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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
3 Neutral Kings
May Reject u. S.
Export Terms
Norway, Sweden and Den
mark Fear Being Forced
Into War, ENJOYS Believe

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The War
Boards terms on which exports of food
would be permitted to go to the Scan
dinavian countries are said by diplo-
mats here cognizsnt of their nature to
be so strict that they expect those ma
tions to refuse them.
Norway, Sweden and Denmark are
said to feel that TO curtail exports to
Germany TO the point asked BY the
board would force them into the war.
The boards terms have been cabled
abroad, but no answer had been re-
ceived to-day.
The announcement that the three
kings Of Scandinavia had agreed in con-
ference to mutual aid during the war
was taken as forecasting a rejection
of the terms laid down by the War
Board.
Sweden was first asked to shut off en-
tirely the shipment of iron ore to Ger
many. When she explained her situa-
tion the demand was modified. but
only to a degree which Sweden felt
would mean violation Of her treaty and
contract. That Sweden declined to do,
fearing Germany would make it cause
for war. 1t was said mere to-day that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Germans Lose Heavily
In Violent Assaults
On British Lines

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Dec. 1.-The Hindenbury
troops yesterday made their first pre-
tentious attempts to oust the British
from the territory won by General
Byng last week. They have thus far
failed to accomplish their object, al
though they captured a considerable
stretch OF territory in the Gonnelieu
region, just south Of the scene Of tho
recent British offensive.
Two great attacks were delivered
yesterday morning. One extended
from Moeuvres to Bourbon Wood, the
other was along approximately
10000 yard front between Vendhuille.
on the south, and Crevecoeur. OF the
north. Both assaults were made in
very strong force and the infantry
was supported BY fire from newly con.
centrated German guns.
In the northern attack the Germans
succeeded in pushing down between
Noeuvres and Bourbon Wood for
considerable distance. but were hurled
back by q couater attack after partiep-
larly sanguinary fighting The line IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Cabarets Must Pay
Tax on All Receipts
Twenty Per Cent Of Bills To
Be Assessed for War
Purposes

WASHINGTON, Dec. !. - Twenty
per cent Of the charges for food.
drinks, table reservation or other ser
vice in a cabaret will be regarded as
an admission charge on which the war
tax Of Cent for each 10. cents ad-
mission is based under the war tax
act.
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Roper ruled to-day that if ones bill
in a csbsret is s5, 20 per cent. or 81,
is 10 be considered admission. and the
war tax would be lG cents.
This applies TO cabarets making no
formal charge for admission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02

the scandinavian countries felt that II
was better for them TO give to each
other what relief they can, rather thah
run the risk of being drawn into the
war.
The proposition made TO Holland
has not been accepted BY that coun-
try, but it was intimated to day that
it might be. By it Holland guarantees
that nothing received from America
shaIl 90 into Germany, either in kind
or as A substitute, but Holland will
continue to let the Germans have a pro-
bortion of her products. In return she
will devote to the interests of the Al.
lies all her spare tonnage, some OF
which is in this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Byng Restores Line
North of Cambria:
4.OOOBritish Taken
Pan-Germanist Party
Fights General Truce

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 1.--Advices re-
ceived here from Berlin say that the
new Fatherland party has presented
a memorial TO the Reiehstag contain
ing a warning against a general
truce which, the memorial declared,
would work to the advantage Of Eng
lard.
The memorial also requested the
Reichstag TO declare that its resolu-
tion of July 19. advocating peace, is
no longer consistent with the present
situation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Russian Ambassador to
France Is Dismissed for
Attending Allied Council

PETRoGRAD, Nov. 30.-M. Maklakoff.
the Russian Ambass ssdor 70 France, has
heen declared dismissed from his pos,
by Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevih Com
missary for Foreign Affairs. This ac-
ton was taken because of the ambassa-
doris participation in the lnter-Allied
Conference, which is considered stare
offence, entailing heavy penalty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Producers Ready to Fight

