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New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Rufus w. Sprague, Jr.,
Will Succeed Wallace
New Head of New York Enemv
Alien Bureau Is Wall
Street LAWYER
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune

WASHINGTON, June 14.-In an
nouncing the appointment of Rufus w.
Sprague, Jr., as successor to William
Wallace, jr., to handle the enemy reg
ulations Of the port Of New York. At
torney General Gregory to-day issued
the following statement:
II have appointed Rufus w. Sprague.
ir., of New York City, at present special
assistant to the Attorney General at
Washington, special assistant to the
Attorney General for the port of New
York, and he will take immedia
charge of all enemy regulations for
that entire port.
Originally drafted into this same
position Mr.. William Wallace, jr., whose
professional engagements were such
that he could agree to serve only three
months. He has been of invaluable
assistance, has thoroughly organized
the work and has devoted to it con-
siderable longer period Of time than
that agreed on. Despite my urgent re-
guest ne now finds it impossible to
continue in the active service lof the
government. He has, however, agreed
TO act as an adviser of the department
IN the further handling of the two i'm :
portant problems involved"
Mr.. Sprague is junior member of the
law firm Of Mclaughlin, Russell, Coe &
Sprague, Of 165 Broadway. His home
is at 2S1 Orange Road, Montclair. N. J,
The new government official Is forty
two years old and was born in Boston,
where his father, Rufus Sprague, sr.,
is still practising physician. Mr.
Sprague is Harvard man. He came to
New York in 1900 and, aside from the
post he has occupied with Attorney
General Gregory since December of last
year, has never held public office. Mr.
Sprague is = member of the Harvard
Club and the New York Bar Associa.
tion.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Plans to Stabilize
Dollar Kept Secret
McAdoo, by Presidents Order'
Declines to Give lnforma-
ton 70 Senate

WASHINGTON, June 14.---See retary
McAdoo to-day denied the Senate's re-
quest for information as to what steps
are being taken to stabilize the value
of the American dollar abroad. Asked
for the informatiop in Senate resolu-
ton, he replied th.t in the opinion of
President Wilson II would be inadvisa-
BILE to supply it at This time for fear it
might reach enemy countries.
Agreements, SECRETARY McAdoo said,
have been made With some neutral
countries in Europe and South America
looking to protection OF the dollars
value, and negotiations are proceeding
with others.
However, am directed by the Presi'
dent to say" he wnte, chat in his
judgment it would beincompatible with
the public interest 70 make a public
record at this time Of the terms Of such
agreements already m.de or in process
Of negotiations or Of the other steps
that have been taken Or are in contem
plation, chiefly because OF the
would be to the enemy
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Doctors Advocate
Military Training
AS Vote Requisite
American Medical Associa-
ton Says 1t Would I'm
prove Nations Manhood

CHICAGO, June 14.-The ixty-sixth
annual convention of the American
Medical Association adjourned to-day
after the house Of delegates had
unanimously adopted resolution
urging compulsory military training
for all young men before they are
permitted to vote. The text of the
resolution was as follows:
Whereas, the partial inventory of
our national health made possible by
the physical examinations under the
selective draft act showed a large
percentage Of our young men unfit
for military service, and, further,
that as most Of these disabilities are
durable, the American Medical Asso-
citation is prompted to speak for
mally on this subject; and
Whereas, in view of the wonderful
mental and physical benefits which
have been manifested in the young
manhood of America through inten-
sive military training in the National
Army cantonm ents; and
Whereas, knowing that this train
ing has done much to inculcate the
knowledge and value of sanitation
and personal hygiene in the indi-
vidual; therefore be it
Resolved, that the American Med
ical Association urges the early
adoption of permanent national
policy of universal military training
for all young men before the right
of suffrage is granted them.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Britain Decorates
Heroes of Tuscania

