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spring of 1916. that the Minister OF TN"
Interior was making arrangements :"
sond out news service 10 hr luTnlSheH
free. &C. IN" smaller newspapers. IL
was learned further that h" was "hEhS-
rI in iuStrucling the various laudrittS
and other officials of the Interior de-
nariinrnl how effectively To use 'hiS
machinery in order {" gull tho pc"ii" 10
the advantage Of tho Government anu
to keep them in ignorance Of anything
which might tend To turn them against
the system.
Countless Orders and Decorations.
Rrsdrs tho rat system there is. Of
course. the system "f decoration. Count
less orders and decorations are given In
Germany At tho head is the Order oil
The Hlark Eagle: there is tn" Order nj
The Rcd Eagle. IN" rruSSian Order "L
the Crown. thu Orders Pour lc Mrriie.
tho Order If tho House Of Hohcnznllern
and many others. In each OF the 20
states thcrc mr." also orders. distinc-
tinnS and decorations.
These orders. in turn. are divided into
numerous cInSS"S. For instance. a man
can have III" Rcd Eagle Order of tn"
first. second. third or fourth class. and
thcsr may he, complicated with II laurel
crown. with an oak crown. with swords.
and with stars. and so on. Even do
mcstic servants who have served a long
time in on" family rcr"iv" orders:
faithful pnStTcn ;uId other offtcinlS VIII"
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10000 FIGHTING A|RPLANE5
FOR i, s. UNDER CONSTRUCTION

WASHINGTON. Oct. 4.-Twcnty
thousand airpianes for Americas fight
ing forces in France. authorized In the
S6i0 .0nn. .nn6 aviation bill passed by con-
gresS las, July. actually are under con-
truction.
'rhs. necessary motors also are being
manuafcurcred. Secretary Baker an
uoanccd today, and the whole aircraft
program has been 90 cn-orrlinated that
when planes and motors arc completed
trained avintors. as we'll rs machine
Non and all other equipment. will be
waiting for thcnl When this nations
army morcS up 70 participate in the
lighting" said the secretary. the Eyes
OF hrr army will be ready"
The types ot planes cover tho entire
range o: training machines. light. hiSh
speed fighting machines. powerful and
bombing planes Of the heaviest design.
and e,uhrac. as we'll giant battle craft
capahle OF tho work "f the Italian "a
proni. IL. British tlardl"y-Pugc and
similar types.
Within a reasonable time consider
ing the period for premratlon. Mr..
Raker'S statement said. this country
will send its first airplan"s to Europe.
This airpians. from tho tip of its pro-
peller 20 the engine. machine gun and
camera. viii nav" been made III me
United States.
There has been a remarkably sratifr-
ing rrSpous. 10 the cali for aviat0-S.
This country has an unlimited supply
III Young mcn. possessing courage. SELF
scliancn. good Judgment and decisinn-
m" thinSs required in the air service.
This service today is dtting thousands
nf americans for flying"
Tw"nty-:our flying schools have bean
auihoriz.d tn" statement reveals. aai
besides tho thousands training here,
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have never nprcar" on tho police books
rnr having made statements against the
tiuycrnmrnt or the army arc sure OF
rrcpiyiuv some sort Of order.
Once a year in Berlin gr"nt festlrai
il held. called tho ''nrdcnsfcst whcn
all who hold orders or decorations "f
ouy kind are invited 10 n great banquet
The butler who has served for twenty
five wears there ruhs shoulders with the
dIplnmnt who has received a HACK
Es plc for adding colony TO the Ger
man Emrirn, and The faithful cook may
hc seated near an officer who has OBJ
taIn.d Pour le Mcrite" for sinking an
enemy warshir. All this in on" sense
is drmnrraiic but in It's effect II tends
to induce the plain people To he salts
ncd with a piece of ribbon instead "t
the ripht tu vote, and I" make them up
holders If Il system by which they are
deprived of any opportunity /" make a
real advance in life.
This system Is the most complete
TINT has ever existed in any country,
h.Cnusc il haS drawn so many OF the
Inhabitants If tho country into its not
Virtually the industrial workers "f th"
great towns and the stupid peasants in
tn. country are the only persons In Ger
many loft out Of it's meshes.
I Ind 4 shooting nlarc very near Rer-
lin. in fact. | could reach 1t in three
quarters Of IN hour hy motor from the
embassy door. and there l had IN op-
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portunity of studying the conditions OF
life of tho peasant class.
Germany is still a country OF great
rroprictora. Lands may he held there
by Il tenure which WAS abolished in
England hundreds of years ago. In Eng
land property may hr only tiled un un-
der nxcd conditions during the lives or
certain chosen persons in heing At the
death of the tcstator. In the State OF
New York property may be only tied
up during III" lives of two persons In
being At the drath Of the person making
the will and for twcnty-one years tthc
minority Of an imfaut) thereafter. But
in the Central Empires property still
may bc tied up for an indefinite period
under tho frudnl system. so TINT gres
estates. no matter how cxtravaEart the
life tenant may no. are not sold and do
not come into the market for division
among the people.
For instance. today there exist estates
in the Central Empires which must pass
from oldest son 10 oldest son In
definitely. and falling that. 10 the next
in llnc. and so on. and conditions have
cvrn h"rn annexed by which children
cannot inherit If their father has mar
rted n woman not Of stated number
Of quarter!nEs Of nobility There Is A
Prince holding great estates In Hungary.
He is bachelor. and II hc desires hi.
children 10 inherit these estates. there
are only thirteen girls In the world
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CHEERING THR0NGS LINE STREETS As C0UNTYS
THIRD QUOTA GETS AWAY FOR PETERSBURG
APPEALS
FOR four OHIO CO.
men TURNED. DOWN
,,I D,sn,tch 10 the IntslIIfenccr.

