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The Washington times., 1917-07-04
AUSTRIA PARDONS ALL
FOR LESE MAJESTY

AMSTERDAM, July 4.-Emperor
Kari OF Ausrtia has granted amnesty
TO civilians convicted Of high treason,
Iese majesty, offenses against public
peace, and riOtlng.
The EmpeFor'a action has created a
stir in parliamentary circles. but Is
expected to have a good influence on
the further course OF the parliament
nry session.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
WOUNDED LAWYER DEAD.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July a.
Judge James f. Fulton, city attorney
of Oneida, Scott county, who was shot
by J. z. Bell, editor OF the Oheida
News, last week. Is dead. The shoot
ing was the result of an editorial crit
icism and alleged threats by Fulton
to settle the matter with pistols.
Bell 10 said to have met the judge in a
lawyers office and fred.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
MAP FORCE ENLARGED.

The War Department has increased
its mapping force by assigning 10
active duty the following engineers
of the topographic branch, Geologi-
cal Survey. who are members of the
officers reserve corps: Majors Frank
Sutton, William H Heron. Robert
3. Marshall, Glenn 8. Smith, George
7. Hawkins, Robert Muldrow, James
H Jennings. William II. Griffin, Rob-
ert z. Chapman, Joseph H. Wheat, Al
bert NJ. Walker, Capts. Claude II.
Birdseye, Emory l. Ireland, Clyde B.
Kendall. Albert Pike. Herbert II.
Hodgeson, Carl L. Sadler. J. G. Stack.
william l. Miller, Eugene L. McNaIr.
Asahel B. Searle, William D. Tufts,
Bertram A. Jenkins. James w. Bag
ley and calTin z, Giffiu-
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MOB SPIRIT
OF RACE RIOT
SPREADS TO
OTHER CITIES
Situation Under Control In East
st. Louis, But Fresh Trouble
Breaks Out In Chicago Black
Belt.

EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, July A.
With Governor Lowden in personal
charge Of the force Of more than
1000 national guardsmen on duty
here and the race riot apparently
under perfect control, the authon-
ties today began in earnest their in
vestigation Of the causes which led
up to the two days Of slaughter and
incendiarism which claimed q toll Of
more than 100 negroes killed and
property damage Of more than
81, 900, 900.
But, although the troops seem to
have the situation here entirely in
hand, the eontagion Of mob hysteria
is spreading to other parts Of the
State.
Reserves Ready.
Reports from Chicago tell OF the
police reserves being held in rsadi-
ness TO queIl fresh outbreaks OF
racial hatred. following an incipient
riot yesterday resulting from the
death of . white saloonkeepeT at the
hands of q negro mob.
A crowd Of negroes, hearing Of the
murder and Of the arrest Of four
negro suspects, gathered in the
streets in the center Of chIcago's
black belt" shortly after midnight
An automobile filled with whites was
soon at the scene.
A score of shots were fired at than.
but SO far as Is known none took
effect. A riot call was turned in
but the mysterious automobile diSap-
peared before the police arrived.
Charles A Maronde was the white
man killed. FeeIing Is known to have
exieted between him and the negroes
because OF invasion Of his nsighbor-
hood by the blacks,
WHITE Man shot.
A white man in the black section of
Chicago was shot in the leg BY q po-
lIceman.
A negro, who pursued two white
girls through washinEt 5a Park, CHI
eago. was badly beaten BY white boys
who were attracted by the girls
screams
Charges and counter-charEes low
today in connection with the riots
here. The chamber OF commerce and
civic and labor organizations openly
declared the police and hrst militia
units to arrive here mado slight at
tempt TO curb the mob. Soldiers are
declared to have openly fraternized
with the mob. For this rels1n de-
mands for regulars from Fort Shsri-
dan were made,
Business men say that had martial
Law been declared the city would have
been Jointly liable. As It is. the city
i5 liable, and. already deep In debt
WIN be unable to meet its obliga-
ton
There was little trouble during the
night
There were no fresh outbreakL
Investigates Labor Angle.
John H. Walker, member Of the IL
linois State council OF defense, is in
vestigating the labor angle Of the
outbreak. but has made no stAtemnst.
IL was indicated today that officials
are working on the theory that ]. W.
W. leaders. possibly melted BY Ger
man agents, had q hand in organizing
the plot The death OF Detective
Wodley. wounded by the mob Of
blacks that killed Policeman Cop
pedge on Monday, came near starting
q fresh riot last night. but soldiers
with known instructions to shoot to
kill, awed the crowd.
slghtseerB iocked to the ruined dis
trlet today despite efforts to keep
them out. They crossed the river in
boats arS same in by obscure paths
when passage of bridges and high
ways to all not holding police passes
was blocked.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04

