iFATHER CAUSES
YOUTH OF 17 RIDICULES LIBER
TY LOANS AND PRAISED
GERMAN MILITARISM.
AROUSES THE IRE OF PARENT
Federal Commissioner Sentences Boy
to Read Hale’s “A Man Without a
Country” and Report to Him Later
—Youth Claims He Was Only Teas
ing His Parents.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 3.—In
Lieu of a jail sentence for alleged dis
loyal utterances, Charles Bauman, L <
years old, was directed to read Hale s
“A Man Without a Country” by Fed
eral Commissioner Knoll, and to re
turn to the commissioner’s court on
August 16 and tell the result of his
meditation and study of the noted
work.
The evidence tended to show that
young Bauman sought to tease his
parents, who are intensely loyal and
patriotic people, by denouncing the
liberty loan and praising German mili
tarism. The father, after repeated
warnings and pleadings, finally swore
out a warrant for the son’s arrest and
had him taken into custody. Bauman
senior declared he would not tolerate
any Hun around him, even if he weie
his own son.
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WILSON URGING
WASHINGTON, D. C.. August 3.—
President Wilson has written a letter
to United States Senator Baird, of
New Jersey, asking him to cast his
vote in the senate in favor of the Su
san B. Anthony suffrage amendment.:
The president declared that the grant- j
ing of equal suffrage to the women of
the nation would be a great, new and
critical reform, from which benefits!
were certain to flow.
IRISH CHIEF JUSTICE.
LONDON, August 2. — Thomas
Francis Molony has been appointed
lord chief justice for Ireland. He was
formerly solicitor general.
HOOVER IN PARIS.
LON DON, August 2. — Herbert
Hoover, United States food adminis
^ trator, who has been the guest of Eng- j
land for the past week, departed last
night, en route to Paris.
VOTE CONFIDENCE
IN CLEMENCEAU
PARIS, August 2.—The Clemen-1
ceau government was yesterday given
a vote of confidence in the chamber of
deputies. The vote stood 312 in favor
to 164 in opposition.
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KUCHIN REPORTS MEASURE TO
HOUSE FOR FOURTH
LIBERTY LOAN.
MORE CREDITS FOR ALLIES.
Only Government Depositories to Eo
cene Subscriptions for the Next Big!
Loan—Total Liberty Bond Sales
R e a c h Enormous Figure of
$31,000,000000.
WASHINGTON, July 2.—(By mail)
—Authority to negotiate a Liberty
bond issue of $8,000,000,000 is pro
posed to be given to the secretary of
the treasury in a bill reported to the
house today by Claude Kitchin, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee. If the bill is passed by congress
the secretary of the treasury will have
authority to float bonds to the amount j
of $12,021,214,200, as $4,021,214,000 of;
bonds authorized by a previous act
are still available for issue.
By the terms of this bill, which Rep
resentative Kitchin hopes to have
passed before the July recess, the
loans to the allies are increased from
$-j.300,000,000 to $7,000,000,000. In a
report on the bill Representative;
Kitchin gave a statement showing the
amounts of loans and credits given to
the allied nations, as well as the first
complete report on the amounts re
ceived by the treasury from each of
the Liberty Loans.
It is shown that if the secretary of
the treasury exercises his complete
author! y within the next fiscal year
he will have floated loans to the
amount of $22,000,000,000.
There were 4,500,000 purchasers of
the first Liberty bonds, 9,500,00 of the
second and 17,000,000 of the third.
Text of the Bill.
The text of the bill reads:
A bill to authorize an additional is
sue of bonds to meet expenditures for
the national security and defense, and,
for the puropse of assisting in the
prosecution of the war, to extend ad- i
ditional credit to foreign governments,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assem
bled:
That Section 1 of the Second Liber
ty Bond act, as amended by the Third
Liberty Bond act ;is hereby further
amended by striking out the figures
$12,000,000,000 and inserting in lieu
thereof the figures $20,000,000,000.
