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EL PASO. TEXAS. FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 18. 1916

HOME EDITION

WEATHER FORECAST.

Til Tato and went Texa, unsettled.

r Mexico. howrrs east fair wett

portion. Arizona, fair.

DELIVERED ANYWHERE Sue X MONTH

FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY.

9

ailroads Balk; Wilson Won't Take 'No'

i

ION IN

upproT

PUN

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hJm

Wilson Tells Railroad Presi

dents lo Think It Over and

Come Bac Again.

IS DETERMINED

TO AVOID STRIKE

Leaders of the Brotherhoods

Go To White House

Announce Acceptance.

To

ti-e,

rr - .

SHINGTOX, D. CL. Auc IS.

-one railroad presidents

today told president Wilson

sood bj the decision of their

-erS rommittM that an din-fir-

j r u t w as impracticable. President

W Iscn refused to take "no" for an

a- rw c r to h is proposal that they accept

tre e.'ght hour day and asked them

t retu-i to the white house tomorrow

ni' tieir managers for another con-fe-e

c

j jsi ajier me railroad presidents I

'' t white house it became kno.inj

u o'fi. jllj that the employes had

j:teJ to accept president Wilso.i s

T pc t .n and that some of the IejU-

e-s

te 1 -o

Little Chance of Acceptance.

The attitude of the railroad preside-

ts seemd to indicate little chance

of the plan proposed by the president

be ng accepted. Several declared the

prn pie of arbitration in industrial

disputes was at stake and must be

-a n'amed even at the cost of a strlke-

L- President Wilson pointed out the dis-

asier wmrh. -would attend the nation

w de strike but the officials only an

swered tbey were ready to arbitrate

ttie cuesnons at Issue.

Pres.dent Holden of the Burlington,

as spokesman, pointed out that only

the committee of managers was autho

r zed to reach a definite deision, as it

represented all the roads.

RUSSIA HEI

ISTBD RUSH

Counter Attacks of Austro-

German Forces Break

Down, Is Assertion.

rctrograd. Russia, Aug. IS The

Austro-Uerman effort to throw back

the Russians in Galicla has resulted

in great losses and met with nn nir.

I cess, the war office announced toda.

The Russians have pressed forwird in

several sectors.

The announcement says:

"On the front from the Zlota-Lipa,

west of Podhaythe. the enemy resumed

the offensive with considerable forces,

without success. The enemy sustained

great losses.

"On the river Bystritza-Bolotvina. we

occupied Lysiets (seven miles south

west of Stanislau) on the western bank

of the river. In the direction or Ard

zelus our troops occupied a series of

heights.

"In the reirion nf TfnrnsmpTn fPima.

thians) our troops, continuing their ad- I

vance. approached the summits of the !

mountain in the vicinity of Korosmezo.

"East of the Caucasian front, the

Turkish offensive in the region west

of Lake Van was repulsed easilv bv

our troops. In 'Persia, in the region of

Kala Pasova. encounters took place

with considerable Turkish forces"

J The War At a Glance

THE Russians, temporarily held

up in their Galician drive by

heay counter attacks, have

again begun to move forward. Pe

trograd today announced that the

Teutonic armies have failed to

throw back Gen. Brusiloffs armies

and that the Russians are again

adtancing.

The French Thursday night re

sumed offensive in the Verdun re

gion, and, according to Paris, suc

ceeded in driving the Germans

from a part of the village of

neury.

The Germans have made their

expected counter moves in the

Maurepas sector on the Somme

front but all failed under the

French fire, according to the Paris

bulletin

FRENCH

PHUnEJOHIS

STICK III

CMP

PiUJIL SOON

TO ENTER III

Lisbon.

PWSTOFFLEIffl

Germans Are Defending

Themselves in Ruins of

Part of the Village.

Paris. Trance. Aug. IS. Heavy at

tacks were made by the French Thurs

day night on the Verdun front. After

violent fighting at Fleury. east of the

Meuse. they expelled the Germans, says

the official statement of today.