az sHe " - ,-i :
Ahee HOhIhs SsO yesterday
ident Wilson asked Congress to de-
clare a state OF war with Germany
ana N nran.,a IN. na,ior as,ar va.r.
:.
oi peace ana rnlli'ArS uhprspareo
to use all OF Its resources to make
the world safe for democracy. Today
AmerIean troons sumnoned from, tha
80, -, -,
Oo'uer anu tron SUI anu
carried overseas In defiance OF the
submarine menace, marched through
the streets Of Paris ready 10 take
- 49, -
OeaInu to tl"Ss
On 0n ianS, EhiIe Aner,ean warsnlps -
Io hoIu tnlpor % sAnt seetois In .ns
So iineS "h'en 00'ninSnu ehe
seas 49,.
ments stand oth.r1 les snectacuIay
but no less notable or important IN
the monumental task of preparation.
Upward OF ten millions OF men
Law ueen EesHste,su uhoer the war
The work or or1aniTIn1 = rrIy.r..I
service army is we'll under way.
Scores of American merchant YES.
sells have been armed and have takch
their toll OF U.boats. and a colossal
shipbuIldinK program TO crush the
U-boat blockade fs far Advanced
More than a billion dollars has bean
loaned TO the enemies Of Germany 10
relieve their economic needs. and a
two billIon-dollar bond iaaua haa baan
hoated with a large oversubseri,tion.
o.h. r.-.... 49,
hTh sIiP on tne seonomlo
situation at home food administra-
tion has been organised, an expert
control council oreatad and IN. ps.
,to,,. - ,.s...-,
'HuUs''~' 'e10uFoes
narshaIeo Tor national service. A
prosrAm OF food LEGISLATION nearing
eompietion soon WIN enable enforce
heht OF an etneieney wnich II TOOK
most oh tne oeliigerents years 70 at
tam.
BESIDES the universal service law,
congress mas enacted an espionage
act under which the country has been
seoureo Ior Germsn agents ana many
S,d.s. ,a.SII. ~,
lion dollars to meet the initial costs
OF the war and many other measures.
A ehi empowering the President to
. iH - nssess'I ~ .r
enee. Ahother 70 raise more tnan
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
shadowinE Useless.

Mrs Merritt also said Mrs. Snow
lamsnted the fact that she had no
Erounds on which she might get a d.
yorce from Mr.. Snow, and that when
the suggestion to have him ahadowed
was made the wife replied IL would
be useless, as he was to0 upright in
bis private life
Other witnesses called in the Gf-
tsrnoon were ehauffeurA who had
driven the Snow cars, Attorney
George p. Hoover attempting to show
BY them that Mrs. Snow mad not been
denied the use Of the automobile for
herself or her reIAtlveS Attorney
Henry z. Davis. representing Mrs.
Snow. said he would put on a few
witnesses tomorrow. but that their
testimony would take but q short
time.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE.

Vice President Marshall and Sensr
tor Nswlands will be the principal
speakers at the meeting OF the ns-
tional conference for elementary ed
ueation at the New Willard Friday
evening. MFs- Thomas Watt Gregory
viii preside. Mrs. Jossphus Daniels.
Mrs Newton d. Baker. and MrH
Champ Clark viii be among those
present.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
ATHLETIC CLUE MEETING.

final arrangements for the con-
struction Of a club house will be com
pleted at a meeting OF the Washing
ton Athletic Club at the ShOrehAm
Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
Approved System.

According to Mrs Merritt, Mrs.
Snow on several occasions said she
believed trial marriages were desir-
able because II the union proved un-
fortunate II would be easy TO dissolve
It. The witness said Mrs. Snow ad-
to Mr.. Snow.
"Mra. Snow also talked about af-
finitIes, and said she knew . married
woman In Philadelphia who had ons."
said Mrs Merritt she seemed 10
think that arrangement was all right
and when told her / did not believe
in such laxity. she told me I was not
broad minded"
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
u. S. Sets Record For World
Building Great War Machine

The American nation celebrating wartime anniversary today
with having within
chapter many
world accordng the New
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
Navy Is Concerned.

