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" I VOL. 12, NO. 40, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. FRIDAY, APRIL (i. 1917. $1.50 A YEAR GERMANS 10 INCITE REVOLT OF NEGROES? SAY AGENTS WORKING ON PLANS NOW. Department of Justice Finds Evidence of Another Plot Hatched by Teutons. Birmingham, Ala., April 4.?Reports that agents of the imperial German government are using Elm Grove, a negro settlement near Greensboro. N. C., as headquarters IUI a i.a 111 |/<l l K LI IU I Utile OUUlUltri] I1Wgroee against the government of the United States today were confirmed by local federal agents. The alleged activ-ltiles, according to the officials here, have extended to the tobacco and cotton belts of Georgia, Alabama, the CarolinaB and parts of Florida. These efforts, however, have met with little sympathy among the negroes, who have pledged themselves in large numbers to support the president and render whatever service they could to the nation iu case of war. The alleged work of Germans in the South is believed by the federal agents to be closely allied to the recent exodus from tHe cotton belt to Northern industrial centers of large bodies of negro laborers. Rumors have reached here that farmers in some agricultural districts have formed Ku Klux Klnns to meet possible uprising or disaffection but these have not been confirmed by federal authorities here. Government agents declared todav that information rei?rthin?y ihnm i<wt to the belief that in the event war with Germany is declared, efforts will be made by German agents to induce negroes to migrate to Mexico with n view to crippling industries In tho South which depends on negro labor. At the United States marshal's of'j flee in Jacksonville, Fla., today it was admitted that a close watch is being maintained by federal officers for possible efforts of German agents to incite the negroes. Reports reaching there, It was said, indicate that such efforts have met with no success. FIND KOMK KV1DKNCK. Federal Authorities in New Orleans Discover Signs of Plot. New Orleans. April 4.?Federal authorities here admitted today that thdy have discovered evidence in the last few weeks indicating the existence of an organized German movement to incite negroes in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi against the United States government. It was stated several Germans have been arrested recently in Mississippi suspected of such activity. Among the promises alleged to have been made to the negroes, according to federal agents, were complete franchise freedom and political and socigl equality, if the negroes pledged themselves to aid Germany tn the event of war with the United States. The names of persons arrested In connection with the investigations and the localities were withheld. SKKKK TO IMPROVE LAW OX FARM LOANS Stevenson (Jets Flare on Hanking and Currency Committee. Washington, April 4.?Congressman Stevenson believes thai the federal farm loan bank Is not in as complete a condition as it may be, and for this reason among others he asked that he be placed on the banking nnd currency committee of the house, which was done. Mr. Stevenson said that he desired to go on the committee on banking and currency hecause his district is largely agricultural and the federal farm loan bank will have to be developed and is of such vital interest to the farmers that h< thinks he can be of more use to his district on that committee than any oty^y in the house. He is of the opinio! .that it will require many amemm)Aits before it will fully accomplish the beneficent purpose o* its creation. TiAURRNH COUNTY KILLINL. Laurens, April 2.?Charged with the killing last night of another negro at his home in the county, John Churcher was lodged in Jail here today. SENATE HAS ADOPTED THE WAR RESOLUTION PASSED BY A VOTE OF 82 TO 6. Spirited Debate Was Heard. Action in senate at 11 U'clock Wednesday Night. Washington, April 4.?The war resolution was passed by the senate by a vote of 82 to 6. It goes to the house where debate will begin tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock and continue until action is taken. Senators who cast the negative votes were: Gronna of North Dakota, La Follette of Wisconsin, Norrls of Nebraska. Lane of Oregon. Stone of Missouri and Vardaman of Mississippi. Senator McCumber's substitute to declare the existence of a state of war upon the sinking of another American ship by Germany was defeated without a roll call. The resolution, drafted after consultation with the state department and already accepted by the house committee,, says the state of war thrust upon the United States by Germany is formally declared and directs the president to employ the entire military and naval forces and the re sources of the government to carry on war and bring it to a successful termination. Action in the senate came just after 11 o'clock at the close of a debatethat had lasted continuously since 1?