Several German counter attacks on

the Somme front southeast of Maure

pas were repulsed. The statement says-

"North of the Somme several at

tempted counter attacks by the eneniy

against our new positions southeast of

Maurepas failed under our fire

"South of the Somme we recovered

four machine guns in trenches taken by

us soutn or neiioy.

Killed Crossing Street At

Camp Fort Bliss Thurs

day Night.

STORM STRIKES

CITY AND CAMP

Camps Are Flooded and the

Men Sleep in Wet Cloth

ing; Cars Held Up.

Guardsmen's Health Is

Belter Than Regulars

Washington, D. C. Aug. IS. The

war department has given out

statistics showing for the first time

that the total strength of the

national guard on the border is

95,500 men: the percentage of sick

among the guardsmen is 1.14. There

were no deaths during the week

ending August 5.

The war departments statement

gives the total of the regulars as

40.7;; men. with a percentage of

2.45 sick and six deaths for the

same period.

The officers in charge of the mili

tia here say these figures demon

strate an unusual degree of care for

the health of the national guard.

OIUDS

P

Portugal Ajr IS - MaJ.

Norton Mattes th PrntiiPiif min.c m-

gone to the white house lo . oT war dnnounced today that Portu , J "On the right bank of the Meuse

I . j i xunuMi attack bv our troon.i enabled iu.

I soon will participate in the war. fight- i after a violent combat, to drive out

Ing on the side of the entente allies.

lEUTSCMD IT

BREMEN.REPORT

nson in ueiermmctl tin Settlement.

'Whether president Wilson will con

t. Be to .nsist on his plan or suggest

-:ther to both sides was not made

clear Idmimstration officials insist

he will continue negotiations until

, some settlement is reached.

Railroads Insist On Inquiry.

The railroad executives told the

. president that as before increasing

f-eght rates thev were forced to sufr-

f t to an inquiry, before granting an

- "-ease in pay they should have a

s to ir inquire.

Time For Conference Postponed.

The time for president Wilson's con-

e e . e with the railroad presidents

Had reen set lor 11:30 oclock but the

ffa road men found it impossible to be

'r -epared and the time was changed lo

Z or lock Among the railroad execu

tives who arrived this morning from

C r ago w ere R. H. Aishton. Chicago

& Nortlj western: C H. Markham,

I ' io 8 Central. II. R Kurrie, Monon;

W J Jackson, Chicago & Eastern

I'Unois M J. Carpenter. Chicago,

Tcre Haute & Southeastern: M. W.

Potter. Carolina. Clinchfield & Ohio.

Both Mdef In Conference

W Several other railway executives are

expected from St. Louis this afternoin.

Wr le the 640 representatives of the

r 'wav employes assembled in secret

seession this morning to vote on ac

ceptance of president Wilson"s plan for

ave t -g a nationwide strike, the rail

road p esnients and their managers be

gan a oj Terence

Railroad Want Arbitration.

Tie -ailioad presidents want arbitra-

to under the Newlands act with two

rfc tratoi s for the roads, tw o for the

men ar-i two for the public

Aftc- the employes' meeting had been

ir session for an hour, one of the lead

e s said no organized opposition to the

lesldent's plan had apepared. In the

neti a meeting the leading objection to

president Wilson's plan was that If it

were accepted without extra pay for

overtime which the men demanded the

ra 1 'oads would contend that the sole

purpose of the men was to obtain

more money and not to get the eight

hour day

President Proponed Regular Time.

The president's proposal was that

the railroads establish the eight hour

dax prm .pie and grant pay at usual

ates for overtime instead of the pay

a"d half demanded by the men. All

Pther issues then might be referred o

a commission of probably three mem

bers, one of whom would be named by

the president or some other public

representative, and the other two by

he employers and employes respec

tively

Geneva. Switzciland. Vug IS A

private telegram received tooay from

Berlin by the Neue Zuricher Zeitung

says that the German submarine

Deutschland arrived safely Thursdaj at

Bremen from the United States.

the Germans from a portion of Uie

village of Fleury, which they were "oc

cupying. "Some enemy troops are still main

taining themselves in a. small clump

of ruins on the eastern edge of the

village. Between Thlaumont and

ITeury our troops also made an ap

preciable advance. Fifty prisoners. In

cluding an officer, remained in our

hands. We also captured a machine

gun."