Sec. 3.—-That Section 2 of the Sec
ond Liberty Bond act as amended by
the Third Liberty Bond act is hereby
further amended by striking out the
figures $5,500,000,000 and inserting in
lieu thereof the figures $7,000,000,000. j
Sec. 3.—That, notwithstanding the
provisions of the Second Liberty Bond
act, as amended by the Third Liberty
Bond act, or of the war finance cor
poration act, bonds and certificates of
indebtedness of the United States
payable in any foreign money or for
eign moneys and bonds of the war fi
nance corporation payable in any foi'
eign money or foreign moneys exclu
sively or in the alternative, shall if
and to the extent expressed in such
bonds at the time of their issue, with
the approval of the secretary of the
treasury, while beneficially owned by
a nonresident alient individual or by
a foreign corporation, partnership, or
association not engaged in business m
the United States, be exempt both as
to principal and interest from any and!
all taxation now or hereafter imposed
by the United States, any state, or
any of the possessions of the United
States, or any Ideal taxing authority.
Sec. 4.—That any incorporated bank
or trust company designated as a de
positary by the secretary of the treas
ury under the authority conferred by
section 8 of the Second Liberty bond
act, as amended by the Third Liberty
bond act, which gives security for such
deposits ,as and to amounts, by him
prescribed, may, upon and subject to
such terms and conditions as the sec
retary of the treasury may prescribe,
act as fiscal agents of the United
States in connection with the opera
tions of selling and delivering an;
bonds, certificates of indebtedness, oi
war savings certificates of the Unitec
States.
Sec. 5.—That the short title of thi.
act shall be for the Fourth Libert]
Bond act.
AMOUNT OF LOAN.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 2.
The fourth Liberty loan will be fo
six billion dollars, with interest at tin
rate of 4 hi per cent.
POWER TO BE MADE AVAILABLI
FOR IMPORTANT WAR INDUS
TRIES AT SEATTLE.
WASHINGTON, LMC., August 2.
The capital issues committee has au
thorized the city of Seattle to issut
bonds in the sum of $5,500,000 for the
construction of a hydro-electric plan!
on the Skagit river, to aid war indus
tries in the vicinity of the Puget sounr
metropolis.
The project was adversely reporter
on by the capital issues committee oi
San Francisco and the federal reserve
bank. Mayor Hanson, of Seattle, ap
pealed to the higher authorities am
came to Washington and enlisted the
aid of President Wilson, with favora
ble results.
LONDON, August 2.—German]
contemplates the recall of Ambassadoi
von Mumm from Ukraine and tin
handing of passports to the Ukrainiar
ambassador at Berlin, pending a set
tlement of the situation at Kiev, the
capital of Ukraine. The lecall is tht
outgrowth of the killing of the Ger
man commander, Von Eichorn, a1
Kiev.
BEING SUNK
AT FAST RATE
DANIELS SAYS THEORY THAI
DIVERS WILL WIN THE WAR
EXPLODED NOW.
LONDON, August 2.—Andrew Bo
nur Law, chancellor of the exchequei
in the British cabinet, told the house
of commons yesterday that the Ger
man submarines were being sunk at a
greater rate than ever before.
THEORY EXPLODED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 2.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels de
clared that the theory that the sub
marine would be a determining factoi
toward winning the war was exploded
He said that not one American trans
port, with troops aboard, had been de
stroyed by the divers.
WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE WORKS
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 2.
The house committee on ways anc
means, having the new revenue bil
under consideration, has agreed to im
pose an automobile tax, on machines
retailing at from $1,060 to $3,000, of
2 cents per gallon on all gasoline used
Motorcycles will have to pay a $E
yearly tax.
DEEP PREJUDICE
AGAINST GERMANY
PARIS, August 2.—Paris newspa
pers say the murder of the Germar
commandant at Kiev, Von Eichorn
demonstrates that the Russian preju
dice can not endure the German yoke
Moscow reports that Hans Vorst, spe
cial representative of the Berlinei
Tageblatt, says the feeling in Russia
is everywhere bitter against Germany,
Job Printing at the Times office.
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COLONEL ALLOWS WORK TO BE
PUT UPON THE SCREEN
FOR CHARITY’S SAKE.