> o'clock this morning. The climax was reached late in the afternoon when Senator John Sharp Williams denounced a speech by Senator l,n Follette as more worthy of Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg than of an American senator. No Outbursts From Galleries. HIT ill lilt! resolution was rot marked by any outburst from the galleries. The seuators themselves were unusually quiet. Many of them answered to their names in voices that quivered with emotion. The galleries were filled to overflowing and on the floor back of the senators' seats were almost half the membership of the house. In the diplomatic gallery was Secretary Lansing. Counsellor Polk of the state department, Minister C.alderon of Ho livia. Minister Kkengren of Sweden. Earlier in the evening Dr. Ritter, the Swiss minister, in charge of German interests in this country, had been there. Secretary McAdoo was on the floor during the last few hours of the debate. As the last name was called and the clerk announced the vote. 8 2 to 6, there was hardly a murmur of applause. All six of the senators who voted against the resolution were members ol the group of 12 which defeateu the armed neutrality bill at the last session. There was no attempt to filibuster this time, however, and most of the 13 hours of debate was consumed by champions of the resolution. Of the other six opponents of the armed neutrality. Senators Cummins, Kenyon, and Kirby voten for the resolution tonight. Senator O'Gorman. Olapp and Works retired to private life at the end of the last session. I'M'SI AI, VKItDHT IN lilfl Sl'MTEIt CASK Jury Kinds for Defendant in Ilowin>in-llnrl>y Suit. SunHfir, April 4.?After being out for atnmt eight hours the jury in the Harby-Bownian case last night returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. H. J. Harhy, in the cotton case, while it returned a verdict of $1,569.53 In favor of the plalntifT. W. A. Howman, as due from farming operations which the two men had previously carried on together. The ve ^ t was a surprise in that Howman had made no claim for damages in the farming operations, while Harhy had made a counterclaim on this ^core of $4,000. Bowman's claim was ifor one-third of the money made localise of cotton shipments alleged to jbe $326,000. | A motion for a new trial was made Iby counsel for the plaintiff, and it Is | probable that if this motion is refused that the case will go to the supreme court on appeal. FRENCH TROOPS ARE MAKING GOOD GAIN! REPUBLICS TROOPS SEIZEI SIX MILES. Notable Advance Made Ovei German Resistance?British Continue Their Progress. Along a six mile front southeas and south of St. Quentin, the Fiend have made another notable gain ove the Germans, while northwest of th town the British have captured th village of Metzen-Couture and there by gained an additional step in thei plan to push forward on the north ern tlank of St. Quentin. The Frencl mill IVilU fl llnminotlnn ? uw.uumiillh J'WmilUll 1(111 nine from Gruggies, about two mile south of St. Quentin. through Urvil lers to Moy which lies in the valle; of the Oise six miles southeast o St. Quentln. The fighting took plac during violent snow squalls and Gen Neville's men were successful alont the entire line. All three village were taken by the French troops am in addition they captured three line of trenches near the Folie farm ii the same sector, from which the Ger mans are declared to have fled ii disorder, leaving wounded, thre howitzers and much other war ma derial. After the capture of Metz-en-Cou ture, the British pressed on to th Jeast of the village. Here, the las iofficial report says, they are still en I gaged with the Germans and also b | the north In the neighborhood o Hlavrincourt wood. By the captur 'of this wood, the British would b I dangerously near Marcoing. an im portant town, the Junction of th roads running from Peronne and Ba paume to Cambrai. To the w^st o St. Quentin German counter attack against the British in an endeavor t recapture six guns taken Monda failed, according to London. The Berlin war office asserts tha northeast of Bapaume and west o ;St. Quentin heavy casualties hav beA inflicted on the British and tha near Noreull 24 0 British prisoner were killed by their own maehin gunners as they were being takei "back by the Germans. Only 60 of ; iiwtm iuiid tji me ,mu prisoner reached the l>ack German lines, say i Berlin. In Volhynla, 35 miles northeast o I Kovel, the Gerninns have struck hard hlow at the Russians, flghtini their way across the Stokhod rive and inflicting heavy casualties on th ! Russians. Considerable booty als ff II into the hands of the Qennam jTetrograd reports the entry by th | Russians into Austrian trenches nea 'Raifalova, the occupants being baj one ted. On the Persian front the Russian are still in pursuit of the Turks 1 the region of Khaniken. Bombardments and small engag< a i |i *y^jj ^Mrif^^^B W8 **^1^ i foi ^^ ll^^H^II^B i v Ms\> pmm ? \_ i vi tei MAY RAISE ARMY 10 ~? 5 THREE MILLION MEN ? 