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Evening star., 1917-02-15
INCREASE IN SALARIES
COMES UP IN THE HOUSE

The subject of proposed increases in
salaries Of government clerks came up
In the House late this afternoon during
consideration of the conference report
on the Indian appropriation bill The
question was upon the amendment to
the bill proposed in the Senate by Sem
afor Smoot increasing the salaries Of
clerks In the Indian bureau on the basis
of l5 per cent for clerks Of the $3.50
class and 10 per cent Of clerks receiving
from $3.50 to $1,000.
The proposition to concur in the
senate amendment was advocated and
resisted along lines Of argument ad-
vanced heretofore. Representative
page Of North Carolina expressed the
hone that the House would take action
one way Or another. a. It would serve
to be a guide to tho conferees on the
THstrict OF Columbia appropriation bill,
which 10 now in conference.
On a rising vote the House, by 80 nays
.nd 6z yeas, refused to concur in the
smoot amendment. the advocates Of the
Iereer increase voting to non-concur.
Tihe point Of no quorum was then made
and the call Of the House was ordered
Evening star., 1917-02-15
PUTSPROH|B|TlON
TO VOTE Of NATION

The Webb resolution proposing a ma
tional prohibition constitutional amend
ment was reported to the House to-
day with a majority committee report
In its favor and a minority report op-
posing 1t. Democratic Leader Kitchin
said it would be taken up in the House
within a week. He predicted it would
pass the House by the necessary two
thirds, but probably would not be acted
upon in the Senate before adjourn
ment Of Congress. March 4.
The majority report declares that
inasmuch as more than sc per cent of
the population of the United States
lives in dry territory, it is incumbent
upon Congress to submit the question
OF national prohibition to the states.
Regarded as d Duty. ''rssf'
Leaving out Of consideration the
merits Of the prohibition policy of deal
ing with the alcoholic liquor traffic." said
the report. when more than half of tho
states in the Union have declared in
favor of prohibition; when So per cent
Of the territory of the United States
has outlawed the saloon, and more than
so per cent Of the population live In
such territory; and when approximately
sections Of the Union have petitioned
directly for the passage Of this resolu.
eion, your committee is Of the opinion
and feels that 1t is incumbent upon the
Congress to submit the issue to the
states in the manner requested as pre-
scribed by the terms Of the Constitution
itself.
'If it is not desired. thirteen states Of
the Union can prevent its adoption,
but If. on the other hand. thirty-six
ofo Oh
have the right to make 1t. and 1t would
appear to your committee that the
question is now one of sufficient i'm
portance to be submitted to them SO
that they may pass upon It."
Objections Of the Minority.
The minority report set forth six
objections to the resolution.
They were that: It does not provide
for a date Of submission to all states;
it would not prohibit personal con-
sumption of LIQUOR: it would interfere
with the police powers OF the states;
it would permit the confiscation of
property without compensation; the
general governmental effect of national
prohibition would be bad: 1t would
raise a serious revenue question.
Coercion alone will not prohibit.
neither will it inculcate temperance"
the minority report continues, "for tenn
perance and, indeed. prohibition, de-
pend upon changes for the better. in
habits and conditions which are only
brought about by n regulation Of bene-
ft obtained through moral and educa-
tional appreciation"
Signers of the minority report were
Representatives Igoe and Dyer, Mis-
souri,; Graham. Pennsylvania; Steele
Iowa; Danforth and Dale. New York,
and Gard. Ohio.
The Webb amendment would prohibit
the manufacturing, transportation. i'm
portation and sale Of alcoholic liquor
for beverage purposes.
Evening star., 1917-02-15
Wickedly Tempting God,
German Paper Says of
Sailings by o. S. Ships

AMSTERDAM. February Is, via
London, 1910 p.m.-The Lokal
Anzeiger of Berlin expresses the
hope that cable reports to the
effect that American merchant
men are sailing in defiance of
the submarine blockade are un-
founded.
THE plan for such sailings." it
says. "at the bottom amounts to
nothing else than most wickedly
tempting God"
Evening star., 1917-02-15
Deny Carranza Favors Germany.

MEXICO CITY. February 1.-THE
Mexican papers reiterate today that
Gen. Carranza's note to neutral nations
was based on purely humanitarian
grounds, and was neither pro-German
nor directed against the United States.
The editorials say that 1t is unlikely
that Mexico would risk the hostility Of
neiRhbor in favor of the doubted
friendship Of nation that is far away
Evening star., 1917-02-15
Seven German Sailors Arrive.

