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New-York tribune., 1918-11-11
FEDERAL TRUCKING COMPANY.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING OF THE BROOKLYN DE
LIVERY COMPANY TO VOTE

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ON DISSOLUTION
Tho directors of the company have to-
day voted in favor OF an immediate disso.
luton OF the company in accordance Win
Section 22l Of the General Corpora ton Law
Please take notice that a special meet
ing OF the stockholders will be held "a, the
principal office Of the company, No. 100
Hudson Street. Borough OF Manhattan
New York city, on November IS, 1913. at
- o'clock forenoon. to consider said
lntion OF the board ana TO act upon tho
proposed dissolution of the company
ClIAS. WOOLNOUGH. Secretary
October u, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-11

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New-York tribune., 1918-11-11
FINANCIAL MEETINGS
O'GARA COAL COwPaNv

Notice Of Annual Meeting OF Stockholders
Notice 10 hereby given that meeting Of
the stockholders of OGARA COAL COM
PANY Will be held at the office Of the
Company. being the office OF J B. RueseIi
g Co.. No. II East Fortieth Street In tho
borough OF Manhattan. City OF New York
County and State OF New York, on tho
eighteenth uSth' day of November D.
1918, at twelve ti2) O'Clock noon. for the
purpose OF electfng seven (7) Directors for
the ensuing year and two 90 Inspectors OF
Election TO serve at the next annual meet
ing. TO act on an amendment 10 change tho
name of the corporation to the Harrisburg
Coal Company or some other suitable name
and for the transaction of such other bust
ness as may properly come before said
meeting The polls will remain open two
% hours Transfer books VIII be closed
from October 2a, 1918. to November is
1918.
Dated. New York. n Y, October esth.
1918. ]. B. RUSSELL. Secretary
New-York tribune., 1918-11-11
BROOKLYN DELIVERY COMPANY
slJTiCE OF SPECIAf. STOCKHny nI~ns

MEETING OF THE BROOKLYN DE
LIVERY COMPANY TO VOTE
ON DISSOLUTION
Tho directors Of tho company hsve fo
Gay voted IN favor OF an Immediate dissn-
luton of the company in accordance with
Section 221 Of the General Corporation Law
Please take notice that special meet
ing Of the stockholders VIII be held at tho
ofiice of the company. 201 Thompson Street
New York city. on November is, 1915 al
10 o'clock. TO consider said resolution of tho
Board and TO act upon the proposed disso-
luton OF the company
HENRY C PIERCY, Secretary.
October IA. 1918
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31

Seven lives were lost when the Italian steamer Giuseppe Garibaldi was sunk July 24, wrile carrying a cargo of wheat from Buenos Aires to Rio De Janiero
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
TAX ON TOBACCO SURELY
 WILL BE DOUBLED
House Committee Drafting the New
 $s,o00oo0 Revenue Bill.

Washington, July BOA ten per cent. tax on gross sales of manufacturers producers and importers of automo- piles, piano players, graphaphones. sporting goods, cosmetics, patent med icines, cameras and similar articles was tentatively agreed upon today by the house ways and means committee, which is drafting the new $S,000 00O, 900 revenue bill. The present excise tax on most of these articles ranges around three per cent. and the increased tax ation will produce an immensely great CT revenue from these sources, al- though no estimate was made of the total yield Motor trucks will be tax edp half the increased rate, on the ground that they are for business pur- poses and not in the same class with passenger automobiles.
 The automobile tax was discussed at length. It was felt by some members of the committee that a large propor- ton of automobiles are used for bus mess as well as other purposes, but | it was agreed that it would be impos sible to differentiate. There was no ef- l fort to put a tax on gasoline, although such tax has been urged.
 There was some discussion by the committee today of the tobacco tax schedule. The treasury department has recommended the doubling of the pres ent rates on tobacco. The committed wants more revenue than this would yield and will decide on the increase. later. Data laid before the committed showed that consumption of cigars ir this country is decreasing, while tn, consumption of cigarettes is mounting rapidly.
 The committee also had under con sidera tion a tax on admissions to tn theaters operas and moving picture shows. It favored doubling the tax ol admissions and club dues and also t. impose a one cent tax on all admis sions where the maximum charge doe not exceed cents. Under existing law all moving picture shows, thea tres an other amusements whose maximum charge does not exceed five cents ar exempt from the tax,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
RECOGNIZING FIGHTING
 VALUE OF AMERICANS
Berlin Vorwaerts Correspondent Says They SI'ouId No! Be Ucderrated.

