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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-01
RUSS SHARPSH00TERS
CAUGHT AND OlSARMEO
Associated Press Service

4 Associated Press Service
PETROGRAD. June 3.-By order
OF ". Kerensky. minister of war
after all peaceful efforts had been
exhausted the 18th and 18Th divi-
sions of sharpshooters. which mad
refused 20 obey orders. we're sur
rounded by detachments OF cavalry
Thursday in the village of Joukom
which was twice shelled with shrap-
mel Later the cavalry charged and
600 OF the shdrpshooters were cap
tured and diSarmed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-01
URBAN CAR HITS AUTO:
AGED MAN MAY DIE
-. - - -

KALAMAZOO. Mich. juno So
Albert Deval. 90, Of Galesburg. was
EcrlousIy and perhaps fatally in
cured near ms home when am inter
urban car nit the automobile boz
:, hich ne was riding. he was tossed
from the machine, striking head
foremost on a steel rail. pcVals head
was badly cut and bruised. his LETT
srm broken ard his shoulder crush
I'd. p. w Eddy az Bloominctor.
III. who was Crivins. vas not in
p"~Sd-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-01

SIS Coal at Mines
Is E xor bitant
Says Sec'y Baker
A..n.Latad - servIca !:

Associated Press Service.
WASHINGTON, June 3O.-Sec'y
Baker, as president Of the council
Of national defense. repudiated to-
night an agreement fixing a tenta-
tive price of So ton for bituminous
coal reached at a conference here
Thursday between coal producers.
Sec'y Lane a member of the de-
tense council. members Of the coun-
Gil coal production committee and
the federal trade commission.
Neither the council nor its COM
Inittees. Sec'y Baker said in a let
ter 70 W S. Clifford, member of the
council has power 20 fix prices.
lie added that the price Of So at the
mines suggested for bituminous coal
is "exorbitant. unjust and oppres-
sive."
Won't Affect Navy.
Sec'y Daniels another mem Der Of
the council earlier in the day, said
the agreement would i'm no way af-
feet coal purchases for the navy.
The navy. he said. will continue to
buy from the mines at S2.33 a ton.
leaving a price TO be determined
after the federal trade commission
has ascertained production costs.
In his letter 70 Mr. Clifford. Mr..
Baker asserted that he believed no
members of the defense council dis
agreed with him as 10 the limita-
tons on the powers Of the council
and its committees and as 10 the eff
feet Of the action taken. The fact
that the conferences were attended
hy members of the council and Of
the trade commission, he declared,
gave no legality to the agreement.
The price fixing agreement was
fixed after 400 operators called
mere by the coal production com
n1lttee had adopted resolutions au-
thOrizing their committees TO give
assent TO such maximum bituminOus
prices as might he named by the
secretary Of the interior. the feder-
al trade commission and the coal
committee.
The resolution was introduced by
Trade commissioner Fort from a
special committee. In presenting it
for adoption Mr.. Fort declared he
believed il was entirely safe for the
conference To adopt and that any
responsibility as 20 the legality of
fixing prices was put on the govern
ment and not on the operators un-
der the terms of the resolution
Some operators had expressed fear
that they might be prosecuted under
the antitrust laws if they entered
into am agreement among them
selves TO lower prices.
Everything Laid Bare.
An official announcement, made
through the public information COM
m ttee. said that in the final confer
e7ce costs prices and other conf
Dental information was laid on the
table and the government represen-
tatives, acting as judges decided
what would be the highest prices
Taid at the mines, the prices to go
ito effect July I and to remain i'm
erect until adjustments are made
and other prices arranged
Sec'y Baker tonight indicated that
as president of the defense council
De had received notification Of the
arrangement reached at the confer
cuces
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-01
AFFIRM CONVICTION.

News-Times Special Service.
ST. JOSEPH, June 30.-The sU-
preme court has affirmed the con-
viction OF Carrie May Cutler Of Ben
ton Harbor. who was convicted or
killing her husband on April 3D.,
1915. Mrs. Cutler is now serving
a sentence Of from two 10 20 years
in the De'-nit house Of correction
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-01
Maj. Gen. PerShing LaudS
Work of Transporting
Soldiers Without
Loss of Man.
DISPATCHES SAY AMERICAN
ARMY IN SPLENDID SHAPE
Heavy Fighting Renewed by
Germans Near Verdun-
May Mean New SuS-
tanned Offensive.