BELIEVE DEUTSCHLAND

SEEN OFF GRAND BANKS

Boston, Mass. Aug. IX The Warren

nner bacnem, arriving here Thursday

from France and Liverpool, reported

seeing a large submarine, headed

northeast, off the Grand Banks last

Saturday. The submarine was be

lieved to be the German commerce sub

mersible Deutschland.

Soon after the submarine was sight

ed, the steamer was turned toward hpr

the Sachem's officers believing at first

that she was a dismasted vessel A

few minutes later the submarine sub

merged and was not seen again.

The quartermaster said that on her

second day out from France the

Sachem was pursued for eight hours

by two submarines, believed to be Ger

man. The Sachem, making 14 knots an

hour, succeeded in keeping out of

danger.

The pursuit was ended, according to

the quartermaster, when British patrol

boats appeared and fired several shots

at the submarines, w ith what result it

is not known.

CELEBRATE 86TH BIRTHDAY

OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR

Vienna, Austria. Aug. IS. The 86th

birthday anniversary of emperor Fran

cis Joseph was celebrated today

throughout the dual monarchy, while

many German cities also observed the

occasion Piplomatlsts and other

prominent men felicitated the aged

ruler on his long reign.

The monarch was born August 18,

1S10. and proclaimed emperor of Aus

tria December 2. 184S. He was crowned

king of Hungary June S. 1867. He has

ruled over Austria 67 years.

Germans Are Chained

To Their Guns to Avoid

Flight, British Claim

London, Ens., Aug. IS. The Germans

seem to have definitely given up trying

to dig any trenches along the front

where the British hold the high grou.id

and the old second Cerman lines. The

British gunfire fills In every tren.'h

that is started and kills the diggers.

Machine gun and shell crater war

fare has replaced trench warfare as a

means of defence against the Briti3n

attacks. Specialh picked men take the

oath never to surrender and English

men report that the Germans are

chained to their guns by officers to

pre ent them from succumbing to any

temptation to flee.

Machine guns are dragged out to the

shell craters under cover of darkness

and during the day the gunners l:e

hugging the eartn in most uncomforta

ble positions. Some of the Germar-s

who hae been captured had been days

without food, isolated as they are by

continual sniping.

VT. CIIAS. JOH.VSTO.N, hrnd-

qnarters company of the

etenth Infantry, was ifrurt

by a bolt t lightning In the regi

mental camp beyond Ft. HUbh and

inntantly killed Thursday nlsht

shortly after rlsht oclock. The

accident occurred as Pit. Johnston

""" " route across the compiiny

street during the heavy rain storm

hat swept the army camps north

of the city Thursday night.

He was picked up and rushed to

the base hospital, but was fuund

o bmr been killed Instantly by

he stroke. The body was later

removed to the Peak I ndrrtaklng

parlors In KI Paso, where It is

brine held pending advices from

relatives.

Pvt. Johnston was serving hi

first enlistment with the army and

was about 22 years of age.

KANSAS CITY OPENS A

PARK FOR WOMEN ONLY

Kansas City. Mo.. Aug. IS Kansas

Citvs park for women has just been

opened. The park board is about to

je a ,emPrary shelter house erected

and other ImDroempnts installed in

the section of Budd park, set aside for J taken the places of the motormen

the wompn uii.j ... i . . . . .