II was evident, he said, that the pro-
ducers were ready to fight the wage
increases if forced to pay the entire
amount themrelves.
The situation in the anthracite in
dustry and the factors influencing his
decision that prices should be in
creased we're set forth by DR.. Garfield
in letter 70 the President recommend
ing that the increase be. put at 35
cents ton. The letter, made public
tonight at the White House, along
with the Presidents order, said:
an response to my request, the
operators ass sociation furnished state
ments showing in detail the tonnage
and actual labor costs since the last
wage increase, May, 1917, and the addi-
tiopal cost per ton if the increase OF
November II is added. These figures
were based upon an examination of
over 6S,000,000 tons, or IS per cent of
the total tonnage estimated for 1917.
"lf the proposed wage increase be-
comes effective the increased cost
placed upon the operators will range
from 26 cents per ton to Sc cents per
ton. A small high cost tonnage shows
additional cost Ger ton as high as 20
cents. The weighted average Of the
above mentioned tonnage. accurately
figured. is 372 cents per ton. The
increased cost to operators producing
about 4i,00o,o00 tons. or substantially
one half Of this years tonnage, will be S6
cents and Upward per ton"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Don Cossacks Surround
Rostou, Where BolsheUik
Council Is in Session

COPENHAGEN, Dec. l. A dispatch
from Haparanda. sweden, TO the "Ber-
lingske Tidende" here. says that Gen.
eral Kaledines. hetman of the Don Cos
sacks, has surrounded Rostov-on-Don
with his troops.
Sections Of the Bolsheviki Council
are still staying in that city. General
Kaledines has ten Cossack regiments
OF cavalry, 10000 Cossack infantry
men, nine batteries Of field cannon and
twenty machine guns.
[Other neios Of the Russian situa-
ton on Page 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
To AboIiyh Parole Board

Another bill to be introduced in the
opening days of the Legislature is one
abolishing the Parole Board and vest
ing its powers with the city magis-
trates and the judges of the Court of
Special Sessions.
But what is of greatest concern to
local Democratic leaders is the mu-
nicipal ownership enabling act. As
soon as the measures are placed on
the statute books a committee will be
appointed by Judge Hylan to investi-
gate and report on the actual money
invested in the various street rail
ways and the gas and electric lighting
companies, it is understood, so that
a fair valuation may be placed upon
them. In fact, there are unofficial in.
vestigators now doing this work, and
their figures are expected TO be an
nounced within the next fortnight.
1t was said yesterday that it would
take considerable investigation Of the
city's financial condition to determine
il an act would also have TO be passed
by the Legislature extending the city's
debt limit in order to take over the
public utilities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Measure Will Be Ready for
Opening of Legis-
lature
Consolidated Gas Co.
First on Schedule
Purchase of Traction Com
panies Aimed at by
Democrats

One of the first bills to be intro
duced when the Legislature convenes at
Albany this winter will be an enabling
act to pave the way for the purchase
by New York City Of all public utiIi-
ties excepting telephones, in an effort
70 carry out the prediction pledges OF
the Democratic party.
The bill. with several others, has
occupied the attention of Mayor-elect
Hylan, Senator Robert +. Wagner,
Democratic leader OF the Senate;
Sheriff Cal" Smith, who was floor
leader OF the Assembly. and other Dem
.ccratic leaders during the last three
weeks.
At these conferences It was decided
that the first public utility which it
would be sought to take over would be
the Consolidated Gas Company, which
supplies light and heat to all gas users
in Manhattan and The Bronx.
The programme hastily mapped out
by the Tammany leaders would also in
clude assimilation by the city of the
other gas companies of the city, be-
ginning with the Brooklyn Union Gas
Company, and after them the electric
lighting plants, and lastly to give their
attention TO the transportation facili-
ties.
To Dispose of Court House Site
Another enabling act to be intro
duced, and Tsmmany processes to have
no fear that the measure will not
go through, is one permitting the city
to dispose of the court house site on
Centre Street as it sees fit.
There are two plans under consider
alton for the use Of the property. One
Is 10 sell it; the other, which has the
Endorsement of Mayor-elect Hylan,
Senator Wagner and Sheriff Smith, is
to build tenement houses on 1t. Thefe
tenement houses--in reality apartment
houses with ali modern equipment in
cluding baths and elevators-will be
rented, it is proposed. at prices just
largo enough to make the properties
self sustaining -
The site cost the city 100000, and
after the original idea of building a
courthouse on it was practically aban-
doned George A. McAneny, then Bor-
ough President, proposed that the
property. which embraces several city
blocks just north of the Brooklyn
Bridge plaza, be utilized for a civic
centre. This idea, too, was abandoned,
and since then it has been sort Of a
white elephant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Wilson Raises
HardCoalPrice
ToAid Miners
Grants 35 Cents More at
Mines to Meet Wage
Increase