Associated Press Scrtice.
All Of the troops attached to the
American expeditionary force have
reached France in safety. Maj. Gen.
Pershing said in Paris today that
the transfer. one Of the largest ever
undertaken by the United States
army had been made without the
loss or injury of a single American
soldier and without any cases OF
serious illness. Dispatches filed dur
Ing the week, released today by the
censor. say that the trip was made
on schedule time and that the
American fighters are in splendid
trim
Heavy Fighting Around V3rdun.
The scene of heaviest fighting on
the western front is now the Yer
dun sector. On the same ground on
which they met with such a serious
check at the hands of the French
last year the Germans are making
serious assaults with picked forces
For the most part their efforts have
been nullifed by the French. but
the Germans succeeded in retaining
some conquered ground on the west
slope Of Deadman hill.
on the Aisne front also the Ger
mans are on the offensive. They at
tackled last night near Cerny and
COrbeny. meeting with a devastating
French fire which all but annihilat-
ed their storming attachments
Northeast Of Cerny they succeeded
i'm gaining a salient which had been
levelled by artillery fire.
May Mean New Offensive.
Whether these operations marked
the resumption Of sustained often
sive 10y the Germans is not yet clear.
The official German statement
throws no light on the subject
merely mentioning the capture of
500 metres Of trench line east Of
hill 3O4 and Of several French lines
south Of La Boville farm on the
Aisne front.
After many weeks OF inactivity
on the Russian front there are signs
Of return Of active operations. The
German war office announces that
the Russians. apparently influenced
| by pressure eXerted by their allies,
are maintaining a strong fire over
front OF 40 miles In Eastern Cal
| icia and that a Russian attack
evidently is imminent. The Russian
official statement merely speaks OF
increased artillery lighting in some
| sectors.
Agnelo Pass. which italians cap
tured recently in their advance on
the front below Trent has been
evacuated
French Cruiser Sunk.
} The French armored cruiser
/ KIeber. 1878 tons. has been sunk
off Point 81. Matthew. while on the
way from Dakar, Africa, TO Brest-
She was destroyed by a mine with
I the loss OF 81 men.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-01
All Clocks of City Set Ahead
at II Last Night to
Give More Day
light.
WHISTLES And BELLS USHER
In new TINE SCHEDULE
Interurban Traffic Will Be On
Old Schedule as Will Mail
Service OF the
City.

South Bend took times bit be
tween her teeth and gained an hour
on herself she lived two hours IN
one and an hour after it was II
o'clock approximately $4,000 clocks
throughout the city chimed the
hour Of H. All by way of saving
an hour of daylight and crowding "a
little more efficient work into the
day before nightfaH However,
trains ON an of the roads will ar
rive and depart under the old stand
ard time while mail deliveries VIII
be- made as per the time honoren
schedule. Down town hotels and
cafes will keep double time. Both
teIcgraphic services adopted the new
daylight saving system.
Promptly at the hour of II p. m
last night the dins of hundreds of
factory whistles and the music Of
as many church bells signalled the
arrival of the new order. For three
minutes the heralding noise contin-
ued and when il was silenced the
CITY had stepped forward an hour
in the calendar. The city of NiSh-
awaka adopted the new time stimuli
taneous with South Bend.
Clock Hands Put ahead.
Last night at II o'clock the hands
OF the biz clock operated at Michi-
gan ST. and Washington av by the
American Trust co. was showed up
10 meet the newest local time in
novation.
From the bench on saturday
judge Walter A. Funk declared that
the county courts would open and
close nm compliance with advanced
clocks while the same declaration
was made by chief Kerr with re-
gard % the police department
Schedules of city street cars and
the car service counecting South
BEND with Nishawaka will conform
H. the new time. hut interurbau
cars will run under the old system
10 avoid confusion with other cities
that have not adopted the new time.
some May Bc Late.
Unless the company places ear
Tier cars i'm operation this viii cause
persons Twins iu Elkhart. Niles. New
carlisle and other cities nearby 20
he late % work I'm this city provid-
ing they begin the dag at a. IN.
The first car I'm south Bend from
the east now arrives al 6.55 a. M.
from the west az 1926 "a. m. and
from the north at 6:27 a. mn. Since
the iuterurbaus will not run under
South Bend time il means that these
cars viii not arrive until one hour
later new time
X. Is. Rockue. municipal recrea-
ton director. believes that one
third more persons viii be found ON
the Fairgrounds ass result OF the
early time. He states that in Cleye-
land last summer 5000 more work
ing men and women used the PLAY
grounds because OF the advanced
time
Retail stores i'm south Bend viii
be operated ON south Bend time.
beginning Monday morning. This
agreement was reached Friday aft
ernoon al a meeting held at the
Chamber OF Commerce by the Re
tail Merchants bureau and also hy
merchants not affiliated with the bu-
Teau
All business men no the meetirC
were agreed that the south Bend
time would not affect shoppers from
out OF the city as they came into
South Bend during the morning
hours and returned 10 their homes
in the early afternoon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-01
GERMANS BREAK STRIKE
WITH SOLDIER THREAT
Associated Press Service