The business Wnmpn's rnitnHi no em

ployed young women to remain at the

park and minister to the comfort of the

BRITISH MAKE SMALL GAIN;

GERMAN GUNS ARE ACTIVE

London. Eng., Aug. IS. German ar

tillery became more active Thursday

night along the Somme front. A small

British gain is reported in the offi

cial announcement of today which fol

lows. "Last night the enemy's artillery gen

erally showed increased activity. North

west of Bazentin-le-Petit. by a small

local enterprise, we further extended

our gains in the enemy's lines. Ger

man trenches in this area were found

to be greatly damaged and full of

the enemy dead

"A further hostile attack from Slar

tinpuich last night was repulsed as

completely as were his former attempts."

1000 WOMEN CARRYING

MAIL BAGS IN BERLIN

Berlin. Germany, Aug. 18. The Ger

man capital now has ove- 1000 female

mail carriers and more than 100 of the

wagons and automobiles of the post

office are driven by women.

The number of female employes of

the street railways has increased to

more than 4000. About 200 women have

s

II. S. DECADENT

Says Indomitable Spirit of

America Prevails and Must

Be Cherished.

Mcdford, Ore. Aug. IS. Preparedness,

protection of American rights and in

dustrial cooperation were themes on

which Charles E Hughes dwelt in rear

platform addresses at Riddle, Rose

burg, Grant's Pass and here Thurs

day. Crowds were assembled at sta

tions all alonz the way.

At Riddle Mr. Hughes declared that

' a depreciation in American repute"

to a "policy of acillation" had brjught

the rountry nearer to war than it

would ha e b-en had "a firm and con

sistent policy" been maintained.

" Those- who think we are dec-ident

ind weak and haven't got the old in-1

domitable snirit are very much mia-

taken." be said. "They do not repre

I sent th tnTtrv"

- Defines Dominant Americanism.

In his address at Grant's Pass. Mr.

Hughes defined "dominant American

ism" as follows:

"There is no reason why in this

country with its ability and natural

resources we should not have perma

nent prosperity. To do tnat we must

look after our own. That is what I

mean by dominant Americanism abil

ity to take care of American inter

ests. V. S. Wants I'cace 'With Honor.

"In addition to that we want also

and you cannot have much of a nation

without it an intense regard for our

national nonor. and a disposition to

maintain it. I am solicltious to pre

serve peace and good will. We want

the friendship of all the nations of

the world. They are very friendly dis

posed to US. But if we arp tn l-

out of trouble we must respect our

selves and others must respect us.

"There is no safe guarantee of peace

when others begin to see how much

they can trifle with you. They have

got to know you mean what you say.

.u .it mo imngs wnicn vitally con

cern you that you are prepared to

maintain them. That is good Ameri

canism. It will give us peace with

honor. That is what America wants."

Must Have Unswerving Loyalty.

In his address at Roseburg. Mr.

Hughes said:

"You must have loyalty to the flag

and unswerving loyalty to the prin

ciples of our institutions. You must

i.a.e j. Keen appreciation of what

American opportunity means and what

you must do to preserve it. You must

preserve it by encouraging every Amer

ican. You must be sure we do not

leave i nused the national powers which

will give us national heritage."

. r. Hughes was accompanied on the

trip from Portland by Chester M. Ro

well, former Progressive national inn..

mitteeman from California and at

present a member of the Republican

national campaign committee.

The nominee spent most of todav

rVlf He sa,d he felt "bull" and

that his voice was improving.

COLQUITT ANDCULBERSON

MCN IWIV uuir irviiiT. ..,.,.

on low ground, this camp caught all of I """ Ii JU,nI ""Alt

the water from the north side of the e arrangements committee of the

ARMr camps were flooded, street

cars were put out of commis

sion, jttne operations suspended

and streets, yards ana sidewalks were

covered with sand, rocks and mud

Thursday night by the rainstorm.

The storm was divided. like Gaul,

into three parts. The first heavy rain

fall was at 5:45 p. m. This flooded

some of the streets and drove man

Jitne busses to cover but did not stop

the street car service. The st-onnH ,-,..,

started at 7:15 and continued until S

oclock. This was the heaviest of the

.in co snuaers anu Hooded the streets,

car tracks and army camps. The lart

storm was at 3 oclock and lasted onlv

a short time.