srcci,I nisp,tch 10 the 1ntsll!Genccr.
CI.ARkSBCRG. ". Va, Oct. I'm
cludcd among twenty-three young men
whose appeals :or military exemption
were announced today as having been
denied out ora total of twenty-eight
cases examined by the. draft board Of
! appeals Of the northern part OF the
state were four Ohio county men. name
ly William T. Burt. Luther Adams
Richard S. Baxter and Clinton 8.
| Francis.
Those who obtnined exemption Of ap-
neal arc: r. C.. Hcasliff of Brooke
county: John W. Duskcy. Of Writ: Henry
w. Whiting. Of jefferson: Carl John
|, Beck. of. Wctzcl and Okay W. Jacobs
OF Wetzcl.
The Wetzel county cases were re-
opcncd by the district board which had
previously denied them on appeal from
tho WetzoI local board. New evidence
was later presented to the local board
and II made formal request OF the a?-
pelatc board to reconsider the cases.
Those who were denied exemption on
appcal, besides those from Ohio county
enumerated. are as follows:
Calhoun-Everrtt Ferrel.
pnrbour-Lcc PoSt"n.
Harrisrn-fIur:c: r. Lang. William
NJ Davis. Caldwell Goldsmith. Aalr Far
rcll. Jacob II. Cunningham. Anthony
Rixzo. John Fl. Harr. Louis y. Carr. H.
r. Land.
Marshall-GrazAno Domenico.
Turkrr-Doc. Bonner.
Tylrr-Chnrles &. SnodErass.
Randolph-Hcnry J. Winklcr. Walter
T. Kerr. Sylvester Il. RosSey. Earl Scott
and Emery Price.
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students from the United States. are
training In all the allied countries. while
many VI them are undergoing tntesire
schooling behind several of the battle
fronts The men now IN Europe will
be returned over AS finished aviators to
the American troops In France.
American machines also arc being
built abroad. and Mr.. Baker said that
approximately nne-fourth OF the num-
bnr soon 70 be needed will be made In
tho allied countries. In that connec-
tton stress was laid upon the necessity
for greatly developing and expanding
the aircraft industry in the United
States all the summer and part Of the
rnrly fall havin: h"cu devoted TO this
essential groundwork.
Time too. has been required to bring
under government control many OF the
materials required for tn" manufacture
OF aircraft both both tho government
and the allies as we'll to insure con-
.srrvatinn and distribution of such ma
terials.
Provision also had to he made for the
manufacture of tho many accessories
necessary to aircraft service at tho
front. such MS machine guns. obcsrva-
tion apparatus. careras and IN" like
and another essential for the quick
DullulnR hl eIt'tl AK b''.NE' 4"' $3.50
America and it's allies was International
Standardization in the tests Of materials
and their specifications.
''Thern Is practically M limit to the
number of aerial fighters which the
United States can and will furnish IN
the war for democracy" continued. tho
secretary. NO time has been lost In
experiments Tho machines which al
ready have proved successful will be re-
produced in large numbers In this
country
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Kef|in ProberS Sick Of -.
Job Before They Start