Amsterdam. July 90.-The Berlin Vorwaerts correspondent at the front telegraphs the following under date of July 27
 Tn the battle between the A:sne and the Marre the entente for the first time threw American forces into the fire. As a result of personal jn- quiries among the divisions of Gen erals Won Etzel and Won Waiter in the center of the German front. I am able to state the following:
 "The Americans fought partly in serried divisions, partly incorporated in the French forces. Of the regi- ments now in the battle most nave been over 6 year in France: the others | were only superftcjaly trained i'll America and on the continent. Their equipment is excellent throughout. "The consensus of opinion among our front troons is that ;-e fighting value of the American soldiers should l in no wise be under rated. Eoastfu
 Of their American superiority and ir l high spirits owing to the Hulsome fat tery of the French public. they rusf l into the fire with naive recklessress
 hut as they have not yet learned tC fight in extended order ard how tC protect themselves skilfully from ar tillery fire. their losses are immensely | heavier than the others"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
GEDDEs GIVES REVIEW
 OF NAVAL SITUATION
Defended Policy of Starting National
 ShipbuiIdina Yards.

London, July 30.-Sir Eric Gedies. first lord of the British admiralty. gave the house of commons today a review of the naval situation and particularly defended the policy of starting national shipbuild.ng yards in discussing the shipbuiluing pro- sramme iT connection with the navy estimates.
 The first lord compared the situa- ton toda. regarding tonnage with that of year ago. Tien the net loss in tonnage, he said, was 550,n00 gross tons monthly. Submarines then were rot being destroyed as fast as the Germans were building them, while the merchant shipyards were short Of men and material. Four hundred thousand tons net loss monthly was the Britisii deficit. Every yard that could take naval work had been put on naval building.
 Gradually during the past year, Sir Erie continued, the position had changed in many directions: Instead of losing tonnage the worlds net re- suit in the last quarter had been a sain roughly of 10G. 00) tons montH. The allied and neutral world was aS well off on June 30 as on January l. 1918. This result, he declared had been obtained by reduced stnkings and increased buildings.
 The reduced sinkings had been ar rived at. te said. by a greater pro ductive effort devoted to warships and small craft of an anti submarine character. Nothing was included of l communicated or required tonnage in 1 this result
 "The problem Of a year ago was considered by many almost inconceiv able and lnsoluble," Sir Ere contin- | ued. Mercantile carrying power was being sunk at a rate which soon woul | have melLt an inability to continue the war. ant there was no tried rec oenjzed means of combating the cam paign. It was necessary to provide ( l building programme on greatly in. | creased scale"
 The number of men employed or new construction of war'5hips anC
 auxiliarieS Sir Eric said, is 15000t
 and on merchantmen 120,000
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE
 BY AMERICAN TROOPS
Described by Reuter- Correspondent
 With the American Army.

ondcn. Jul 20 The Reuter- cor respondent with the American army on the Aisne- Malne front sends the following under Tuesdays date:
 "Yesterday was a day of ceaseless fehtine. in which little actual progress cou'd hn made. The enemy offered a nose determined resistance and brought up fresh troons.
 '"Throughout yesterday the enemy's machine gun fire scarcely ceased, even when apparently none of our men we e in tho open. The fire swept every bit of cover where they might be expected to be. and during the morning was strongly backed by artillery.
 Shortly after they recaptured Ser ~v .the Americans advanced up the ro'-row valley dividing the hi'l behind Snrgv. and after A fight. in which tn havonet and butt were almost alone usad took Neurcy Farm, about mile ur the valley
 '"T1,o cr0-ny held Seringes in great etrancth. The village was also protect od h' machine gun nests on either side The attack was an almost in- o~o1illa affair for the coolness witt which # was carried out and for the n7era fact that it could be done under Sr"1' conditions.
 "r'a aeeaulting troons formed uH i on the south side of the Ourvcq or oven ground. The enemy opened upor 4Iam a heavy fire of artillery and ma oH'ra guns along the slopes east ana i west of the river The ground in iron of tho enemv's lines was ploughed b! -'ro nremvs fire but the men fordet tho river with dril1-like steadiness.
 "Tt was a wonderful performance fo nv troons astounding for troops s ronent1v h1ooded and as fine test a any to which the American army ha hAnn nut.
 "The men went steadily up tn l ~ronns. silenced one after another tn Cerr-7rr machine gun nests. and swen on to the ton of the hill, then wheel iner or etward stormed the village. u-as fierce fight. There was no askin or giving quarter. The enemy wa <tontl,oarted. ard the Americans gla to find him so They wanted that sor of a finish to their ordeal. Some of th Germans fled into Nestes Forest. Tn remainder are where they will renal
 in the village"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
Embassies Barred
 From ArCflange|
ALLIED DIPLOMATS HAVE AR-
 RIVED IN kANDAIAsKA, LAPLAND
PROVIDED WITH SHIPS
It is Reported the Moscow Government Had Ordered That the Sailing of the Ambassadors Be Prevented.