ALL OTHER OFFERS REFUSED,
Homo at Sagamore Hill Probably Will
Bo the Background for the Pictures
—All Royalties Earned Will Go to
Help Red Cross and Other War Re
lief Charities.
OYSTER BAY, L. I., July 31.—To
help the Red Cross and other wai
charities Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
today consented to allow his writing.'
to be placed before the morion picture
public. After he had completed de
tails for the production of the picturc|
Colonel Roosevelt said:
“Several of the more important pro
ducers of motion pictures have ap
proached me with plans for films, bas
ed on the books that I have written. 1
have never considered any of these
offers seriously until recently, when it
occurred to me that large sums might
be realized for the American Red
Cross or other war charities through
the production and exhibition of such
pictures. I have, therefore, consented
to the production of a limited number
of pictures, to be exhibited in accord
ance , with a properly co-ordinated
' plan, on the definite condition that all
! of the royalties received by me during
| the war shall be devoted to such war
! charities as 1 may designate.
“Knowing very little about the film
| business myself, I have placed all of
i my motion picture affairs in the hands
| of Frederick L. Collins, publisher of
I McClure’s magazine, who already has
j wide interests in the motion picture
i field, and who is, I believe, in position
to produce these pictures or to secure
their production under his supervision
in a dignified and successful manner.
“I shall be very glad to co-operate
in every possible way with Mr. Collins
and his associates in the hope that a
considerable sum mhy be raised to help
meet war needs. The final success of
the undertaking of course depends not
| and support of the great motion pic
I
ture public. Exactly to the extent that
the motion picture public approves
these pictures, it will help to provide
additional means for backing the men
at the front.”
Frederick L. Collins, president of
the McClure’s Pictures, Inc., who was
present, said:
“Yes, it is true that I have at last
been fortunate enough to convince
Colonel Roosevelt of the desirability
of adapting his books and writings to
motion pictures. When the matter
was first brought to him he was not
at all favorable to the plan, but when
it occurred to the Colonel that thous
ands of dollars for the Red Cross and
other war charities would be raised by
the production of such a series of pa
ti’iotic pictures at this time, he began
to see the matter in quite a different
light.
“The uppermost thought in Colonel
Roosevelt’s mind today is to win the
war, so he has very generously in
sisted that he should have the priv
ilege of designating certain war char
ities to which the royalties which
would normally go to him hsould be
donated. With this end in view he has
promised his hearty co-operation in
making the films as successful as pos
sible.
“My associates and I have not, as
yet, decided whether we will produce
all of these pictures ourselves, or ar
range for their production, under our
supervision, by other producers. Prob
ably one film, based on an article of
Mr. Roosevelt’s, will be produced by a
different firm. In fact, we have not de
termined, finally, the order in which
the pictures should appear. •
“Some of Colonel Roosevelt’s more
recent patriotic writings of a non
political character, such as ‘Fear God
and Take Your Own Part,’ ‘Put the
Flag on the Firing Line,’ and ‘The
Hun Within Our Gates,’ should cer
tainly be among the first films to be
produced, although a picture of a more
general character, based on ‘Theodore
Roosevelt, An Autobiography,’ may be
the first production to be released.
“Every attempt will be made in the
production and distribution of these
pictures to have every detail comport
with the dignity of the Colonel’s posi
tion and with a full realization of the
opportunity for patriotic service which
his generosity has made possible.”
It is understood that many of the
scenes in the films will be taken about
the Colonel’s home at Sagamore Hill.
OFFICIAL WHO PLACED BAN ON
“SEPTEMBER MORN” LOSES
HIS POSITION.
CHICAGO, August 2.—Major L. C.
Funkhouser, the morals censor, has
been discharged as second deputy po
lice superintendent of Chicago on the
charge of inefficiency and incompe
tency.
Funkhouser gained nation-wide prom
inence through the suppression of the
picture “September Morn,” and the
removal of the statue “The Sower,”
from the steps of the Art Institute in
Chicago. The picture and the statue
were in the nude.