WASHINGTON. Oct. 4.-Five repre-
-cntativcs were appointed by the house
today 10 investigate statements that
some members had been acting "sus-
riciously." made by Representative
{cflin Of Alabama. in connection with
reports Of the use of German money to
influence congress. Now the invcstiga-
tors do not know what they are going to
do about 1t.
After four Of the members OF the
original committee named by Speaker
Clark had been excused from serving on
pleas Of urgent business. and others had
failed In efforts to get excused. the
committee held a gloomy meeting. II
was found that the resolution provided
that 1t should report Its findings before
Saturday: that Mr. Hcfiin desires many
witnesses called from far stntos and
that the resolution gives no power for
calling witnesses or employing assist
anrc to conduct d hearing. Then they
adjourned to think the situation over"
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The anticipated renewal OF
Field Marshal Haig's big offensive
in Flanders has begun and all
the ohiectives of the first DAY
have been won and held.
AS in the preceding attacks. the
latest one was timed 10 the MIN
ute. The British forces AT the
given signal at daylight Swarmed
from their trenches over ground
tha, had been narrowed by
myriads Of shells from the great
array of artillery and all along
the front of more than eight
miles. from south of Tower Ham
let's to tho north Of Langemarck,
they made notable new gains or
terrain. inflicted heavy casualties
on the Germans. while themselves
suffering slight losses. and took
many prisoners. large numbers OF
whom ay surrendered in or
der to n h a haven of safety
from the maelstrom.
The attack was delivered with
all the dash Of previous offensives
and swiftly and surely the British
ers, Notwithstanding heavy coun-
ter attacks at various points.
took positions that had been
marked out for them. some to
depth of more than mile. The
main ridge Of the heights 7un-
ming north and south to the east
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MANY ORGANIZED
BODIES IN PARADE
Alexander Baccerra Accused
of Being Slacker-Warrant
is Issued for His Arrest.

While large crowd checred. waved
flags and gave evidence Of their pa
triotiSm in almost every conceivable
way, whistles on factories screeched
out and autompbile horns honked
their loudeSt, Ohio county'S thlrd IN
crempnt of selected draft men
marched through the streets Of Wheel
ing yesterday. escorted by hundreds
of citizens, veterans Of 81 and 96.
fratnrnaI organizations and cadets,
city and county officials and Others
who were proud 10 walk with them
and thus show their pride in the great
National army Of which the thirty
Ave men who were starting on the
first lap of their journey 10 Camp
Lee. at Petersburg, Va, are now men,
bers.
1t was Il great day for the citizens
of the city and great day for the
soldiers. for they realized before the
parade had moved very far the friends
and relatives they were leaving oe-
CONTINUED on Page Tweive.)
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TWO GERMAN
RAIDERS ROAM
WESTERN SEA
SEVERAL u. S. SHIPS
SENT TO THE BOTTOM
Famous Seeadler Wrecked,
and Crew Take to Two
Smaller Vessels.

WASHINGTON. oct. 1.-Two German
commerce raiders manned by the crew
Of the famous Sccadler. which It now
develops stranded on N"prha Island. IN
the south Pacific. after roaming the
seas for seven months prc%inE upon
American and Allied ShippinE arc cp+,r-
atiuS somewhere in the south seas. ac-
cnrd,nE 20 - report received tonight at
the navy department from tho command
er VI ths na"al station ut Tutuila, Sam
oau Islands
The Captains Story
The diSratrh. transmitting the story
If Captain lla.lor Smith. "f the American
schooner e. Slad". on" ri thr S"cadlrrs
Victims. was scat nu september -. sew
eral weeks after thu tw" nen' raiders
i.ti Ncr"ha ISLAND. whore they hnd
h..n rap,ur.d Lv tho ticrmans Thr
first pu, /" S"a on august y and TN"
other "u September ;. and it probably
was their operations which led I" recent
reports -: roid"rS in the Pacific.
Before coming ~ grief on August >.
the SeeaGl,.: had added tn" American
sch""ncrS T. b. Johnson Manila and g.
which she sank carly This year in the
south .\tlau,i" ocean. In the lonE per-
ird from last March. when she was last
heard from. the raider probably sent
down other crafts encountered in pass
Ing through the Atlantic. around Cape
Horn and across the Pacific to the Snci-
.,y srnur "f French islands. Of which
Mopeha S one.
The Seeadler Wrecked
Tho Seeadlcr. according to Captain
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to be very careful that the utteranccs
Of his newspaper do not prevent his pro-
notion in the social scale or interiors
with the career Of his family and rcla-
tionS.
Since tho war while preventive con-
sure does not exist in Germany. never
theless a newspaper may hc suppressed
ut villa fearful punishment for Il
newspaper, which. by being suppressed
for. say. lvn days Of week. has Its
business affairs thrown into the utmost
confusion and suffers an enormous di-
rect loss.
Ger1nany's Reptile Press.
Many of the larger newspapers are
either owned or influenced by concerns
lik" the krupps. For instance. during
this war all ncwS coming from Ger
many to other countries has hcen fur
nishrd by either the Overseas or Trans
OCEAN service. huih news agencies in
which the krunps ahr large stockhnld-
"rs. Tho smaller newspapers ar" IN
flucnced directly by the Government.
In the Middle Ages th"rc was often
declared q sort OF truce /" prevent fight
ing III city. which WAS called tho
"Rurgfrieden." or ''p"nre IF the city.
und at IN" beginning of this war all
political parties were supposed 1" declare
n sort OF "Rurcfri"cl"n" and not try To
obtain any political advantage.
There was therefore. intense indiEna-
tlou amotE IN" Social Democrats nf
Germany when IL was discovered. in the
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ENVOY PICTURES FATHERLAND AS RULED THROUGH
A GLORIFIED FEUDAL SYSTEM THAT REACHES
FROM THE GALL HIGHEST" TO THE UTTER
MOST CORNERS OF THE EMPIRE.