Kandalaska. Russian Lapland, July 30 (By The Associated Press. The allied embassies which recently left Vologda for Archangel were not per mitted to remain in Archangel and have arrived in Kandalaska.
 The embassies left Vologda July 25 in response to message of NJ. Tchit- cherin, Bolshevik foreign minister, de- claring that they were in great danger and. that a bombardfnent of Vologda was threatened for the next day. He urged the embassies to come to Mos COW. but the ambassadors decided to proceed to Archangel, where they ex- pected to communicate with their gov ernments.
 At Archangel the Soviet, acting un- der orders from Moscow, refused to permit the foreign representatives to remain, but placed two small Russian ships at their disposal, and aboard these they left July 2S, escorted by a Russian trawler on an uneventful voy- age across the White sea.
 On the night they were leaving Archangel it was reported that the Moscow government had ordered tha the sailing of the ambassadors bt prevented
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
100000 TonsStee| in Next Three Months
HAS BEEN CALLED FOR BY THE
 SHIPPING BoARDD
AN INCREASE OF 250,ooO
The Increase is Desired So as to Pro- vide Reserve of 1,sso,ooo Tons By November.

Washington, July So-Steel require ments of the shipping board for the next three months call for 10000 tons, an increase of 250,000 tons over the regular monthly schedule for that period This increase is desired so as to provide a reserve of 1,330,000 tons by November.
 The requirements, it was learned to- night, were placed before the steel manufacturers of the country by Di- rector General Schwab of the emer- gency fleet corporation at the meeting held yesterday in New York.
 The reserve stock is regarded by Mir Schvab as stimulus to produc- tion and plans have been made to keep it intact Allocation of the present reserve of 1,0S0,000 tons is fairly good according to shipping board officials although several Pacific coast yards still are in need of sthel.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
SEVENTH RAISE IN WAGES
 FOR U. S. STEEL LABoRERS.
Increase of About 10 Per Cent Be.
 comes Effective Aug. i.

New York. July 3O.-Wage incre approximating 10 per cent. and eff fective on Aug. 1 will be granted by the United States Steel corporation to laborers at it's manufacturing plants, it was announced today by the cor poration'S finance committee.
 Other wage rates will be eQuitably adjusted except in cases where recent advances have been made Coal min ing companies are not included in the new increase. as these employees have already received similar advances.
 This is the seventh raise in wages which United States Steel operatives generally have received since January of 1916. The seven increases aggre- gate 75 per cent. Six of them were for 10 per cent. and one granted last March. was for 15 per cent
 The seven advances increase the corporations payroll by about three million dollars monthly as compared wit hthe latter part Of 1915, according | to unofficial estimates. Approximately | 100000 men will benefit.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
RECORD PROFITS MADE
 BY U. S. STEEL CORPORATION
For the Second Quarter of 19fs- Financial Statement Issued Yesterday.

New York, July 3O.-Profts in excess of all previous records were made by the United States Steel corporation for the secord quarter of 1918, according to the financial statement issued after today's meeting of the directors
 Total earnings amounted to S62, ,557,- S91 after setting aside $9O.716 25O, or about 50 per cent. of returns, for ac- count of federal income and war taxes and nominal sum for interest on bonds of subsidiary companies.
 The enQrmous federal appropriation or allowance includes $5S 71625O for the current quarter on the basis of existing tax laws. and $32,000,0OO for account of additional taxes which may be imposed for the first six months under proposed federal legislation
 Net income for the quarter amount ed to s52, ,4S3, and payment of the regular quarterly dividends of 1 3-4 on the preferred stock and 1 1-4 regu- lar and the usual per cent. extra disbursement on the common left a balance of $19,017 375.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
ARRESTED AND HELD
 FOR THE GOVERNMENT
New Haven Police Detain James Lees
 an Engishman.