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA general
increase of 35 cents ton was added TO
the price Of anthracite coal at the
mines to-day by President Wilson, TO
meet a proposed wage increase for an
thracite miners. The new prices are
effective beginning to-day, and will add
more than sSO,oOO,OOo to the public's
annuE coal bill.
The wage increase was agreed on by
operators and miners representatives
here two weeks ago. contingent on
higher coal prices to absorb the raise.
When their negotiations were ended
the operators and miners turned over
to the fuel administration their agree
ment and estimates Of what il would
add 70 the cost of production. They
asked that prices be raised at least
IS cents a ton.
Fuel Administrator Garfield said to-
night that he gave the problem the
most careful consideration, hesitating
TO decide whether it would be worse
TO add to the burden of those who buy
coal or permit workmen to leave the
mines for higher pay elsewhere, thus
reducing the coal output.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
W E A T Fl E r

Fair and much colder to-day and
tomorrow. Fresh northwest
winds, diminishing.
Full Report on Page n
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
ARGENTINA HALTS
VOTE ON WAR
Kaiser DisavoWs Luxburg Just
as Lawmakers We're Ready
to Act.
SATISFIED WITH NEW NOTE7
Teuton Intrigue Suspected to Be Back
Of General Strike Of Railroad
Workers-Martia Law May
Be Declared.

Buenos Aires, Sept. 24.-Just as the
Argentina chamber OF deputies was
preparing to vote on breaking dlplo-
matte relations with Germany, an off,
cial communication was received from
the Berlin foreign Office.
The German note which Is said to
give satisfaction to Argentina, disap-
proves of the ideas expressed by Count
Won Luxburg, the German minister
here, regarding Germany's Cruiser
warfare" The word "cruiser" leaves
some doubt whether Germany intends
to modify her submarine campaign.
Vote on Break Delayed
A declaration of war on Germany
has been postponed, although the ma
jority In the house is bent upon a rup-
ture of relations and proposes to vote
for 1t late today.
A general strike of 100000 railroad
workers went into effect yesterday.
Calls Answer Satisfactory. g
Foreign Minister Pueyrredon later
gave out two notes that he had re-
ceived from Dr. Lois B. Molina, the Ar
gintine minister at Berlin. The first
reads:
II confirm my telegram of Septem-
Der 21, and am transmitting the exact
text of the note from the German gov
ernment in reply to your communica-
ton. AS you will see, the satisfaction
cannot be more ample or definite.
This note was delivered personally
to me by the imperial chancellor, who
has just returned from Munich and
who repeated the sentiments Of the
note in a most expressive and definite
manner. There Is no doubt, therefore,
that the German empire condemns the
conduct Of Luxburg whose opinions
were purely personal, and 1t disap-
proves it absolutely. You may be sure
the German government will faithfully
keep its promises"
Luxburg Not Rewarded.
TIE second message received from
the Argentine minister says:
II have to inform you of the untruth
of the report sent out by the enemies
Of Germany that the kaiser has sent
Luxburg a message approving his con-
duct, and has offered another diplo-
matte post to him. The government
has denied the report by wireless"
Deputies Veyga and Arce opposed
each other In q duel with swords to-
day as result of words passed In Sat-
urday's debate IN the chamber on the
German situation. Veyga, whose re-
mark caused the challenge, was wound
ed in the arm. Deputy Arce considers
that his honor has been satisfied.
German Intrigue Back of Strike.
1t is reported German intrigue Is be-
hind the strike. The rumor is given
credence owing to the abundance Of
money among the strikers.
It Is probable martial law will be
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
FRIENDSHIPS BRED BY WAR
Man's Inherent Instinct for comrade.
ship Renewed In tho Stress Of
tho Great Conflict.