few small branch roads. This army OF
officials arc retaincrs of the Govern
'mcnt. and not only. of course. ,hcmscIV-
IS refrain from criticizing the system
but use their influence upon IN" mem
bers OF their own family and all Win
whom they come in contact. They are
subject to trial in special secret courts.
and one Of them who dared in any way
to rriticizie tn" existing system ~ouId
not for long remain member OF H.
OF course. The members or 1h" Reich
stag have tn. privilege of free speech
without responsibility. and there are oc-
casional Socialists. who know that they
have nothing 10 expect from the Gov
ernnent. dare 20 speak in criticism.
All the newspapers nre subject 10
control as in no other country. In IN"
first place. their prnpri"tors ar" subject
to the Influence of III" rat system. "S IS
every other German. and the newspaper
proprietor. whose sons. perhaps. enter
the army. who's. daughters may hc mar
ried TO naval officers or officials ana
who seeks for his sons promotion rs
Judge States Attorney or the like, has
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MERC|LESS ECONOMIC
WARFARE TO BRING
GERMANY TO KNEES
EVEN FOODSTUFFS OF
S. AMERICA BARRED
u. S. and Its Allies Working
in Complete Harmony
to Achieve Ends.

WASHINGTON. Oct. A final
move TO prevent supplies from
reaching Germany from the out
side world was taken today, by
the American government. in de-
Gliding 10 refuse coal 10 neutral
ships carrying supplies from
South America 10 the northern
European neutral countries unless
their cargors are inspected in
American ports.
In making known the decision
today, the exports administrative
board announced that il would ap-
ply provisions 10 the export con-
troll act, which gives the govern
ment the same supervision over
bunkers it has over the cxporta-
tion Of goods generally.
The step was taken with the ap-
proval OF all the allies. who will
cooperate by enforcing similar
regulations. 1t follows closely
Great Britain's declaration of a
complete embargo against the
northern European neutrals which
was designed 10 strengthen the
embargo already put into force by
the United States.
In statement accompanying
the announcement the exports
board makes it clear that the
present absolute embargo against
the European neulrals is not
necessarily permanent, and that a
final decision as TO a rolicy will
not be made until Information as
TO the neutrals' actual require
Continued on Page Elcven.)
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nPoRrAHT RUI.rNa.
Continued On Page ElsvSu.)

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Oct. "A To-.
cal exemption board will not be given
credit in it's draft quota for men who
have hecn temporarily discharged from
military duty. Breckenridge Jones. chief
Of the department Of military census
and enrolment. announced today. II
the temporary discharge does not ex-
pire before the current quota Is sent to
camp such discharges acts to excuse
the such men from service with that
quota. -
In. such circumstances" II was ex-
plain&d. "other men will have TO be sent
to camp to fill up the quota. men who
otherwise would belong to this quota
Great care should therefore be exercised
in granting temporary discharged"
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-Two generals
and a number OF lieutenant generals for
the war army are authorized in nm ad-
miniStration measure added To INC SOL
diers and sailors insurance bill today
lust before II passed the senate. There
was virtually no opposition ana inc
house is expected 10 accept the provision
without objection.
Major General PcrShing. commanding
the cxpeditionary forces in France. ana
Major General RliSs. chief "f staff. VIII
he made. generals, and the licutcnants
Ecncralships will go tn army corps COM
mandcrs and to high staff nffirerS. Tho
titles are for the positions in the war
army and will not mean permanent all
ranrcmcnt in grade for the officers hold
Ing them.
Secretary Baker sent the bill tn the
senate today with an urgent request that
/, hc naSSed before adjournment OF con-
gress.
The insurance bill was AT once sent
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BARE
BOLO PA5HA'S
BOLD SCHEME
BUYING UP OF FRENCH
NEWSPAPERS THE GOAL
Real Plans Hidden in His
Operations While In the
United States.

