to America early in 1916 with
representations that Germany was
ready for separate peace with
France, was given before Merton +.
Lewis, attorney general Of New York
state, in the investigation in New York
City into the Levantine's financial &C.
tivities in this country.
The war tax bill became law with
President Wilson's signature. No for.
malities attended the signing of the
mecsur which levies for this year
more than two and half billion dol
lars new taxes to provide war reve-
nue..
The new war tax law.touches every.
in the country, through taxes on
incomes. excess profits, liquor and to-
bacco, soft drinks and many other
things.
Revival of the grade Of full general
is planned by the war department to
provide suitable rank for Major Gen
eral John ], Pershing, commanding
the American force in France.
Only four American officers have
borne the title of general-Washing-
ton, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan; in
fact very few have been lieutenant
generals.
The Supreme court has been asked
to pass on the constitutionality Of the
selective draft law at the earliest date
possible in motion presented by So
licitor General Davis.
Interests of the nations ten million
negroes are to be represented at the
war department by Emmett J. Scott,
for Is years confidential secretary Of
the late Booker T. Washington. Sec
rotary Baker announces his appoint
ment as special assistant.
With the $4,000 maximum insur-
ance plan restored, as urged by the
administration, and with an addition
al provision raising Maj. Gen. J. J.
Pershing and Major General Bliss, the
chief Of STAFF, to the rank Of general,
the soldiers and sailors insurance
bill was passed by the senate by
vote Of II to 0.
Herbert S. Phillips Of Jacksonville
has been nominated by the president
to be United States district attorney
for the southern district of Florida.
The president dominates James B.
Perkins OF Pensacola to be United
States marshal for the northern dis
trict of Florida.
Washington hears that Germany
will make declaration anent her at.