LONDON, june 14.-Order of the
British Empire medals have been given
to Robert Morrison and Duncan Camp
bell In recognition of their heroic res
cues of survivors from the troopship
Tuscania, which was torpeoed off the
Scottish coast.
Morrison, who was coast watcher at
Upper Killeyan Mullofoa, saved the
lives of three American soldiers. He
waded into the surf with a rope to
where two Americans were clinging to
a rock and hauled them ashore. He
then scaled a cliff $50 feet high and
rescued an exhausted American who
had climbed up part Of the way in the
darkness, but was too weak to go fur
ther.
Morrison carried this man on his
back and gave him shelter in his homa
on top of the cliff. He also provided
food and shelter for ninety American
survivors.
Campbell, also coast watcher at
Mullofoa, likewise rescued an American
from the side Of the cliff and took him
to his farmhouse. In addition, he gave
shelter and food to fourteen other sur
vivors found wandering along the
rocky coast.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Penalties Are Not
Effective for Ten Doys

WASHINGTON. June 14.-Income and
excess profits taxes are due by to-mor-
row night, although a provision Of the
law makes it possible for persons to
delay payment until June 25 without
suffering the penalty Of per cent Of
the tax due and per cent month
interest.
The law specifies that taxes shall BE-
paid on June Is, or ten days after de-
mand notice is given. Consequently
any individual or business firms which
have not paid when the collectors Of
fees close their books tomorrow night
within a few days Will receive notices
dated June Is demanding payment BY
June 25. This technicality, it was in
dicated to-day, may be taken advantage
of by a comparatively few business or.
carnations with large tax payments to
whom q brief delay is valuable
Many collectors Offices will stay open
late tomorrow night to receive tax pay
ments, although reports to-day wers
that most had already been made BY
check.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
MIR. Morse Marriies
Maid and Soldier
Girl in Emporia, Kan. Becomes
Bride of Camp Mills Pri-
vate by Telegraph


MlNEOLA. L. I.-Private Leo Stroh-
pagel, of the 341st Field Artillery, sta
toned at Camp Mills, and Miss lydia
M. Pierce of Emporia, Kan, were mar
rled tonight by telegraph. While Pri-
vate Strohpagel sat at )ne end of an
open telegraph wire in the local tele-
graph office here, his bride was at the
other end of the wire in Emporia, Kan,
1000 miles away.
Arrangements had been made with
the telegraph company to perform the
unusual service and single wire was
held open while the answers were
flashed back and forth. Then when the
couple, thousands of miles apart, had
been Pronounced, by series Of dots
and dashes, man and wife, they sent
each other messages of congratulation
and then joined friends who had ar
ranged twin wedding parties.
The soldier bridegroom was at
tended by the Rev. Tracy Huffstuttler,
chaplain of the 343rd Field Artillery,
and the bride by Judge Walter A.
Jones, of the Lyons County Court, Kan.
The witnesses at this end of the wire
We're Charles II. Lawner and Michael
Birnbaum 3 telegraph operators, and in
Emporia, Elton T. Severance, the oper-
ator, and the Misses Ruth Williams
and Anna Foster.
The entire ceremony required lit
tie less than fifteen minutes to per-
form. The telegraph charges amount
to $7.26.
Private. Strohpagel is prosperous
farmer of Monroe, Mich. He met his
wife about two months ago when lis
troop was sent from Michigan to en-
poria on the way East. The courtship,
begun about two months ago, has
been carried on since by letters And
the same trusty telegraph wires were
used last night to bring it to climax.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Committee Believes Jones
Amendment Would Be
Unconstitutional
Fight Begins Monday
Randall Prohibition Proposal
Eliminated From Appropria-
ton Bill Unanimously

WASHINGTON, June 14.-The Senate
noon reconsidered us vote of earlier
in the day for favorable report on
the proposal Of Senator Jones, of
Washington, for national prohibition
during the war, and decided to hold
hearings on the amendment. The COM
mittee, however. sustained Its former
action in eliminating from the emer-
goncy agricultural appropriation bill
the Randall prohibition amendment.
Senator Smith, of South Carolina,
acting chairman of the committee, an
,nounced that hearings will open next
Monday and continue possibly until
Wednesday, after which the committee
will determine what action 1t will take
on the Jones amendment, which would
forbid the use Of grain and foodstuffs
in the manufacture of malt or vlnous
liquors during the war.
Several members of the committee,
including Senator Norris, of Nebraska,
are said of be Of the opinion that the
amendment would be unconstitutional.
If the committee decides to reject it
Senator Norris intends to offer sub
stitute.
Rejection of the Randall amendment
is understood to have been unanimous.
Under it's provisions expenditure Of
approximately $6,oOO,oco provided In
the agricultural appropriation bill
would have been prevented unless
President Wilson exercised the pow
ers conferred on him under the food
control act and issued proclamation
prohibiting the use Of foodstuffs in
the production Of beer and wine.
The committee also eliminated from
the bill the House provision prohibit
ing the use Of any money appropriate d
in the measure for any employe of draft
age in the Department of Agriculture
who had received deferred classified
ton. Representatives of the depart
ment, at hearing before the commit
tee yesterday, vigorously objected to
this section, saying no exemption from
military service had been asked for
any employees whose services were not
absolutely necessary.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
500, 900, 900 in Taxes
Paid Here Yesterday
Penalties Not Effective Until
June Is, Says Washington
Statement