. NEW YORK. Oct. 4.---Tcstimnny that
Bolo Pasha. now under arrest in Paris
as spy and peace propaEandist on
behalf Of Germany. came To America
early in 1916. with representations that
Germany was ready for separate
peace with France which would be
Favorable to France. was given hctorc
Merton r.. Lewis. attorney general or
New York state. here today in :he In
veStigaton Into the Lcvantine's financial
activities in this country,
Fake Peace Plans.
Adolph ParcnStrdt. for many years
n social intimate Of Count Won Bcrns-
tnrfr. former German amba ssador. tcs-
tilted that R"ln PaSha told him he under
stood Germany was prepared I" make
peace on the following grounds:
FIRST. Germany In cod" France a part
nt AlSac" and Lorraine: second, France
10 give Germany some OF the French
(Contnued on Page Twelve.)
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HEAD OF BUREAU OF
PRINTING GOES OUT

WASHINGTON. Oct. 4.--Joscph E
Ralph, director Of the bureau Of cngrav-
ing and printing. which makes the en-
tire output Of the governments paper
currency and stamps. has resigned. to
become president Of the United States
In,agl!o company. a new bank note con-
Germ.
MT Ralph's salary in his now position
wiIl he far larger than the $4,000 year
paid him by the government.
1t is understood Frank f.. Ferguson.
now assistant director. probably will be
placed in charge Of the bureau. Mr..
Ralph Will remain until the appointment
Is made.
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FANS lip IN THE AIR OVER RESULT Of COMING
SERIES FOR WORLD BASEBALL CHANP|ON
COMISKEY ROUTS THE
TICKET SCALPER ARMY
Cubs Defeat the Giants 9 to ),
While White Sox Get in ,
Afternoon Workout. !:

CHICAGO. Oct. with fair
weather promised for the open.
ing game OF the worlds series
Saturday between the New York
Nationals and the Chicago Amer
leans and the ticket scalpers ap'
parently routed. the invaders
were defeated in a practice game
with the Chicago Nationals this
afternoon by a score Of 8 to 5.
The season being over, nobody
paid any attention to the score,
but much to the batting. The at
tendance was small, but was no
criterion Of the interest felt IN
the big series. 1t is intense. =
The recent announcements OF
those who as brokers work in be-
tween the box Office and the ul-
innate consumer that they would
have plenty Of tickets for all at !,
ultra-prof1teering prices went into
eclipse during the day, but their.
prices scared. The brokers paid "
back thousands of dollars In de-,
posits and it was learned den.
nitely that none Of them had more
than a dozen Of the three-game
tickets for sale. The price Of
box seats accordingly scared to
$75, and even the mere reserved
seats, made of hard wood stats.
and worth at the factory maybe
SO, were quoted. for three sittfngs
Of two or three hours each, at
$35.
The paucity OF scalper tickets
was attributed to the. energy,
which Owner Comiskey displayed
in seeking to circumvent the prac.
tice. He held back distribution
until this morning; he numbered
the tickets. and indexed the names
of purchasers: he obtained the
aid OF the states attorney and
the chief Of police. and promised
full publicity In the advertising
columns OF the newspapers where
ever he found that a purchaser
had transferred his ticket to q
broker.
The line at four ticket onces
at the ball park began forming at
7 o'clock this morning and the
procession continued until all OF
the $4,000 reserved seat tickets.
had been given out. 5J
In the matter OF betting, the To-.
calls talked loudly Of 6 to S on the
Comiskey team and New York
(Couttnued On Page Elsvsn.)
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BIG BRITISH CRUISER
TORPEDOED; FEW LOST

LONDON. Oct. 1.-THE British cruiser
Drake has h"rn tnrpcdnrd and sunk ac-
rnrdug to an admiralty announcement
tonight.
The Drake was turp"dncd Tuesday
morning off tn" north coast or ireland
Sh" reached a harhor. hut then sank III
shallow water.
one officer and eighteen mon were
,,iIIcd hy tho explosion. The remainder
nr ,hr shius company were saved.
Tho .rrakc was II vrssrl Of II hhn tons.
She Hus built ut Pembroke In 1901. and
had n speed nf 81 knots. Her compile
mcnt was 800 men.