One OF the most affecting and inspir~
Ing side issues Of the war Is the re-
Vval Of mans inherent instinct for
comradeship and all that that implies
In Its more fundamental aspects. We
make friends even under our luxurious
civilization. But what is that compared
to the sense of comradeship developed
under the fire Of great guns, gas
bombs and all the destructive engines
Of warfare? Once more the ancient
legends Of sacrifice of friend for friend
are made real among men in whom the
primitive virtues were stified not so
long ago by the materialistic impulses
Of an unheroic period. In a very mild
way this Is illustrated by this semfhu-
morous extract from q letter to the
Vigilantes, apropos of Miss Lynch's trip
to the French front:
"Our chauffeur, gray-haired and
heavily built, had been mobilized for
this employment. At the hottest point
Of very hot road, with the sun in the
zenith, the dust choking remonstrances,
OF course the tire burst He put him.
self to work, the perspiration, accord
ing to scriptural Injunction literally
pouring In rivers from his face and
head. The sigh with which he accom-
plished his work was more expressive
than any Anglo-Saxon sigh I ever lis
tened to. A half mile or so further
along we came up with car that had
proudly passed US, also with a pune
tured tire. Hopping from his seat our
chauffeur put on the second tire and
when he came back to us explained
that he did it because his companion
chauffeur had little touch Of heart
trouble. If he were hot and tired be-
fore, imagine his plight after this Sec
ond effort, but not word Of complaint,
Just the smile Of 'camaraderie' and we
who had been inclined to grumble bit
at this felt suddenly ashamed and re-
lapsed into an admiring silence."-
From the Vigilantes.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
LATEST of Poets.

The LATEST Of British poets and
possibly the LATEST Of men, was
James Thomson, who won place In
English literature by his two works,
"The Seasons" and 1.-THE Castle of In
dolence." He is spoken of as an Eng
lish poet because his work was done
In England, but he was Scotch by
extraction and by place of birth. He
was born at Ednam, in Roxburgh-
shire, Scotland, in the year 170O-nine
years before the birth Of Samuel
Johnson. At the age of twenty-five
he went to London to make his way
in literature. He was tutor, writer
for the press, dramatist and poet, but
he is remembered today by reason Of
the two poems already mentioned. He
died at the age Of forty-eight. 1t is
related Of Thomson that he seldom got
out Of bed until noon and often not
then. Most of "The Seasons" and
nearly all Of 1.-THE Castle of Incidence"
were written in bed. Thomson excelled
more in descriptions than In episode
or reflection.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
FRUGAL to the Last.

Not long ago certain publication
had an idea. Its editor made up a list
Of thirty men and women distinguished
IN art, religion, literature, commerce,
politics and other lines, and to each
he sent letter or a telegram contain
Ing this question: IF you had but
forty-eight hours more to live, how
would you spend them?" his purpose
being to embody the replies in a SYM
postum in a subsequent issue Of his
periodical.
Among those who received copies
Of the inquiry was a New York writer.
BE thought the proposition over for
a spell and then sent back this truth
ful answer by wire, collect:
Zone at time. Saturday Eve
ming Post.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
NEW APPEAL FROM THE POPE
Teuton Replies to Peace Note Fall to
SWerve ALLIES.

Washington, Sept. 24.-There will be
no further discussion Of peace at this
time by the United States and the
entente allies unless 1t is forced by
a fresh appeal from Pope Benedict.
This was clearly indicated both at
the state department and by allied
diplomats after pub 'ication Of the ~un-
official texts Of the replies Of Germany
and Austria to the papal appeal.
There was nothing unexpected in
either response, although the Austrian
note aroused some interest because Of
its apparent sincerity. Officials believe
that heartened by the replies of the
central powers, the pope will make a
fresh attempt to bring the belligerents
together at the peace table. Notwith-
standing the apparent sincerity of Aus
trials reply, some diplomats held the
opinion that Germany was responsible
to large measure for It's character.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
PROTECTION OF UNCLE SAM
WAS SHAMEFULLY ABUSED
BIG SHIP STRIKE ENDS
Workers at San Francisco Yards
to Return to Work.
Temporary Wage Schedule Signed A.
ter Personal Appeal Is Made by
President Wilson.