The Japanese strike is much more
serious than the New Jersey affair,
since the stoppage OF the Mitsubishi
yard would mean TO the shipbuilding
business OF Japan something like
what a general strike in the entire
shipbuildinE plants on the Delaware
would spell for the United States.
The Toxic reports say that the lead
ing officials of the company are dis
cussing the matter with the Navy
Department in their efforts to bring
about some sort OF compromise, show
ing the magnitude and seriousness OF
the trouble.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
SLAIN
INQUELLING ROW
WHILE WIFE WAITS

NEW YORK, July L-Ten minutes
after he had left his wife waiting
yesterday afternoon while he an
swered a summons OF an apartment
house disturbance. Patrolman John p.
Flood. lay dead In the kitchen at SOC
East Seventy-seyenth street. with q
double fracture Of the skull. When the
policeman was found. his assailant had
lied. The police have sent out a gen.
eral alarm for Milton Blier. a pugilist.
II was only half an hour before
Floods duty ended. and his wife was
waiting with him so they might puF-
chase some flowers for the funeral of
little girl friend, when a hysterieal
woman rushed up and cried to the pa
trolman. whose three years in the
neiEhborhoOd had made him well
known:
Come to my apartment quick. John,
There Is trouble"
PatrOIman Goes to Death.
Flood rushed away with the woman.
whom he knew as Miss Kitty ManniX.
She explained to the patrolmAn, so she
told the police afterwards. that she be-
iieved a prise fighter. known as NIL
ton Blier (alias BlAha), was waiting
for her. and that she was afraid to
enter her apartment After she eau
toned Flood that the man would prob
ably cause trouble. the woman un-
locked the door and the patrolman en-
tered.
Miss Mannix said she went down the
stairs to wait with her sister. The
patrolman did not return. and beliey-
ing she heard groans, she reported the
matter.
Patrolman Flood was found lying
unconscious on the floor, with blood
spattered about the room, two or
three broken plates, but no furniture
upset A physician found the police
man dead when he arrived a few min
utes later.
Census Card In Clue.
A State military census registrA-
tion card led to the discovery that
Miss ManniX was the wife OF James
O'Connor, with whom she has not
been living for three years. Kitty
Mannix (Mrs. O'Connor) Is being held
by the police as a material witness.
Blier, the priZehghtsr, IL described
as twenty-three years old. weighing
$50 pounds, medium height and fair
complexion.
The assailant Is believed to have
taken the weapon with which he
killed the policeman with him. Cor
oneI Hsaly said the wounds looked
as n Flood had been struck on the
forehead with = hammer and on the
back Of the head with a small ak.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
EXPECT TO CLOSE
EVIDENCE IN SNOW
CASE TOMORROW

With every member Of the immsdi'
ate family Of Chester A. Snow. sew.
enty-three-year-old millionaire patent
attorney. having been examined and
cross-examinsd In the suit OF Mra
Adds H. Snow. for absolute DIVORCE,
IA was expected today that the case
would be left In the hands Of Justice
Stafford. OF the District Supreme
Court. for q decision some time tomor-
row.
New evidence to support the state
ments of Mr.. Snow that his wife had
suggested q trial marriage or q Sc
oiet marriage was given late yesIer-
day by Mrs. Helen Merritt. who neIp-
ed nurse the Snow baby at her home
IN Thrifton, Va, during the fall Of
1914.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04

AS q matter OF fact, this talk OF
casualties is misleading to some ex-
tent. II you get a cut on your finger
and go to the dressing station, you
are marked down as a casualty. The
great majority OF casualties are
slightly wounded men. and l have
seen statements that 90 per cent OF
them 20 back to the front none the
worse for their wounds"
Three unusual recruits were accept
ed for the British army yesterday, IT
was announced at BritiFh recruiting
headquarters. One Of them, James
Patrick Cosgrove, OF FL Paso, Tex,
an automobile mechanic, sold his kit
of tools practically all he had in the
world, to pay his fare to New York TO
enlist. Jerome s. Nicholson beat his
way on freight trains from Bethle-
hem, Pa, to New York for the same
purpose, being arrested three times
for yagrancy en- route, and each time
when he made his errand
known. The third. George Wolfe, of
Grantwood, n. J., Is the youngest re-
cruit recorded. He will not be eight
cen until July 81. His brother Levi,
aged 81, has already enlisted. and
their father, who Is forty-three, has
offered himself for enlistment.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
Wages Fave scared.