The rush to pay income and excess
profits taxes at the Office of Collector
Edwards yesterday started early and
continued in a steady stream until Of
fetal closing time, 4:30, when it was
announced that almost s100,000,o 900, or
nearly twice the receipts Of the pre-
vious day, had been collected. The ap-
proximate figures were placed at $780,
100000, s50,000,000 of which was re-
ported paid in certificates of indebted
ness and the remainder in cash and
checks.
Opening at o'clock this morning,
the doors of Collector Edwards's ofhcs
will remain open until midnight, and
judging from the wonderful showing
made SO far it was stated by the col
lector that he expected few penalties
to accrue.
1t required the entire time of fifteen
clerks merely to open letters bringing
in checks. A special staff of expen
bookkeepers was assigned to help ana.
teur interest computers.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
India Gives Pledge
OF Greater War Aid

LONDON, June 14.-What India has
done since the beginning of thew is
only forerunner Of what she will do
for definite and common empire, the
Maharaja Of Patiala, who is in London
representing the princes Of India at
the sessions Of the Imperial War Cab
met, said to-day. India, he added, was
surer than ever Of the greatness, JUS
tice and humanity of the Allied cause
and proud to do her full share in the
great work of the future.
India will have none of German
propaganda, which has been active
there, he stated. He continued by
saying that recruiting had been very
satisfactory and that all the require
ments in this direction would be fully
mat. He said that India was ready to
take the necessary steps to prevent the
introduction Of German influence.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Dryden's Coal Bin Raided
Prudential Co. President Forced
to Reduce Fuel Stocks

NEWARK, N. j., June 14.-United
States Attorney Lynch ordered a coal
company to-day to remove from the
summer home Of Forrest F. Dryden,
president of the Prudential Life Insur--
ance Company, at Bsrnardsville, fifty
six Of the 235 tons Of coal It had de-
livered there.
In his application for the coal Mr..
Dryden explained that while last win
ter he had used only 1876 tons new
buildings had been completed since
then which would require greater
supply Of coal next winter. He will
have in his bins when Mr.. Lynch's or.
der has been carried out only two
thirds of the supply that he deemed
necessary.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
by persons with incomes Of betwee
$4,000 and $4,000.
Two-Thirds Of Total

Although only th per cent Of the r..
turns were on incomes Of more thsr
100000, these represented nearly on..
third Of the total net income and ueay.
ly three fourth of the total tax Nearlx
so per cent of the total income report.
ed was exempt from taxation.
In view of the current discussion 70.
garding the ACCESSIBILITY of taxing mn
earned incomes at a higher rate than
earned incomes, special study va.
given TO the report showing that Is
1916 $4,488 100000 Of the total incoms
reported represented salaries. pro-
fessional fees or business earnfns.
and would be classed as earned =
while $3,86f 900 900 represented income
from property-dividends, rents. inter
est on securities, fiduciaries, royaltie.
etc-and would be classed as @un.
earned"
Only 80 per cent of the corpors4;ons
reporting showed positive net income
and 40 per cent showed no net incoms
or actual losses. Foreign corporatiors
reported s81 1,S14,000 net income and
4,294 nonresident aliens reported per.
sonal incomes Of 5000, 900.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
$3.50 Bales of Enemy Owned
Cotton Bring High Prices