NEW YORK. February 15.-Seven
members of the crews of German ves-
sells tied up in the Canal Zone arrived
here today under guard on the Panama
line steamship Advance. They were
sent to Ellis Island, where their cases
will be decided by the board of inquiry
of the department Of immigration.
Evening star., 1917-02-15
Expected Soon to Take De-i
cisive Step for Protection !
of American Rights. !
BUSINESS MENACE SEEN 2.
IN TlE-UP OF SHIPPING
Sinking Of Schooner Lyman n. Law
May Bring on Crisis With
Austria-Hungary. I

While it still was indicated that
the accumulation of violations OF
American rights might lead Presi-
dent Wilson to go before Con-
gress at any time, it was stated
today that he has made no definite
plans for taking such a step imme-
diately. !
When he will go before Con-
gress, it was said, will depend en-
tirely upon circumstances. The
opinion grew among officials.
however, that such step would
not be long deferred. =
No Reply From Berlin.
Nothing had been heard by the State
Department early today from Germany
in reply to its inquiry as to the exact
status of the Americans taken into
Germany on the prize ship Yarrow-
dale. Likewise no news eame from
o.
Amoassaoor Eixus' AT Sois.Aiililiops'
about Americans In Turkey
The government began today to feel
tho ,ns,stent mead for some sort Of ac-
'o ..-X
tion soon to open a way for movement
ra-.. ~ s,,.n.n.,on os .ailinrs ON ae-
count Of tho German submarine czm-
paiRn. Reports on the, aocumuiattng
freight now are reaching ofhcials reg
ularly, and although the situAfion ID
not yet regarded a. serious ~ Is ap-
uaRent. that sAMeFjoaH industy{A(s VIII
be affected unless ocean shipping sfarss
moving before long.
g
Interest - Aeene1 noufAys
...,. ...- - y,.x.iors,,-,,f ~
AT une peI. ..-se ..'.s. ...~-...-
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES e sees-e.o'.
il centered on President Wilson by tho
sroxuin~ belief that he win take no stem.
=. .h. <,,rr,.h,n~ m aeeensive arrna-
e'on :" ~ ,.,-... .
ment to merchant snips' "athoue mrs. CON-
sulting Congress-. Hourly interest Is be-
co,n,n1 keener as to whether the Presi-
~. -,
oent Will 90 ehis' anu ""e'.
The sinking OF the Aineilcan ecnooncx
Lyman Nd: Law IN tne Meoltensneen ~
an Austrian submarine, Pr0oSDiy wn
warning: is reearueo Ky oliS,s.e ~. 80
tt.ah n.eti - nd .be s,,hnarine disDlayed
Evening star., 1917-02-15
In Charge Of German Embassy.

DR.. Carl Paul Hubschef. secretary Of
the Swiss legation, 10 installed In the
GArnsu embassy building In Immediate
charge Of what now becomes the de-
pertmant Of German interests ,of Tie
legation Of Swttssrland.
Evening star., 1917-02-15

were sunk by 4 submarine. are coming
ashore
The sinking, February 12. of the Brit
ish steamer Inishowen Head, $3.50 tons
gross, from Glasgow for this port, was
reported in a cablegram received by
agents today. Except that the vessel
was in ballast and that one member OF
the crew was lost, no details were given
Torpedoed and Beached.
NEW YORK. February 15.-Tne Brit
ish freight steamer Roanoke. Dundee,
Scotland. for New York. has been tor
pedoed and beached. according to advices
received by the Maritime Exchange here.
She is registered as a vessel of $3.50
tons gross, 36S feet long, built at West
Hartlepool in 1907, and owned by Fur
ness, Witty 6 Co.
Berlin Report Of Losses.
BERLIN. February 15.-"According to
new submarine reports six more steam
ships and one saiIIng ship. with an ag-
gregate tonnage of $4,000. have been
sunk" says the Overseas News Agency.
"On February it was reported that a
German submarine had sunk ten vessels
with total tonnage of 5000. in the AT
lantic. Among these were two steam
ships carrying corn and other food sup
plies; one with saltpeter to England,
two with coal for Gibraltar and the ltal-
ian state railroads, and another carrying
oil to Queenstown. The same submarine
took prisoner British prize officer on
Dutch steamer" I,
Evening star., 1917-02-15
Wan Falls, One Dies, Ten Hurt.

sPARrANBURG. s. C.. February 1g.
one woman cotton mill worker was
killed and eight or esn other persons
we're injured when . wall Of the Fair
mont cotton factory. eight miles from
here 7collap6ed today.
Evening star., 1917-02-15
GERMANS GIVE UP
ADVANCED WORKS
Berlin Admits Retirement Be-
tween Serre and the Somme
in France.
HAIG KEEPING UP ATTACK

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 10. by wireless to
Sayville.-Ger1nan troops in the region
between Serre and the River Somme. in
France, yesterday withdrew from some
OF their advanced positions in accord
ance with orders form their commander,
says tho official statement issued today by
German aEny headquarters. Seven en-
tente airplanes were brought down by the
Germans
Evening star., 1917-02-15
Thanks Germans for Courtesies.