The exact amount of the raise de-
mandsd Is not reported. The wages
of the men recently have been killing
in q sensational manner. Even at the
beginning of 1916 they commanded an
average pay OF from so TO 30 sen a
day, about 30 to 90 cents. American
money-but the money has about four
times the purchasing power In Japan
that IL has in New York as far as the
elementary necessities OF life are con-
cerned. Luxury comes high in japan;
even higher than II Is here. From
that modest point, wages of the dock
yard men mounted to one yen. then
one yen and q half. then to three yen
day. Cases were reported where
they received even as high as five
yen a day. The general strike at the
Mitsubishi yard shows that, having
tasted victory. the men are eager for
greater spoils. Which shows that
human nature Is the same at NaEa.
saki Japan. as at some of the New
Jersey yards.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
STRIKE OF 10000
IN JAPAN TIES Up
GREAT SHIPYARDS

NEW YORK, July 4.-Japanese
shipbuilders, boilsrmakers. machin-
lists, etc, are not a whit behind their
American brethren of the New York
and New Jersey shipyHrds. In fact,
they are a bit ahead OF them, accord
ing to a Japanese correspondent OF
the Tribune.
On June 20. at NaEasakI. Japan.
10000 workmsn went on strike. The
Mitsuhishi Shipbuilding plant, where
the men struck, is the foremost and
oldest yard not only in Japan but in
the whole of the Far East II en-
ploys about 10000 men: therefore,
practically the entire force must have
walked out.
They demanded an increase in their
wages which the company refused to
grant. This Is the first serious labor
trouble which has been reported in
Japan OF late.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04


They do not seem TO understand
that the national army ard the regu-
lars are entirely distinct" he said,
"and that any man who has register
ed Is just as eligible to volunteer a.
he ever was, In fact, l should think
he would prefer, II he must go that
way, to go Of his own accord, choose
the branch of the service he prefers,
and go in among trained men, In the
regulars.
Alexander J. Hemphill. chairman Of
the recruiting committee OF the
mayors committee on national de-
fense, said that he thought an ex-
aGgerated idea OF the dangers Of
modern warfare might have caused
many young men to hang back.
"I don't mean that ! think the
young men of New York are cow
ards" he said, "but / should not
blame them for hesitating, particu-
larly young men with families, II they
are convinced. as they might well be
from reading some of the stories OF
this war, that to go In the trenches
amounts to q death sentence.
The Washington times., 1917-07-04

The plans OF the new army to be
drawn by the selective draft have
progressed so far that exemption reg
uIations have been prepared and ex-
The Washington times., 1917-07-04
WAR PREFERABLE
TOFARM, RECRUITS
SAY AS THEY Join

NEW YORK, July 4.-To get an
idea of the mental attitude OF the
men who are being reached by the re-
cruiting campaign for the regular
army, ten of the men who pres~hted
themselves at army headquarters yes
terday were asked: How did you
come to make up your mind to en-
list?" These are some Of their re-
plies, according to the New York
Times:
We'll, I've always bean 80 unlucky
that I knew I'd be drafted anyhow,
so ] thought I'd beat 'em to It,"
1T took me 9 long time to come to
IT. but the more l thought about II
the more / made up my mind that I'd
be more ashamed to stay out than
was afraid TO go In"
u Was Just Up To Him.
1--WE been telling ali the gang I
trail with that 1t was up to us to win
the war, and 1 thought It was up to
me as much as anybody else so I came
down to enlist"
81 can't say like hghting but 1
suppose gotta to do my share"
"Thsy say sverybody's got to farm
or fight, and of the two / guess I'd
Just as soon night"
The other replies were similar to
these, the general tenor being that
I'VE must all do our share; some
body's got to do the hghting, and Il
might as well be me-"
Col R. d. Walsh, in charge OF army
recruiting for the metropolitan dis
trict, said that in spite OF repeated
and continued explanations, he
thought the greatest obstancle to vol
unteering still was the persistent be-
lief in the minds Of many young men
that by registering under the selec-
tive draft law on June 5 they had
dsbarred themselves from eni.sting In
the regulars OF in any other branch
Of the service.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-31
German Editors At War
Over Peace Overtures