-J of tn Inch of Ilaln.

. he.U- s- weather office the total

,n?"or Thursday night was given

at .89 of an Inch Rut. tn th ti.tinn,i

guardsmen and civilians who were

forced to be out in the raln the total

rainfall felt like It might have been

several feet This total rainfall is not

considered large for the summer ralnv

season and broke no records.

The men in the army camps probablv

suffered the most from the storm. The

water rolled down from the mountains

and mesas onto Camp Stewart. Camp

I ershing and Camp Cotton. Being com

paratively high and With an arm hi.

iT v. mesa ana me parade ground.

Fort Bliss and Camp Fort Bliss suf

fered least from the storm although

the militiamen and regulars encamped

at Camp Fort Bliss had their beddlnjr

and clothing soaked by the rain.

Camp Mewart Flooded.

At Camp Stewart the Pennsvlvanla

engineers had dug two drainage ditch.3

through the camp and these carrir-t

off a part of the flood but the tents

were flooded. Pennsylvania avenue.

t..e principal street of the tamp. wa3 a

S,u L"ler Thursday night and all

who did not have cots or floors in

their tents had tn slpon ., n, ..

ground The same condition resulted

from the rain in c'amn Cotton Rin -

ISB

Tl CUT DEFICIT

Majority in Finance Com

mittee Want Bond Issue to

Cover Border Expenses.

Washington, D. C. Aug. IS. The

senate finance committee's Democratic

majority, in a statement, has suggest

ed the issuance of national bonds In

the sum of $130,000,000 to meet the

extraordinary expenditures incident to

the Mexican border difficulty.

The bond issue is urged in the report

of the finance committee Democrats

filed In the senate today on the JiOI,

000.000 revenue bilL In addition to the

proposed issue and the revenue bill, the

finance committee asserts that further

appropriations of tS6.000.000 will be

necessary to defray the expense of op

erations In the Mexican emergency if

conditions on the border continue as

they are now after December 31. 1916.

The tl30.000.000 to be provided by the

proposea oona issue, tne report says,

will meet Mexican expenditures only

until the end of this calendar year.

Great Ueficlt In Sight.

Accompanying the finance committee

majority's report submitted by senator

Simmons, was a general statement

from the treasury department estimat

ing disbursements for the fiscal year

1S17. at $l.i;6.;4:.eoo and receipts

J76I.OO0.0OO. "The total appropria

tions for the fiscal year 1917,

exclusie of those carried in the

socalled shipping bill, which is to be

defrayed by the issuance of Panama

bonds, will exceed the appropriations

for the fiscal ear 116 b about J46S,

000.000" says the report This increase

is represented principally bv J167.000.

00 additional appropriated' for the

navy. 166.000.000 additional amount

appropriated tor tne armv. J0,000,000

additional amount appropriated for

fortifications, J41.000.000 for deficiency

appropriations about $35,000,000 of

which Is due to The Mexican situation

and increased requirements of the army

and navy and j;o.000j)00 for a nitrate

plant, which is a preparedness appro

priation. Other Increase Ts "Normal"

, Th? Increase in. the. appropriations

for the fiscal year, other than for these

extraordinary purposes, is not bevond

the normal Increase Tti.r n )... .'in

tion.il expenditures made necessary to

defray the cost -of preparations, the In

creased revenue to be raised bv this

bill would not be necessarv and the es-

."i '":"'u unner the present law

would be considerably in excels of the

estimated disbursements for the fiscal

year 1917 In this connection, atten

tion IS Called to the facf'fH-, 1 Ann

000 of the normal increase for the pres

ent fiscal year represents the amount

appropriated for Tural credits and good

roads.