The alien property custodian sold
$3.50 bales Of enemy-owned cotton in
the classification room of the New
York Cotton Exchange yesterday.
Many buyers were present and the
prices paid were regarded as very
about middling, sold from 20 to 29N
cents, while the rest, averaging strict
to good rniddling, ranged from 30h TO
32M cents, 200 bales going to local
spot house at the latter price.
Thus far 10,9<1 bales Of alien-owned a
cotton have been sold, Of which S,k4i
halas ware diapeaed Of in Nsw York
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Free Auto Service
ToUpton Needs Help |

The railway fare to and from
Camp Upton on Sunday has been
increased from $270 to $4.16. AS
result, the American Automobile
Associations free service for poor
relatives of National Army men is
overwhelmed with new applicants:
Scarcely half can be accommodated
at present.
Have you an automobile you
could loan for the day? Or have
you a few cents to help finance the
journey of huge auto buses?
Send your offer of machine or
money to James A. Hemstreet,
American Automobile Association,
Sol Fifth Avenue; telephone Muir
ray Hill 473.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Treasury Department Re-
port Brings Out
Fact
Brokers' Showing High
Greatest Percentage Of So, 600
Returns Is Accredited
to Them

WASHINGTON. June IA larger
proportion of brokers than of any
other occupation class reported in
comes of more than $4,000 in 1915.
and farmers made proportionately the
smallest number of returns, it was
shown to-day in an analysis Of in
come tax returns for 1916. One out
of every five brokers made returns,
but only one in 400 farmers. Nearly
onehfth of all lawyers and judges
made returns.
Teachers, actors, musicians, preach
ers and saloonkeepers were among the
classes of which few made incomes Of
more than $4,000.
These reports are not considered de-
pendable guides to actual incomes, Of
icials say, since they arc based only
on returns filed, and the reson for such
a poor showing by some classes is
the neglect Of some members to make
returns. Under the old income tax law
applying to 1915 incomes only per-
sons making more than $4,000 were
required to make returns, and mar
ried men or heads Of families were
required to pay taxes on earnings Of
more than $4,000.
Table of Percentages
The number of returns by occupa-
tlonal classes. with the percentage of
the total in those classes shown by the
1910 census is reported as follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Allies in Balkans
Take More Prisoners
Gains Extended to North and
South of Devoli, War
Office Reports

PARIS, June 14.--Seventy-one addi-
t!onai prisoners have been captured in
the Balkans, it was announced Of.
ileially tonight. The statement fol-
Army Of the East. June 13.-There
has been activity by the artillery on
the greater part of this front, To the
west OF Lake Ochrida we have enlarged
cur gains to the north and south of
ton"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Called to Colors

CHICAGO, June 14.--Patrick Har-
grove. utility inSelder with the Chi
cago Americans, was called into the
National Army tonight from his home
in Wichita, Kan. He 10 tho tenth
member Of the eluh - jean ths colors.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15

The number of returns filed for 1915
was 437,036, showing total net income
OF S6,29s 100000, with tax of $173,00O,-
600. A little more than one-fourth Of
the total income reported was returned
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
Where to Go to Church Tomorrow
BAPTIST
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH,

NeV. John Roach CtratOn, y. y.
II: Christ the Bond Of All Things
S: will New York Be Destroyed II She Does Not
Repent?'
This will he tho fourth sermon in series
Jonah--The Man Who Was Swallowed by
Whale"
warm welcome to all.
If you Baptist without Church home.
invite you to unite with Calvary.
The old Gospel preached here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-29
MORE CAPTAINS
 ANNOUNCED FOR
 HOWARD DRIVE
J. Mercer Barnett and R. A. Clayton to Lead Teams-Judge Locke
 Addresses Luncheon

Two definite acceptances as team cap- tains in the business mems division of
 tho volunteer organization for the How
 ard college $i50,000 campaign were an-
 nounced at yesterdays luncheon of the
 executive committee in the Tutwiler J. Mercer Barnett, president and treas urer of the Barnett Lumber company,
 and president of the Kiwanis club, and R. A. Clayton, president and treasurer
 of the Educational Exchange company, are the men that have been added to the list of leaders. These two new re- cruits bring the number up to nine.
 Judge Hugh A. Locke of the circuit court, chancery division, who is also a trustee of Birmingham college, in short informal talk to the prime movers of the Howard college campaign, empha-
 sized the complete harmony that was needed between the two institutions to make Birmingham the educational cen ter that it's industrial importance entitled 1t to.
 The complete roster of the leaders who will direct the efforts of the teams of undergraduates of Howard college, as an- nounced by l.. G. Dockery, head of the students organization. is as follows;
 Miss Jessie Macon. Fred Bryant and C. L. Martin, seniors: Colls Cunningham. junior. and Miss Bennie Spinks sopho- more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-29
Activity Among Negroes Grows Daily in Favor
 of w. s. $. Campaign
Many Speeches to Be Made at Meet ing to Be Held on Thursday,
 February z