BERLIN, February 15. via wireless to
Sayville-'On leaving German soil ex-
Ambassador Gerard asked the German
correspondents. who had accompanied
him. to transmit his thanks to the Ger
man government" says the Overseas
News Agency. "He declared that the
ARRANGEMENTS made by the government
for the American embassy and colony
surpassed everything he might have
hoped Cor and that German hospitality
and chivalrousness brilliantly stood the
test during these hard days.
Evening star., 1917-02-15
Several Ships Sunk.

The British steamer Cilicia of $3.50
tons gross has been sunk. Lloyds' ship
ping agency announced today. The
crew was landed.
The British steamer Ferga also has
been sunk. the agency announces.
The British steamer Bayreaulx a. mo
tons) has been posted at 1oyds' as
missing.
Thirty-eight survivors Of the British
steamer Azuia (3,074 tons) and the saii-
ing vessel Eudora Q.ss2 tons). which
Evening star., 1917-02-15
WEATHER.

Rain OF snow tonight; lowest tenn
perature about 2S degrees; tomorrow
fair.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending p.m.-Highest. AS, at $3.50 pm.
yesterday: lowest. 2s. at am today.
Full report on page l..
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HOGS FOR SALE-Berkshire breeding
| stock consisting of boar, sows ana
gifts. at l71Ac ID. All good individuals
r L. Hancock, Motor Route A. ool
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ARTESIAN WELLS

4RTESIAN WELLS-Wis Ilut I'm zy>lls
to IL inches diameter, any depth
nd guarantee water Write for full IN
orma ton. Gray Artesian We'll Co.. Cot
on6aie, Fla. SIT
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FOR SALE-Lovely home, close in and a
bargain Phone 2030 or write w. @.
N,i1iigan CITY. ascot
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GIRL IA years of age, wants job as
nurse, Address 336. care Journal.
6dec7t
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wANTED-Position by experienced col
lsctor. Can make good collecting
rents, furniture, insurance or loans. Well
acquainted with city. Best of references.
Address H. j., care Journal. 7dec7t
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LoST-Thursday, small cameo pin with
four pearls Either on East Hill car
or between II West Belmont St and
l. & NJ Depot. Reward il returned to
81 West Belmont ST. S56
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TRANSFER-STORAGE

MERCHANTS TRANSFER CO. Thos. B.
Thorsen, Proprietor. solicits all kinds
OF moving and hauling. Furniture packed
for shipment. Furniture stored. Office
phone 97s. Depot phone 704. SIT
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POSITIONS WANTED

In memory Of far. Frank L. Mayes,
and In recognition of the spirit Of
heipfuiness that was his, The journal
Will Insert under thIs classification
free a6vert,sements for those In need
OF err pIcyTnsHt.
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HELP WANTED by U. S. Government
Men, women, Is or over. $50 month
Hundreds war vacancies. List positions
free. Write Immediately. Franklin Tin
stitute, Dept. 62-K. Rochester. n. Y. 7o7
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VETERINARY SURGEON

DIR GEO MASGANA, French Graduate
Veterinarian. will treat any disease of
couIesticated animals at moderate price
lii w, Government ST. Phone l12s
1july
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.WANTED-An experience
ed housemaid. Good wages.
Apply Old Mill Inn, or
phone 1888. VI
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w A NJ 7 Z D (!
EXCELSIOR CORD
WOOD

Peeled and Unpeeled. Load
ed on cars at your station.
We are paying $2.75 to Sa25
per cord with the bark on.
For peeled wood, with bark
Off, the price is $3.50 to $500
per cord We pay the freight.
The prices are different
because the freight charges
are higher or lower.
Write us from what sta
ton youS expect to ship and
we will then tell you what
price wexwill pay you for
peeled and unpeeled wood
and rnail9you our Specifica-
tons.
Write us today.
PEN S ACCT A EXCEL
SIOR COMPANY,
Z. Q. Box 1860.
Pensacola, Florida. e7s
WANTED-One yearIfns male ami two
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POSITION awtend 80. :. :. .
MAN with r, r. experience, desires posi-
ton of clerical work or in store as
shipping clerk. Address s37, care Jour
nal. Sdec7t
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE - Completely furnished
rooming house for light house keep
ing, one block from San Carlos Hotel.
will sell cheap. Apply rs w. Garden
St. 600
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FOR SALE-Compiete set of War Pa
pers, includ ng n. y. Times Mid
Week Pictorials, etc. care Of Journal.
339
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FOR SALE-Parlzer Eammerless SIS.
grade, double-b barrel gun. just like
new. s25 cash, apply 7S1 w. Zarrse-
gossa st. BID
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HELP WANTED-FEMALE