"In a statement furnished vour com

mittee August 17. 1916. the treasurv de

partment estimated disbursement for

the fiscal year 1917 at Jl.i;6.I43 000

?-is niimated rece'P's tor 1917 at

i....,i, maKing me excess of dis

bursements over receipts J364.;43 000

This total includes appropriations

amounting to about J130.000.000 to

meet extraordinary expenses and dis

bursements incident to the Mexican

situation, the mobilization of the na

tional guard and the operation of our

troops along the border and into Mex

w -T ViVlx months ending Decern-

OF WAR

PI QC

uflUOt

SPLIT

Hay Says House Will Pass

Bill Without Articles;

Senate Is Obdurate.

WILSON CITES

HIS OPPOSITION.

rncED nv i. s.t is held

nv juvtick of the peace

Acquitted tiy the United States com-jr-iESloner

of the charge of raising a

Ji bill to Z( because he testified that

e secured the bill in Juarez, after it

alred bad been raised, Jose Hutardo

was h"ld to the grand jury by justice

J M Deaver Thursday afternoon.

The charsze in the justice court was

1-rIngmg stolen goods into the state.

It Is claimed that Hutardo stole a

V-antity of mrrican and Mexican

bi'ls n Juarez and brought them to

tfce Airern-ln side, among them being

raised bill

young women who come there for rec

reation. The secretary will see that

the girls coming to the park become

acquainted and enjoy themselves. She

will pay special attention to lonely

girls.

V

ARE TOLD TO CERTIFY VOTE

CAST FOR DISTRICT OFFICERS

Austin. Tex. Aug IS. County clerk3

in the various counties of the state

were requested today, by the secretary

of state department, to certifv to the

state aepartment the total votes cast tn

their respective counties for each dis

trict officer nominated in the July

primary election.

This Is in accord with an act of the

34th legislature which requires this to

be done by the county clerks on or bo

fore the fourth Saturday succeeding the

general primary election.

called to the front and the remaining

.uu are acting as conductors, starters,

inspectors and clerks They perform

their work in a satisfactory manner

and the public likes the polite and pa

tient "lady conductors" very much.

GERMANS SAY"?RENCH ATTACK

REPULSED EXCEPT AT FLEURY

Berlin German). Aug. 18 Attacks

by the French ThurFday nisht on an

extended front in the Verdun region

east of the Meuse. were repulsed all

along the line except at Fleury. where

fighting is still in progress, the war

office announced toi'aj.

ITVI.IA.NS IJKI.IVKR HEAVY

ATTACKS Ilt'T Fill,

Berlin. Germany. Aug. 18 (By Wire

less to Sayville. U I ) Heavy attacks

by the Italians east and southeast of

Gorizia are reported In the Austrian

official statement or August 1",. which

declares howeer. th-it the Austrian de

fence held along the entire front. i

l... , I.- ---- -..... ,wc !. .lie

r . . ramIl M'a covered witn

two feet of water at one time Thursday

night The men remained in their tents

J eP.2ut oi the raln " the wate.

leaked through and all were soak-el

ircluding the officers of the brigade

and regiments.

By Friday morning me water had

been soaked up by the sandy soil and

evaporated by the air and there was

only a sea of mud where the aea of

Water was Thursday- Mic-h ri, M..iA..

and horses in the camps were floun

dering around in mud which was up o

their knees and the wagons were ma-

iinmeu in muu to tneir hubs. Drills

were suspended in all of the camps

1 riday morning while the men dried

out their bedding and clothing and put

their tents in order after the storm.

Iti.srs Through Canyon.

The water from Mt. Pranklln couM

be heard roaring through Mundy Can

on Thursday night as It raced to th.j

h.cr al "art's mill The water almost

filled the canyon and. where the can

jon branched near the viaduct, the

low ground was covered and a minia

ture lake formed there.

Setenth street was converted Into a

I:.ke. many of the residents of this street

were forced to wade out through tho

water to get to wyr-. Friday mornint

rwnth street was little better and many

or the south side streets were in the

same condition after the flood waters

had poured down from the north std.

The city plans to instal a storm sewer

"'"" on me soutn side to handle

these etorm waters and mayor Tom Lea

has planne-1 to have a bond Issue ij

take care of this work

City Official. Vlorfc Late.