Copenhagen, Aug. 30-The state
ment that an offer of separate peace
was made to Russia recently by the
German government is published in
the socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, of
Berlin. 1t is brought out by the asser-
tion of Premier Kerensky of Russia,
In his speech at the Moscow confer
ence that Russia, "a little time ago.
replied Indignantly to proposal to
conclude such peace and that only
few days ago I'VE witnessed an
other attempt. equally base, directed
against our allies"
In this connection the semi-official
Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung is
again detected by the German press in
an attempt to throw dust in the eyes Of
the world and the German public by
ostensibly denying Premier kerensky's
account of the overtures to Russia
and its allies which is characterized as
IN reality being no denial at all.
The Tageblatt. the Vorwaerts and
the Vossische Zeitung call attention to
trick OF the semi-official organ in
denying overtures were made by Chan
cellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg, where
as NJ. Kerensky did not mention the
former chancellor. specifying that the
proposal to Russias allies was made
few days ago-that Is, since the
retirement Of DR.. Won Bethmann-
6ollweg.
The Vorwaerts adds that such an
OFFER was actually made to Russia, al
though not by DR.. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-31
FEDERAL BARGE
LINE PLANNED
REDFlELD coNSIo.
ERS PLAN FOE USING
WATERWAYS.

Washington, D. c.. Aug. 3o.-Use OF
the inland waterways for war trans
portation was discussed today at a con-
ference among Secretary Redfield.
Daniel Willard, of the council of
national defense, Chairman Hurley OF
the shipping board, and Major General
Black, chief Of army engineers.
Feasibility Of the government con-
structing a feet Of barges for the Mis-
sissippi and other large streams was
taken under consideration. Recent ex-
periments conducted by the depart
ment OF commerce have led Secretary
Redfield to believe that the inland
waterways can be utilized to tremen-
dous advantage in easing the strain on
the railroads.
The scheme under discussion pro
poses only the use Of existing water
ways and not development beyond the
normal program.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-31
MINE OWNERS
ARE At ODDS
Operators Differ As To
Opposing Presidents
Scale of Prices.

Washington, D. c., Aug 30.-Fed.
eral control Of the country's coal In
dustry was again today the subject
Of discussion by the directors Of the
National Coal association, with the
prospects that an announcement as to
whether President Wilson's price scale
will be accepted without protest
would be forthcoming at the close of
the days deliberations.
The operators are divided into two
groups, one counselling acceptance os
the government fixed prices and the
other urging that the case be taken to
the courts. Efforts Of the first group
are being directed toward winning the
other over to its side.
PLEA FOR CONSERVATION.
An appeal to coal users to endeavor
to reduce consumption as wartime
measure was issued today by the
Chamber of Commerce Of the United
States through it's committee which is
cooperating with the council Of ma.
tional defense.
To-day coal is sinew of war;" says
the appeal, "and he who unnecessarily
reduces the country's available stock
Of coal may curtail the nations energy
In the great industrial conflict. In the
great concentration Of nationl energy
toward prosecuting the war, men are
not available to open new coal mines
to meet extravagent needs. Transpor-
tation facilities are burdened to the
limit of capacity"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-31
TOFIX
WHEAT PRICE
COMMITTEE, UNABLE TO AGREE,
PASSES TASK ON TO
PRESIDENT.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 30.-The
wheat price fixing committee carried
its deliberations into the third day in
an effort to reach an agreement on a
fair valuation for the 1917 crop. De.
cision on the question was expected
before the close of the days session.
The committees decision to submit
a report to President Wilson. with
recommendations. was taken to indi.
cate that it had not been able to agree
wholly on a price and that the presi.
dent would In effect cast the deciding
vote.
Announcement will be made at the
white house after the president has
reviewed the recommendations and
approved a price.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-31
ONE YANKEE TAKES
30 GERMANS CAPTIVE

Paris, Aug. 3O.-Allen, son OF Rich
ard Blount, OF st. Louis, who Joined
the forein legion In April, has written
to his father that he has been proposed
for the war cross with palm for taking
thirty prisoners single-handed in the
fighting at Verdun. He was wounded
slightly In the hand.
Mr.. Blount has considerably exceed
ed the expectations Of his father. who
said at the time Of his boys enlist
ment: II want my son to account for
five Germans"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-31
TO DISCUSS WAGES.

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 30.-A meet.
ing Of members Of the Illinois Coal
Operators association to consider the
request of miners officials for joint
conference to arrange a new wage
scale, will be held next Tuesday in
Chicago, 1t was announced at the
operators headquarters here today.
The petition for a wage conference
came from miners officials of Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsyl-
vania after meeting in Indianapolis
Tuesday. September was set as a
date for the first Joint meeting.