Dr. W. H. Nixon, presiding elder or the A. M E. church, spent Saturday and Sunday at Acmar and in connection with to buy thrift stamps and baby bonds. Because of the critical condition of the country, the miners were told to work every day and night in the week to help our nation win this war.
 This week he will visit Arcade, Coal burg, Eldorado, Mineral Springs, and other mining camps in the interest of the thrift stamp movement. Thursday, Fri day and Saturday and Sunday, February '. s, and 10, 1918, the people of Birming- ham will hold great meeting at St. John A. M E. church, Twenty-fifth street and Third avenue, where a very interesting programme will be executed.
 Crawford Johnson, state director of the thrift stamps, will arrange a booth at the church Thursday February '. 1918, for the sale of baby bonds.
 pr. U G. Mason, state chairman, will speak; also A. H. Parker, E. A. Brown. o. W. Adams, E.. T. Attwell, food ad- ministrator; T. M Campbell of Tuskegee institute pr. Brooks Lawrence, Hon. James Weatherly, Charles F. DeBarde- leben. Henry T. DeBardeleben, Walter Moore, James L. Davidson. J. F. Kent, J. R. McWane. All ministers, lawyers, doctors, teachers and people of every vocation are invited to join in this great movement.
 Every employer is asked to let their cooks off Thursday at o'clock to attend a special meeting held for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-29
Cotton and GoUernn1ent Regulation Farmers of the South Are Entitled to Know What if Any, Government Regulation Is to Be Decreed Before
 the Cotton Crop Is Planted

munitions, etc, per cent to cotton and l 5 per cent to war nonessentials
 Next year, with an immense Ameri- | can army in France, tonnage--despite in creased output-will be scarcer than to- day Next year, perchance, if the south raises q normal crop per acre produc- ton will probably exceed 1400o,ooo bales.
 The maximum American consumption is reported at S,5O000O. Tonnage situation does not indicate that exports can ex- ceed from 3500,000 to 100000. What, then, next year will become of the sur plus? It will be a burden on the price, and if the war lasts two years more, I each season will contribute added bur | den by the reason of increased surplus, Between February i and April the acreage will have been prepared for the | next crop. It would be unwse for the southern farmers to plant the next cot | ton crop without some assurance from | the government, either that no maximum
 price will be placed on cotton or that | if cotton is regulated 1t will be by means
 ! of a guaranteed price. If cotton is to be regulated, the farmers should know or l 1t before, and not after the crop IS | planted.
 | Every business institution of the south | is vitaly interested in seeing that the cotton farmers are protected along the | lines herein suggested.
 l We of the south acknowledge to no section more intense loyalty to our coun- | try and will permit no section to make greater sacrifices to win the war than | we will do. On the other hand, In order | for the south to do it's bit in helping finance the war, the souths leading prod uct. must receive consideration and pro- tection at the proper time.
 O. P FORD. lSecretary-Treasurer of Farmers Union. January 25 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-29
SOLDIERS IN SERVICE
 MUST PAY POLL TAX
Usual Eleventh Hour Rush at Office
 of Tax Collector Now On

A good sized army besieged the tax collectors office all day yesterday walt ing the opportunity to pay up their Doll taxes. The rush was great contrast to the quiet around the office during the greater part of last week. Many pros- pective voters have failed to pay the tax so far, and for their convenience the of flee will remain open every night until s O clock until February l.
 Until action of the legislature provides otherwise. the soldiers now in service of the United States army will have to pay their poll taxes as if in civil life. according to an interpretation of the law by Attorney General Floyd Tate. Under the name of the national guard the men while in active service were exempt from the tax. but after the declaration of war the national guard ceased to exist and was absorbed by the regular army. It is probable that the law will be modified at the next session of the legislature 1t was stated by court officials yesterday.