AH of the city council were busv

Thursday night clearing the streets

(Continued on pajte 3. Col. 1.)

(See Storm oti Also Page .)

v a

V'.' fl.

V Not Ask The A,

B. C Diplomats To

1-..11 -:": "":" -"

n. .h. -?r C,UD nei'.1 a roune meeting

in the offices of R. F Burges Fridav

rim off primary between senator

R u'J?eon and ns nearest opponent. O.

. iJuitt- whi.ch be held on AU:

Vh . " ' .Tero d'scussed. it Is expected

J.?Lathfr co?f"tnce to select cam.

Ee'hneIalMondrayf0r maSS meetlnR w,

w5tr!S.run?.ored.that representatives of

Mr Colquitt will challenge Chester Ter

rell, formerlv ,nt .,.- .

bat'e'her rcpi"esenta,ives- a Joint do-

thJJ " fhopse suitable speakers,

there is no doubt that a debate will oa

ternoit Sa'd Mr" BurEes Friday af-

The Democratic county executive

committee will meet Saturday in the

courthouse at 10 o'clock to select elec

tion juuses tor the senatorial primary.

FEDEUVTION OPrtlbKS MtKiNH

SCFFUAOn A PARTY ISSUE.

Colorado Spring, Colo.. Aug. iS

J-orecasts today indicated that iha

t-olorado Federation or Labor wouid

go on record as opposed to the recent

action of the National Woman's Par.y

... '"", me indorsement ot the

Susan B. Anthony amendment.

Federation leaders indicated that la

bor was not against suffrage for wom

en as a principle, but that it was op

posed to making It a party issue.

125 NEW PARALYSIS

CASES IN NEW YORK

New Yorx. Aug. IS. The health de

partment reported only a slight change

of the epidemic of Infantile paralysis

today. New cases during the last Jl

hours numbered 12S anj Hth .

acainst 11 cases and 3. deaths yesterday

ber 31. 1916.

May Need ?4t.OOl.noo More.

.'fh?.uId ,his cndition exist beyond

ikmS a.,uj;tner appropriation of

JS5.000.O00 will be necessary

'n ,he opinion of your committee.

concurred in by the treasury depart-

JS"nnnthif ,ai,r sum- namely 0.

000.000. should he financed bv a bond

issue. This would simply be following

w ?'ri,thft """"" of his country.

clrcJL? " ,n" nat,ons under similar

circumstances

rev?Jrt" s,"a!i;SiS f the r"nue Ml! as

revised oy the senate i.nmw.1.,.. ..-

treasury department estimates that the

total revenue to be derived will be"

From income tax. 5100.560.000

Inheritance tax. J-O.0fl0.000 for 1917

farter law is full force approxU

mately i65.OOO.00. approxi-

00M0ftOtiOnS manufaclnrrs tax. 110,-

Miscellaneous, Including beer, liquors

-'a.m? 'axes. etc. $31,500,000. a totat nf

jrna.ooo.noo

STAGGERING APPROPRIATIONS

OF ADMINISTRATION CITED

Washington. 1" c. Aug 19 The

staggering appropriations of the Demo

ciatic congress for matters not con

nected with preparedness were cited by

itepuDiican members of the senat

finance committee in a minority renort

nounced the principle of the

bill, as wrong.

"It is sufficient." sajs the report, "to

call the attention of the country to

.. n mai appropriations for this

session of congress will aggregate ap

proximately $1,700,000,000. as against

11.114.008.000 for the fiscal vea, loie

an amount that almost staggered the

country at the time, and it is admitted

that the additional amount appropri

ated at this session for what may be

termed preparedness is not to exceed

$390,000,000. demonstrating that entire

ly outside of preparedness this con

gress has made appropriations of ap

proximately $;00.000,000 more than anv

The statement that this additional

revenue is needed for preparedness is

entirely misleading." :

t I

Will Not Countenance the

Exemption Of Retired

Officers from Discipline.

WASHINGTON'. D. C-. Aug. 18.