New Haven. Conn.,, July 2O.-James Lees, alias James Rurrett-tee. former
 y of this city. was arrested tonight by the local police and he'd withou. bonds. on charges understood to have been preferred by the government. The police and department of justice men both refused to discuss the case or to indicate the nature of the charges. The prisoner is an Englishman He came here from Canada several years ago.
 The family came into prominence about two years ago when the young
 daughter disappeared while on her way home from school. The parents had been estranged. Subsequently the child was found living with the fa- 1 ther in New Orleans and Was return cd to the mother.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
CAPT. AUBREY w. VAUGHAN
 OF THE U. s. A. INDICTED
For Conspiracy in Connection With
 Contracts for Raincoats,

New York, July 3O.-Aubrey W. Vaughan, a captain in the quarter masters corps of the United States army, was indicted today bp a fed eral grand jury on a charge of con- spring to defraud the government in connection with contracts for rain coats.
 Indicted also were Felix Gouled, a manufacturer, who was arrested last week with nearly a score of other men in connection with the governments inquiry into alleged frauds in con tracts and David L. Podell, a lawyer Captain Vaughan in his official posi- tion received bids from manufacturers of shoes, leather and rubber goods.
 There are two counts in the indict- ments against the three men. The first charges conspiracy to defrauc | and to commit an offense against the United States" and the second using the mails in a scheme to defratd.". The indictments allege that Gouled had an agreement with Captain Vaughan, who is attached to the sup ply and equipment division of the quartermaster generals office in Wash inSton, whereby Gouled was to assure raincoat manufacturers he could get government contracts for them, on the | payment to Gouled of commission
 These commissions" according to the indictment, were to be turned ove1 l to Vaughan, and divided among divers officers of the United States"
 According to the indictments, the
 part Podell was to play in the alleged
 conspiracy was to prepare certain
 contracts and agreements for the pur-
 pose of concealing the true nature anC
 characters of the transactions to bt
 carried out"
 Gouled was arrested on July 22 l when seventeen raincoat manufactuf
 CTS were taken into custody by agent of the department of justice, and wa released on $20,000 bail
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
New England Fuel Supp|yis Threatened
BECAUSE OF INCREASING DE- HANDS FOR COAL OVERSEAS
BEHIND IN SHIPMENTS
situminous Production in the Fields
 Assigned to Supply This District is Far Behind the Amount Estimated,

Washington, July 30-Increasing de- mands for coal from overseas and for the Emergency Fleet, Army, Navy and other government operations threaten seriously the New England fuel SUD- ply for next winter. Coal shipments to New England, it became known to- day, are now behind the scheduled figures on the ratio of production nec- essary to supply the needs of the dis trict.
 Falling Off in Production.
 Bituminous coal production in Penn sylvania, Maryland and West Virginia the three states assigned to supply the New England district, was on July 13 at a ratio of 77O0O 900 tons for the coal year beginning April 1, while pro- duction on that date should have been at the rate of 91, ,600,000 tons. Out of the allotment for New England coal must come also for the emergency fleet, army, navy and oversea ship ment. Part of the production from Ohio fields probably will be diverted to New England to relieve the situa- ! tion.
 1 These facts were brought out at a conference here today attended by l Chairman Baruch, of the War Indust- ries Board, Chairman Hurley, of the ] shipping board, and Representatives of the railroad administration, in addition | to Federal Administrator Garfield and the New England administrators
 Tentative allotments for New Eng land and other section of the country which have never been made public, were considered.
 Sorrow Protests CurtaiIment. J. J. Storrow, fuel administrator for all of New England, is said to have represented at the meeting that the situation in New England would not permit any cutting of the allotn1en.
 This was in response to a suggestion that his territory had been granted a greater allowance than needed Chairman Hurley of the shipping
 board and representatives of the rail-
 road administration were present to
 devise means to get coal promptly to
 New York and New England.
 Shortage in Storage Coal. At the shipping board it was said : today there is no summer coal short
 age in the New England states, but
 there was serious shortage in storage ( coal which is usually accumulated $ during the summer months for thf winter. This is due, it was said, tc
 failure of the fields to produce coal ir
 sufficient quantity. Emept ships await Ing coal TOT New EnglanQ, It was said have been at Hampton Roads for sev- !, eral weeks and at one time recently
 there were IT coal ships there un- table to get coal for New England. Ships Awaiting Bunker Coal. :; Ships are now awaiting bunker coal at Baltimore and Norfolk, shipping ' board officials said. The production
 in the eastern field is less than the figure set by the fuel administration
 as necessary, but that in Indiana Illinois and Ohio is ahead of the mark set. The demand for coal by the ship
 ping board, it was pointed out, vii
 increase with the progress of the Elm. ergency fleet building programme.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
CBy The Associated Press.y ss