A>SoCl1 Tel I'rese y rV1Het
COPENHAGEN, June 3o-The
German authorities broke the re-
cent strike At the shipyards in
Stettin by the same means they
used 20 crush the April strike They
threatened 70 muster the strikers
as soldiers and subject them 10
punishment meted out 20 mutineers
unless the men resumed work
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-01
GERARD TO BIZ sPEAKER.

INDIANAPOLIS. md. June 10
Former Ambassador 10 Germauy
James " Gerard EiI he the rril-
ciple speaker ~ a patriotic meeting
here on the night OF July O. IL is
planned 10 hold the meeting in Tom
linson hall
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-01
New Measure Provides for
S1,652, 170,000 Without
Authorizing Addi-
tiOnaI Bonds.
INCOMES And EXCESS PROFITS
TO BEAR ABOUT TWO THIRDS
Bill Expected to Meet Ex-
penSeS by Issuing UnSOId
Panama Canal
Bonds.
Associated Press Service

Associated Press Service:
WASHINGTON, June 30-Revi-
sion Of the S1,SOO,OOO,OOO war tax
bill, passed by the house five weeks
ago. was completed today by the
senate finance committee The
measure virtually was rewritten and
reduced TO 1.652,17O.OOO with no
authorizati ton Of additional bonds
The final draft was sent 10 the print
er tonight and will be given formal
committee approval Monday and re-
ported 10 the senate by Chairman
simmons early next week
Incomes and excess profts will
hear about two thirds of the new
tax burdens under the revised bills
about a half billion dollars each
with a large share of the remain
der secured from liquors and to-
bacco. Many house taxes were en-
tirely eliminated by the committee
and others added
Radical increase Of taxes on war
excess profits Of corporations. part.
nerships and individuals. decided
upon today, enabled the committee
20 dispense with the suggestion
made Of additional bond issue Of
from 0O,O0OO,OOO to $1,000. 600. -
900. Senator Stone withdrew an
amendment for S500,OOO.OOO is
sue While the bill falls short bv
about $6OO.OOO.OOO Of meeting the
treasury estimate OF war expenses
next year the committee decided
that by issuing $135.OOO.OO0 of au-
thorized but unsold Panama canal
bonds the expenses can be met I'M
til congress reconvenes in Deem
Der.
Tax or Publishers.
As finally drafted. the much de-
hated publishers tax section pro
poses "A five per cent tax upon pub
fishers profits over $4,000. yielding
So 5000 revenue and an increase
Of IA cent a pound i'm second class
postage rates. yielding $4,000. 900.
Excess profits due TO the war nm
Ger the revised bill would bear
$3.50, 100000 in taxes graduated from
u 10 40 per cent. according 10 the
proportion of excess. This is an in
''''-'~ Va F'N'sNNNf"VN over SNtu
taxes under the present law, OF
which repeal IS proposed and $780,
100000 more than was proposed by
the house bin.
From income taxes S5S2,70O,00O
would De raised, S66.0OC.O0O less
than the house provided-the de-
crease being made entirely upon in
comes OF $4,000 annually and
oove-Vith the committee approx
ing the house plan of lowering in
come tax exemptions 20 $1,000 for
single persons, $4,000 for married
Persons. and addition of surfaces
or per cent upon incomes up 20
$4,000 and surfaces graduated from
one 10 81 per cent upon larger ir-
comes.
The com mlttee also changed the
! plan OF collecting income taxes
from that of collection at the
source TO information AT the
source 10 accomplish direct pay
ment
Cut out Tarin Tax.
The committee struck out entire
ly the house 10 per cent general
estimated TO raise S20O.OOO.COO. II
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-01
French Cruiser Sunk.