President "Wilson today vetoed

the army appropriation bill

and sent it back to the house with his

disapproval of the section of the ar

ticles of war providing an exemption

of retired officers from discipline by

court martial.

A slpit between the house and senate,

appears imminent, for chairman Hay ot

the house military affairs committee

reintroduced the bill without tKe ar

ticles of war. declaring- tii irfi.i..

will not be permitted to- get through,

the house In -this bill again. Chain

man Chamberlain of the senate mili

tary committee said that If the house

passed the bill without revision of the

articles of war the senate probably

would reinsert them as they were

passed by the senate. Representative

Hay said he would seek to repass the

"'" unaer a special rule next Tuesday.

Officer Uniting To Criticise.

i,;..6 ne.been broad intimations

tnat the revision th.it npnimwj

move retired officers from the Jurisdic

tion of courts martial was in the in

i'lf .f..a cf.rtain retired officer -who

was waiting for a time when he would

oe immune from discipline to make a

Poolle attack on the army.

ti?Jl fflcer- whose name was men

tioned in connection with the report

a,wh,Ie ln serrice. ierv active la

legislative affairs, was very close to

n,TSfsme.n Iralng army bills, and

until his retirement was reckoned with

as a power in legislation affecting the

army.

It Is a nay-Army Fight.

TJle Presil,enfs veto of the bill Is one

of the developments of years of con

m!1 be4wee? the army ani chairman

JHm The downfall of the continental

army scheme and substitution of the

national guard reorganization against

the recommendation of the armv offi

cers, is attributed to him. Onlv the

force of president Wilson's interfer

ence put the regular army increase m

the new reorganization bill through

the house in the face of Hay's opposi

tion. Recently president Wilson ap-

-.. . , ? l" a juagesnip on thb

court of claims and he now is serving

Jils last term in congress.

The war department contends that

many features of the army bill we'a

written into it in the conference and

never were debated in house or senat

Wilson's Vrto Message.

President Wilson's veto message fol

lows: To the house of representatives:

I haTe carefully considered the bill

cmuicu .in act ma King appropriation

for the army for the fiscal jear end

ing June 30. 1917.' and now take the

liberty of returning it with my ob

jections to its approval.

Approves mil as Whole.

"The bill constitutes an essential

part of the legislation providing for the

military establishment of the country

and wiely and generously provides f"'r

: icuihuiuiuvii oi ine agencies cr

our national defence, and it Is with

genuine reluctance that I delav Its

becoming law by suggesting the elira.

natoin of one of the provisions which

has been embodied in the very neces

sary and important revision of the

articles of war which has been added

to It.

Articles of War Archaic.

"The existing articles of wa-

undoubtedly archaic. They have not

on the revenue bill The rervnrt rt. I undergone comprehensive revision for

.e revenue ? l?,L,il Sf" They do not al-

CniCAGO IS AOVIV HOT:

TEMPKIIATIUE 00 DEGREES

Chicago. Ill Aug. IS Intensive air

disturbances in the northwest today

sent another hot wave over the entire

middle west. The temperature here It

I rising. -"-"... ana was

ways furnish the ttimtis nt Tna-tnn.

promptly and directly the needs of

discipline under modern conditions

and many contingencies now frequen

Iy arise In the government of the

forces which were not contemplated

.. tne Present code was formulated,

th ?-e reLaUons of tne sovernment of

the United Sates have greatly broad

ened within th inn .-.- w-. ...

have Insular possessions and national

Interests far away from our continen

tal shores. Both the practice of arms

and the theory of discipline have un

dergone man modern changes and a

manifest need for such a revision ft

these articles as is here presented has

long existed.

t .L)ne lroTllon Disapproved.

I. therefore, the more keenlv regret

to find in the proposed revision of th

articles of war a provision which

cannot give m approval.

.i."Th crJB.l,naI provision establishing

the retired list of the armv referred to

the personnel therein. Included as onlj

partially retired, and provided that a.

retired officer should be entitled t

wear the uniform of his grade, should

dominoed on page 2. column 3.)

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