(By The Associated Press.) gT
 American troops fighting north ot the ourcq river in the Soissons- Rheims salient have enlarged their brilliant victory on Monday at Sergy, where they cut to pieces divisions of Ger Rany's picked troops and took and
 d the village against counter-at- 0cks.
 Notwithstanding continued heavy gpPFfition by guns, machine guns and large numbers of teh enemy, scoldiers from the middle western and eastern states drove their line northward from Sergy Tuesday for distance of about two miles and were resting at night on the slopes approaching the woods be- Sond the town of Nesles. Where they stood at last accounts the Americans formed the apex of the long line run hing across the salient
 While the bitter fighting was in pro- Eress between the Americans and the Germans the French troops on both sides of the. fighting front also moved forward for goodly gains northeast of Fere en Tardenois and east of Sergy.
 Tn the Nesles Forest the Germans are holding strong positions. from which they are smelling, but thus far ineffec- lively the menacing allied line before them
 outfousht by the Americans.
 Prussian Guards and Bavarians were in the thick of the fighting throughout Tuesday. but again they were out Elanoeuvred and outfGdRht by the Americans and again suffered heavy casualties.
 The Germans apparently are on the eve of attempting to end their retreat from the Soissons- Rheims salient and turning and offering frontal battle in force to the entente allied armies.
 The day of rear guard actions seems drawing to a close. Violent counter offensive measures against their an- tagon!sts already are in progress by the Germans over more of the battle front, and seemingly, for the present al least. the allied advance has been ma terially slowed down.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
SECOND BATTLE OF MARINE
 HAS ENTERED NEW PHASE
Washington Officials Believe Decision
 Cannot Long Be Delayed.

Washington, July 30.-The second battle of the Marne has entered a new phase. Both French and German off cial statements tonight reflected the increased fury of the fighting for sev- eral days past. indicating to officials here that C. new crisis is approaching. The decision cannot be long delayed, although relatively small changes in the battle line were noted tonight.
 It was rot clear whether the enemy had reached 2 line on which he pro- posed to halt his withdrawal. The general trend of his present front aiong the irregular line that now forms the bottom of the A;3ne Marne salient was regarded by most observ- srs, however, as not representing po- sitions of such nature as would lend themselves to a determined effort to bring the Anglu-French-A Amer! can forces to q halt.
 The intensity of the struggle and the vigor. with which picked German troops have been hurled forward in local counter attacks showed conclu- slvely the importance the German high command attaches to holding fast for the moment at least. The re- action appeared to center on the American spearhead, striking at the hClg CtuleI OL LiiC eilSLIiy IJOSiAlOn- II was quito evident that the Germans regarded this thrust as menacing.
 Official despatches did little to clear Up the situation. Officers based their views on press reports coming from London Paris or The fighting fronts These told of repeated attacks and eounter-attack, but a summary of al reports seemed to show that the Ger mans had failed to relieve their si:ua- ton, although the rapidity ot the ad. vance was reduced. The Hast available accounts indicated that the American positions southeast of Fere en Tarde nois had been retained. The Heroes ;ghting of the battle appears to havt taken place here with the Village O Sergy as the storm center.
 s If the American apearhead is fur GAer advanced as a result of the pres ent prolonged struggle, this. coupled with French and British Hank opera
 lions to the east and west. would ere ate a situation that might well fore further German withdrawal to escap development. There was some feal however tkat the impetuosity of tn American troops night lead them to far forward in case of renewed sue -esses, plscing them in danger i tsieir turn to squeeze operations b bae enemy