San Francisco, Sept. PA tempo
rary wage schedule which will permit
10000 ironworkers, who struck here
last Monday, to return to work imme-
diately upon ratification Of the agree
ment by the unions concerned, pending
final adjudication Of their differences
by the federal board Of conciliation,
was signed here at a conference be-
tween Representatives, of the men
their employers and federal mediators.
Gavin McNab, a San Francisco attor-
ney, appointed Friday by President
Wilson as special representative Of
the federal shipping board to adjust
the trouble here, said that a telegram
received from the president, appealing
to "the patriotic cooperation of the
workmen and their leaders," was in
strumental in effecting the settlement.
The walkeut has tied up govern
mental shipbuilding contracts in the
San Francisco bay region estimated at
$150,OOOOOO.
1t was understood that in the tenn
pOrary settlement both sides made ma
terial concessions.
The telegram, after expressing hope
that the question of a temporary
wage at which the men would agree
to return to work would be cleared
up today, continued:
This Is most gratifying, as it as
sures a prompt and satisfactory set.
tlement. Mr.. Hurley has also Informed
me that he has asked the wage ad.
justment board to make findings In
the Seattle and Portland situations as
well, and with equal promptness.
II need not say that this happy
solution of the labor trouble ON the
Pacific coast would be most crafty.
ing, as it is a further evidence of the
patriotism OF labor. In view Of it ]
would ask that no cessation of work
occur at Portland or Seattle. The
wage board begins funct1oning at once
and will announce Its findings with
expedition. I count confidently upon
the patriotism cooperation Of the
wOrkmen and their leaders. The men
can count upon just and prompt &C.
tion."
Washington, Sept 24.-Personal tele.
grams were sent by President Wilson
to labor leaders In San Francisco, Sc
attle and Portland, urging them to &C.
cept temporary settlement Of wage
disputes in order that nothing may
stand In the way Of the governments
great shipbuilding program, vital fac
tor In successful prosecution of the
war.
He acted at the suggestion Of Chair
man Hurley Of the shipping board,
with whom he conferred at the White
House.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
DRAFT MEN FROM 81 TO As
Governor Of North Carolina Issues
Proclamation.

Raleigh, N. c., Sept. 24.-Governor
Beckett by proclamation ordered the
drafting into the military service of
the state 5000 citizens between the
ages of thirty-one and forty-f1ve, to
serve the state in the absence Of all
Of North Carolinas National Guard in
federal service. The men will be Sc
lected by machinery now being ar
ranged, the plar. being to provide a
reserve force for every county. AT
tacks upon local jails and a demon
stration Friday before the state prison
are said to have fastened the COVER
nor's decision to apply the draft.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
WOMAN'S BODY IS EXHUMED
Remains Of Mrs. r. w. Bingham Un-
tonbed at Wilmington, N. C.

Louisville, KY, seIt.e24.-The body
Of Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham, for
merly Mrs. Henry M. Flagler, was Sc
cretIy exhumed at Wilmington, N c.,
shortly after midnight last Tuesday at
the instance Of Mrs. Bingham's rela-
tives, an autopsy performed in the
presence of a detective of national
reputation and several physicians,
some Of the vital organs removed and
sent to New York and the body pre-
sumably reinterred, according to a
statement given out here by attorneys
for Judge Bingham.
All Of this was done surreptitiously,
the statement declares, the secret
closely guarded until the object was
accomplished, and adds, "it belongs to
the public to form it's own opinion
of this CHASTITY drama"
'When, If ever" the statement con-
cludes, whispered suspicion shall be-
come an audible charge, such charge
will be met with facts"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
ONE KILLED IN STRIKE RIOT
Several Others Wounded During Fight
In Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 24.-Riot-
ing during parade of street railway
strike sympathizers here resulted in
the killing Of one man and the wound
ing of several others before the police,
aided by three companies of federal
troops, could restore order VIII Mas
sengale, brewery driver, died with a
load of buckshot in his back from a
strikebreaker's gun when the paraders
attacked a street car which had run
into an automobile at a crowded cor
ner. S. O. Welch OF Athens, Tenn,
was arrested charged with doing the
shooting.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
G. B. MEANS HELD AS SLAYER
Charged With Murder Of Mrs. Maude
kinq In North Carolina.

Concord, N. c., Sept. PA warrant
charging him with the murder Of Mrs
Maude A. King, the wealthy Chicago
widow who met mysterious death
near this city on the night of August
20. was served on CASTOR Bullock
Means, her former business manager,
the night of her death, and he is in
Jail.
The warrant was issued at the re-
quest of Hayden Clement, solicitor for
this judicial district. after a confer
ence with representatives from the Of
York city and with federal and local
officials.