Warren sheaf., 1917-10-03

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167 persons We're named.
Washington
Important orders affecting coal
prices We're issued at Washington BY
Fuel Administrator Harry A. Garfield.
By their terms the following become
effective; maximum retail prices Of
anthracite and bituminous coal, based
on dealers average gross margin Of
profit In 1915 plus 80 per cent added
to the present cost. to dealers, as fixed
by the government; reduction Of 60
cents or Is per cent IN prices at the
mines Of Pennsylvania anthracite pea
coal.
The Joint conferees at Washington
on the war revenue bill completed
their draft. AS revised by the con-
ferees the measure has been raised
from the levy fixed by the senate Of
$2,416, ,67O, 600 to an aggregate of ap-5
proximately $780, 1000, 900. Chairman
Simmons Of the senate finance COM
mittee estimated that the increase.
made ysthe conferees would approach
$275, 100000.
The house at Washington adjourned
without acting on the rules committee
decision not to propose any resolution
looking to Investigating charges that
German money has been used to infu-.
ence members Of congress. The row,
over Hefin's charges eliminated In a
fight between Heflin and Representa-
tive Norton, his chief critic. Friends
separated them.
Representative Thomas Heflin Of
Alabama broke the Bernstorff $50, 600
slush fund scandal wide open in the
house at Washington. He named Ave
legislators and demanded information
of what connection they had. if any.
with prot German activities. Goaded
to expose the men he accused, he
named these: Senator La Toilette,
Representatives Fred A. Britten, p.
MaEon- P. D. Norton and John NJ.
Baer
Within little more than a year the
United States will have an ocean-goir;
merchant fleet of more than 1900
ships, aggregating 100000 tons, the
shipping board at Washington az !
nounced in a statement giving details
Of the governments shtpbuilding pre-
gram.
A charter rate Of s5.75 ton month
has been decided upon by the shipping
board at Washington as base the gov
ernment will pay for requis uisitioned
ocean going merchant vessels. Within
a short time the board will take over
for government use every American
vessel available for overseas service.
European Var Netus
Peruvian troops took possession Of
eight German ships in Calico bay, fol.
lowing receipt of information by the
government that the vessels were pre-
pairing to escape. 3s
German atrmen made their third at
tempt in three days to raid London and
lost three Of the four airplanes that
were able to reach the metropolitan dis
trict Eleven persons were killed, and
SO wounded by bombs on Saturday.
British shipping losses since the be-
ginning Of the unrestricted submarine
campaign last February now approxi-
mate the total losses before that period,
according to statement auth horized by
the British controller Of shipping.
The report to London from Field
Marshal Haig refers only briefly to
the operations In Flanders. Seven
powerful, hostile counter-attacks it
i says, were repulsed with heavy losses.
Italian troops have completed their
occupation Of the entire Bainsizza pla-
teau, which is now. firmly in Italian
hands, according to official dispatches
received at Washington from Rome.
Passengers arriving at an Atlantic
port on a steamship from a British
port told Of the sinking Of two German
submarines, one Of which had attacked
Ia transport conveyed By British de-
stroyers. sss=.