NEW YORK, August 2.—Captain
Aubrey Vaughan, of the quartermas
ter’s corps, who was indicted for con
spiracy to defraud the government in
connection with raincoats supplied by
the army, yesterday changed his plea
of “not guilty” to that of “guilty as
charged.” Important disclosures are
indicated, as it is believed that
Vaughan has been promised immunity
for making a complete confession.
INTO SIBERIA
FRENCH HAVE SOLDIERS ON
WAY AND BRITISH TROQPS
GO FROM INDIA.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 2.—
It is authoritatively reported that the
entente allies are preparing to send
military forces into Siberia, in ac
cordance with the plans for interven
tion. The French have started five
companies that were stationed at Ton
quen and the British will send troops
from India and Hong Kong.
Japan already has troops at Vladi
vostok and the United States has ma
rines on the Murman coast, in the
White sea district.
PORTUGUESE
BARK IS SUNK
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 2.—
A German submarine sank the Portu
guese bark Poro, 55 miles off the At
lantic coast July 27. The crew, con
sisting of eighteen men, Was landed
safely on the American shore. The
bark had a cargo of cotton, en route
to Portugal.
GOVERNMENT
RECRUITING
LABORERS
COMMON LABOR FOR WAR WORK
TO BE DRAFTED IN STATES
OF THE UNION.
NEW YORK, August 2.—The gov
ernment yesterday took over the mat
ter of recruiting common labor for the
furtherance of the war and to aid la
bor requirements in war industries in
the’ nation.
Recruiting will be under the auspi
ces of the federal department of labor
and will be apportioned in the various
states on the basis of population.
U. S. OFFICERS IN FRANCE
WILL RETURN TO TRAIN
THEM FOR SERVICE.
GREAT EFFICIENCY IS SHOWN
Heretofore It Has Been the Practice
to Import French and British Vet
eran Officers to Train New Units,
But Proficiency of American Offi
cers Makes it Unnecessary Now.
WASHINGTON, August 3.—The
Americans in France have become so
proficient in the new method of war
fare that they are to furnish instruc
tors for the new units being .organized
in the United States. New officers
from France are to be placed in com
mand of brigades in twelve new divi
sions to be formed in America.
Heretofore it has been the practice
to secure the services of British or
French officers for this particular
work, but due to the skill and adapta
tion of the American officers who
have been in France for a year or so,
it will not be necessary to call on the
allies for training officers.
MAY TAKE OYER
PINE INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 2.—
Because the yellow pine interests have
failed to meet the demand for heavy
timbers and wood employed in the
ship-building program, and has ham
pered the United States shipping
board, it is reported that the govern
ment is considering the advisability of
taking over the pine industry in the
country.
EPARTMENT
OF AERONAUTICS
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 2.—
Senator New, of Indiana, has intro
duced a resolution proposing the cen
tralization of aircraft production by
the creation of the department of aer
onautics. New is a member of the
senate airei’aft investigating commit
tee/
AMERICAN JEWS
ON BATTLE LINE
NEW YORK, August 2.—The first
two contingents of the American Jew
ish legion, recruited in the spring and
trained in Canada and England, have
arrived at Palestine, to join the Brit
ish forces near Jaffa.
BELGIANS ATL1EGE
CELEBRATE VICTORY
LONDON, August 2.—The Belgian
inhabitants of Liege celebrated the al
lies’ success on the Marne by singing,
on the streets, the “Marseillaise,” and
engaged in other demonstrations. The
German authorities ordered the cur
few bells rung at 7 o’clock in the eve
ning, ordering all the Belgians to their
homes by that hour and likewise hand
ed the city a substantial fine.
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* WOUNDED IN BATTLE, *
* AMERICAN SOLDIERS *
* ARE RETURNING HOME *
* - *
* WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—Two *
* hundred and thirty-nine Ameri- *
* can soldiers, wounded on the *
* fighting front in France, return- *
* ed during the week ending July *
* 26, according to a statement is- -K
■¥■ sued by the war department. It
* is expected that all the return
-* ing army transports will carry +
* some troops that have been in- *K
* capacitated by action on the bat- *
+ tie line. *
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