The French armored cruiser
Kleber. 1915 tons. has been sunk
off Point ST. Matthew. while on the
way from Dakar, Africa, 70 Brest-
She was destroyed by a mine with
the loss OF 81 men.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-01

1CoNTINUED on PAGE THREE)
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-23
san FRANCISCO PLANS
10 FIGHT ABANDONMENT

san Francisco. Aug .7-San Fran
cisco. through & citizens committee.
prepared To- launch nght today
Jg1ins. abandonment % camp Fr"-
mont th" national guard orcampmen.
at paio Alto. thirty miles south o'
here work on which Vas ordered sus-
pended Yesterday hy the war depart
mcnt.
Prior to meeting ut the commit
tee headed by Mayor James Rulph,
Ir Hnlph said that in answer to e
telegram he had sent 90 Washington
he confidently expected orders to re-
sumo work which would DE received
hy noon"
Construction work was abandoned
simply because work ON the sewer
system was not progressing FAST
enough Eulph said "San Francisco
has guaranteed more than 100000 ~
purchase leases. crops. and buy out
tenants oucup, ,ug houses ON the want
camp site So that the government
would Dee put to as little expense as
possible. The -cuer pipe are uu th'
ground and the trenches nave been 1i-
mcst completed There can bee mo- dif-
tgultN ON tina. sore. lt looks like q
tempest iu ID teapot
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-23
JAP OrrICLSLS HERE
OFFER EXtLANN NTION

Washington, AUG 90 --Japancse Of
ficiais here today explained that WIS.,
count ckuchi Is member Of the
house of peers and MIR. HAWAI- Is secre-
tary of the house They have been
he Rome ~ delegates 60 the interna-
,ional economical conference held
there some months ago Mr. Hawai-
was secretary Of the delegation \
third member Of the delegation. Mr..
kato Is returning 10 Japan by the
way of the Cape of Good Houe.
The conference at Rome was held
a. tho invitation OF the Italian gov
erpmcnt and the delegates were
members OF the parliaments ~ several
countries. Political matters we're not
o. bc discussed nor had the confer
cucc anything 20 do with diplomatic
questions The United States was not
rcpT, a-uted.
\ mcmoer Of the imperial Japanes-
mission said today NO request had
been received from the United State,
- scud japanese delegates Go con-
ference To- discuss the question of ,
more genuine entente between Japar
/ and ,hiS country lie had no iutJr'
nation regarding the statement tha'
/ England appeared adverse 20 a pcac'
settlement At this time,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-23
EXPERTS IN INFANT
WELFARE GO ABROAD
TO CONSERVE HEAL tn
specialists Have Been Sent to
France by the American Red
Gross, Efforts Will be Made to
Protect French Children.


WH~N.ug'nH Aug -N Specialists
l0 infant NrItr, huy boon sen, 'o
France Do, th. American Rcd Gross.
They are headed %. pJ Wu'tW -.
Lucas ul th" University .f california.
originator uf fn, "aus, 10 belgian
baby Wuf cWunf
There Is ygEIu- EvDl iuI effective
work among children Major Grt>eou
" T. MurrlN head OF the Nmcri-
can Rcd Cross commission ~ France.
has ,Julod The infant welfare Hut
will Doc prepared 'u give such .mma-
diatc rrBsl as % can.
with pr Lucas .n the unt which
v1- finlucrd hy Mrs william Lowell
Putnam uf Boston. are pr i Morris
Sl,mous OF the Nal" medical school.
Or. Juiu- Parker ScdgV.cN ot rhc
TuNcrs' ui Minnesota Dr John &.
Baldwin. pr. claim o. Gr'e.H rr ~.
~. T,ure, aud 'n, following experts
iu sociology and ,uld welfare vugA.
Mrs a. Muri. lennon. Nr- Nm.
T. Lurle N,., Elizabeth Ashr ana
Nl-s jus5muud Gilbert daughter uf
the poet
Special rfrIrt, Wi. 1o made 200 proc
t,c, chllrcu from tubcrDutr UicD-
tion ohfgn .- thrcui,uuE France toe
dat as result ut trench warfare.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-23
j. s. ADANOONS PALO
ALTO, CAL. AS CAMP
FOR NATIONAL GUARD
Restrictions Imposed by State
Board of Health Found TO be
Too Severe; Men to be Mobil.
ICED Now at Charlotte, N. G.
BY An.nelaied Prev