WANTED-Girl or woman for general
homework. Apply corner Lee street
and Sixteenth avenue. 10dtf
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HELP wANTED-MALE

BOY WANTED-For delivery wagol
apply to E. B. Hoffman and Son.,
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EAST HILL family want a first class
nurse, for two-year-old child. Write
A. r. c., care Journal, and give refer
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FOR RENT-Nicely furnished front
room, light housekeeping privileges,
gas, bath and telephone. Apply 251 f.
Gregory. 912
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WANTED TO BUY

WANTED TO RUE-Good horse. Apply
Empire Laundry. SCI
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-House near Magnolia
Bluff. Apply Mrs. w. w. Richards,
$40 e. LaRua or Phone 1859.
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FOP SALE-Seven. passenger Stude-
baker automobile. 1915" Model.
Good as new. s650.00 gets it now. coo
American National Bank Bldg 9G3
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FOR Observation-Disclosures apartment
of three rooms. Modern conveniences
1122 N. 10th Ave. w
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FOR SALE-Splendtd 4-room cottage,
with 6 lofts in white section 5000.
Raise vegetables or chi ckenS and pay
for it on terms to suit owner. 200
Thiesen Bldg. 9O4
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FOR SALES caIbre, hammerless re-
yoIver ApDIy 720 w Government St.
SSS
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FOR SALEComplete furnishings of
. room house viii sell furniture
separately, also one 7-passenser Stude-
baker csu Apply 10 w. Chase St, Mrs.
w l.. McCrary or Phone 1910. $50
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FOR SALF-Horse and wagon, cheap, OF
Phone 1T1s.- - = - .
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bougft and sold for cash. Bring them
,n INQUIRE at Shooting Gallery, 21O ;:
Palafox street. oos
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EoP cATF-Good work mule and wag-
on. SIPS; also farm implements cheap
Address 1921 z. Jackson St. or Box 15s,
Route A. Of
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FOR SAL,E-Ford touring
car. Pensacola Buggy
Works, 1O5 n. Palafox St.
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FOR SALE--Cabin Launch. % feet
long, 8 IL feet beam. Is h. p. Ferro
Engine. In good running orler. First
$1,000 gets boat. 512 E. Wright St.
902
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FOR SALE-31a acres OF land cultivated
and new four roomed house and out
buildings Brent, Fla. VIII sell for $500.
See me within q week. j. E. Spoons,
Brent, Fla, Motor Route A, $50
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POSITION WANTED as manager or
clerk in Dept, General store or COM
missary, have had Experience in all kind
of store work, now employe ], wants to
change by Feb 1st., good references,
can come short notice. Address
L. O., care Journal $50
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POTATOES Red Bliss Triumphs pure
Wisconsin grown seed, now offering TO
growers small or large quantities Buy
early before the advance in prices. Coden
Nurseries, Seed and Plant Farms Soo ell
Ala. 80
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FOR SALE OR RENTS acres under
cultivation. All fenced. Good house,
outbuildngs. water tank, gasoline en-
CINE. 61a miles from City on hard road
Apply Watson Agency. 90
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-28
TURKISH CH|EFTA|N SAYS
END OF THE WAR IS MAR
But How Soon Peace VIII
Come, No One Can Say
He Declares.

Amsterdam. Sept. 2S.-Turkey en
80 the war was justifieo os
Ts,aat r. Bey. the grand vizier' IN a iohs ing
-,oocb closing the congress @
sprtv of union and progress, accoruius rIe
- dispatch from Constantlnople, .le M
sofarded ~ the Turkish treatment Oh sne
,rrnenians, but admitted that the ue
nortations a. could not be carried ou. 10y ~
roa,,Iar forces because the genuaii,,es =
"a been drafted into the army - anu
der a could not be maintained lr,
',,s a titles in connection with the uepoi !, =
lions 81 had been investigated ne sa.u'
and the guilty parties had been pun
an aInaa severely, some with death
iS.ed peferring to the pope's peace hot.'
ra,aat Rev declared that Turkey au
hsred to the principle Of arpi'ra''Oi
pnaarding disarmament, he sa'o' ,,b
f'es we shall oppose no solution wn,.s WIN. ;
: oompatible with our vital ih.eiess, o.
He concluded by saying that no Hnt 6n,
LID saw when peace would COME an 49,
tVr :, was obvious that the end was ap
preaching.
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DELAY IN SHIP
WORK NOW IS
MD To ENEMY
Army Officers in Frisco Issue
Statement as Strike is
Prolonged.

San Francisco, Sept. 28,--Army au.
thorities here issued a declaration to-
day pointing out that "any delay or
obstruction in the shipbuiIding pro-
aram is one which favors our enemy
the German nation, and delays and OBJ
structs the termination of the war
Every day of the strike here, the state
ment points out, proIongs the conflict
The statement came just as it became
known that the Boilermakers' union
had refused to send its men back to
work pending a settlement of the ship
yard controversy.
The statement says:
AT the commencement of war Wlth
Germany it was a fact well known 10
military experts that the navy OF the
United States on entering into war
with a distant oversee objective would
require every available American mer-
chant bottom: that there was no'
available for the prosecution of wal
American merchant tonnage beyono
the immediate war needs of the Cniteo
States navy.
meanwhile, our navy, in TINS "ar, /.
1ConIinued on Page Three.)
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FOOD ECONOMY
IN j. 8. WILL
DEFEAT PLANS
OF THE ENEMY
So Declares Atkinson, Noted
Expert, in Talk to the
Hotel Men.
APPEALS TO MONTANA'S,
10000 HOUSEWIVES
Food Purveyors Urged to Cut
and Slash Wastetul
Trimmings.

Reduce the length of menus; insti-
tute meatless and wheatless days; re-
duce individual portions; eliminate an
parnitures at meals, also icings ana
frostings from cakes, and cut down on
butter,
This was the advice given this morn
mo nv Prof Alfred Atkinson OF BoZe-
man federal food administrator toi
Montana. to the 10000 housewives oil
the state before he left for Helena II
was a reiteratiun Of an appeal maue pS
the well-known food and crop expert
at a conference he held with COM
,,ittee of the leading hotel and res
taurant men at the Thornton hotel its'
piqht. In eloquent language, professor
Atkinson. who recently returned from
washington where he held an eNteheeu
conference with Herbert Hoover n
tional food administrator, told no" Ihe
Government. by the proper eonserNa
tion Of food, intends to help ration Ihe
auias until the war is won. professor
Atkinson told the hotel men that, IN MS
oninion. and in that of Mr. Hoover 1he
war will not be won on the firing l'hes
hut through the food supply
Germany realizes THIS, uec'a' - =
! Professor Atkinson. The KAISER a
bending all his efforts to starving irving 4S' 9S,
The enemy nations. That is why th'
Germans inaugurated the ruthless =.
hoat campaign which forced the uni't'
! S+otes into the war. Do you wans It
iJnow why Germany does not belleV'
~ ,ountry will be a great factor II
tbe war? It is because America is
democracy. In Germany when 1t ~, pc
comes necessary to cut down or cum. cum
mate foods, the autocratic order yer yer
boten' goes forth. This means lna
/ I--,onfInned on Page Elght)
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-28
KORN|LOFF's REVOLT
NOW HAILED AS ACT
To SAVE COUNTRY
Defied Provisional Govern
ment to ThWart German
Plot, is Story.

Petrograd, Sept. 2S.-The
last army order issued by Cen
eral Kornilof as commander
in-chief. reprinted in the No
vaia Zhizn from a Mohilev
newspaper, tends to show that
Kornilof was compelled to
launch his revolt largely in an
effort to thwart German plans.
The order says it had been
learned that German agents
had brought about the great
fire in Kazan. had expended
millions of rubles in disorgan-
izing the coal mines in the
River Don region and that the
Germans were proposing a gen.
eral offensive along the whole
front for the purpose Of fore
ing a disorganized Russian re-
treat. The Germans also hac
planned to blow up the bridge:
across the rivers Dneiper anc
Volga and were organizing ;
movement of Maximalists ii
Petrograd.
General KorniIof, the ar
ticle adds, had reason to sus
pect treason among lrrespon
sible Russian organizations ii
German pay. The general, no
doubling that irresponsible in
fluences had the upper hand il
Petrograd and that Russia wa
on the brink of an abyss, too
an extreme decision for tn
purpose of saving the father
land.