by Associated fte1
Washington Aug 20 The forty %
first national guard division. conpri~-
ing troops from Washington, oregon.
Montana. Idaho and Wyoming has
been ordered trained pt Camp Greene,
Charlotte, y. 6. and Camp Fremont at
palo Alto, Cal. has been abandoned
because the California state health au-
thoritics have decided tnat lstrinc
sewage system such as the war de-
partmcut proposed would be- iuiuriou.
to the health of the community
Secretary Baker. announcing tho
change said today that The war de-
partmcnt could not see It's way o.
spend half a million dollars for such
"a sewage system as the state health
authorities thought necessary In a
Temporary camp
Senator phclau. after conference
with Secretary Baker. said he WIS
hopeful thar come compromise would
br reached with the state health nu-
thoritics go the Palo Alto camp nigl
De- used FOR some other troop later 'n
the mobilization senator phclau -br
NO hope of changing the department
order giving 3ho division to Nurtu
Carolina but Said he was hopeful that
the state nuthuritio- would lppro,,
some other pystcm uf sewage thar
latrinc aud the camp could be used A.
ter an
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-23
Hearst's s San Francisco Paper As
serts That a Conference Was
Held in Holy City Previous to
Publication of Peace Note.
INsINUATEs THAT U. s.
HAD A. HAND IN MOVE
Publishes Lurid Interview With
Jap Delegate; Probability Is
They Were Attending an Inter
national Economic Meeting.



san Francisco. Aug. % The San
Francisco Examiner today says Wis.,
counts Y. Hawai- aud NJ. Okuchi Of
Japan passed through here last night
ON their way 10 the Orient from Rome.
where they attended AT the suggestion
of Pope Benedict NV and "a high Unit
ed States official. a secret conference
between representatives OF the alliel
entente nations previous To the publi-
cation 0f the pope's recent peace note
Niscount Okuchi Is said TO have is
sued this statement:
when the United states declared
war against our common enemy the
first thing that suggested itself In the
upper house of Japan was the prCba e
bnity of q more genuine entente be-
tween the United States and ourselves.
II vas while this matter was under
discussion that "A message was received
from Rome asking that accredited
delegates be sent To confer with the
other allies
we did not think much OF this
suggestion until request came from
the United states signed by man
who Is revcred In Japan Viscount
Hawai- and myself were then appoint
ed to attend the meeting All the al
lies were represented.
II see no objection To being quoted
as saving that England appeared ad,
verse to peace as tho present time
| France had very much the same atti.
! tudc"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-23
SAYS POLICY BASED
ON MIGHT ALONE IS
DOOMED TO FAILURE
German Imperial Foreign secre-
tary Makes an Interesting Ad.
mission in His Maiden Speech to
the Main Reichstag Committee.
By Ampsialcd rts..

Amsterdam. Aug ia policy
based on might alone and not on right
is doomed tu failure from the Begin
ming" was the interesting admission
made by DR. Richard won Kuehlmann.
German imperial foreign secretary. in
his maiden speech to the main cem-
mittce OF the seichstag yesterday. The
new secretary. according 20 telc-
gram from Berlin, dwclt on the tre-
mendous responsibility In assuming
office. when the country Is beset hv
the mightiest of enemies without aul
grave difficulties within"
Or. Won Kuchlmnnr laid down the
following program;
First the maintenance of cordial
relations with the allies and. second
with the ncutrals whose rights and
necessary conditions of existence We
shall be most careful 10 respect A. far
as is compatible with enemy triCkery
nd our own military needs"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-23
Two German Planes Make q Raid
Behind verdun; Thirty Persons.
One q Woman, Lose Lives and
More Than Fifty Are Injured.
RED CROSS SIGNS ARE
IGNORED BY RAIDERS
Correspondent Visits Camp Where
German Prisoners Are Assem-
bled; All Say They Are Content
at Being Out of the War.

By Associated Press
On the F"ench Front, Aug. 23.--
The incendiary bombs which were
dropped by two German aviators
on two hospitals behind verdun
ON Sunday evening killed ten
wounded men, one woman nurse
and nineteen trained male nurses.
They wounded ~ male nurses and
inflicted further injuries on pa
tientS suffering from wounds re.
.ccivcd in battle, many of whom
rushed naked into nearby fields in
AN attempt to find shelter from
the bombs which were being
rained down.
Meanwhile the German aviators
circlcd about in the air for half
an hour. firing their machine guns
at hospital ordcrlics who were en-
deavoring to cxtinguish the blaze.
The nurses had just finished ban
daging $50 wounded Germans
who had been brought direct from
the battlefield and had gone TO bed
when the bombs were dropped
from a height of only 800 yards.
The Rcd Cross signs were painted
prominently ON the roofs and the
Germans know of the hospital,
which had been in existence for
more than year.
The c~~respondcni, after in-
specting the hospital, visited a
camp at which German prisoners
were assembled. II contained con.
siderably more than 5000 officers
and men. The correspondent was
permitted to interrogate large
number of the prisoners, many of
whom are eighteen or nineteen
years of age They all declared
themselves content at being out of
the war. On the way other small
or camps containing hundreds of
prisoners were passed.