1 fm ) TO MAKE START WITH HALF MILLION. ,, th< r Staff Officials lTrge That Large Iter Force For Defense He Trained at Once. las __ t Washington. April 4.?The definite1;'0 :r?i 1 plans of the war department ur? jj)V r | .waiting to go forward to congress ipij e when It is ready to reeeive them. P? (- President Wilson gave a clear view ll *1 r of the immediate steps to be urged ba in his address, but until the depart1 pa ment's plan has been submitted. jn ft however, details are regarded as con- of - fldentlal. r?i y \ The first element of the nlan. the pn f president already has disclosed. It is e the assembling of 500,000 men under i. a universal service system as an ad- 11 n shi ft dition to the regular army and nas tional guard, which would provide a J'1 1 total war strength force of 1.200,s 000. n I It is assumed that coincident with - the calling out of the new army, or- an n ders to recruit the regulars and e guardsmen to full strength would go - out. Whether that will be done by r,u voluntary enlistment-or by draft has i u '' - r.ot been disclosed. e! Army officers believe 500,000 is Wn t the maximum number they can un- ^ i-'dertake to train at once. In a few , 1 ' : be o months, however, an additional 500.en if 000 could be called out to be follow- j ^ e ed at Intervals by other similar in- ( e crements until a total army of the ^ i- desired size has been mustered. ; e I General staff officials have consis- i ' ' an ,- tently urged that a minimum of . f, 3,000,000 trained and equipped men j s, should be provided for national de < ^ r> fense. If that number is taken a* in- j'ft0 v '.eluding the regulars and national :guard, a new armv more than 2.000, , i le> t 000 strong would be necessary. ? The training of the first half mil H lion will tax the personnel and nm f chinery of the regular armv to the , 1 P ? limit. The units of the regular . IB e army, it is said, will be vitally neces- ^ n sary to carry the work forward. Forj"" , that reason the suggestion that an 11 f* II a expeditionary force be sent to France .. ^ a as a symbol, met with a cold recep- * tion today among officers of the irenj oral staff. One otticer sa d such a ^ step would be "military suicide." The on only troops available would be the , R regulars who could not be spared from training work. ; Vi( o ta meats between detachments of in de e fantry are in progress In Macedonia. Jo i- The Servian war office reports thai so ?. Teutonic allied airmen have again tu dropped bonibR on Monastir and says , to that 47 persons were killed and 2h j n wounded, a majority of them women in and children. Numerous houses also to ?. were destroyed. |w< t UGE SUM IS ASKED H FOR PURPOSE OF WAR )UR BILLION DOLLARS TO L< BE NEEDED. uch Money Will Be Required I For the Army and Navy During Struggle. Washington, April 5.?Congress is asked today to provide imme- In itely $3,502,517,000 to finance the .-v ir for one year, approximately at G( lows: |at< For the war department, $2,952,-!c'( 7,933; for increasing the authoriz-: to strength of the navy to 150,000 'ti and the marine corps to 30.000, ! jei 75,855,762; for other necessary ;pr penditures for the naval establish- i an >nt at the direction and discretion , co the president, $292,538,790, and the coast guard so that it may re rfect and bring to a high state of W Iciency its telephone system of si> astal communication, $600,000. , ac A bond issue, increased taxation, j fo hiding higher taxes on estates, 'an ge incomes, whiskey, beer, tobac-jto and new methods of taxation ! fo obably will be resorted to to raise ra } huge amount. to Unoflicial estimates to the federal 1 lerve board are to the effect that 17 j banks of the federal reserve svs- at n are in a position to absorb tip to gr .Out),000,000 of war bonds at once or a rate of interest not exceeding th 1-2 per cent. Secretary McAdoo sp thorized the statement that he no night the government would have pi difficulty iti raising the necessary str an res. Only Part of Program. \v t The estimates calling for the up-,tti ipriation of money for carrying on ed i war were couched in general na ms. Tlte great total does not inide possible loans to the allies, an rt of the administration's program It< outlined in the president's address v? congress, and demands upon the sh untry's finances will be increased he whatever amount it is derided to,"^ lee at the disposal of the entente I?a vernments. he Secretary McAdoo said tonight he d received many suggestions from nkers and others and was investlting every phrase of the situation, hn Skelton Williams, comptroller the currency, is in New York to nsult, it is understood, with bank? there regarding the proposed n nd issue. no Chairman Simmons of the senate Co ance committee intimated that l|0 ort term notes might he issued to ; limited extent to make immediateavailable a portion of the sum1,!, sired. He said he was waiting on rretary McAdoo for suggestions d thought a plan of action would ;i framed shortly. Representative Rainey of Illinois, aking majority member of the ivs and means committee, which e(j 11 have the final say in drafting the wj ,r revenue bill before its presenta- r,r n to the house, declared tonight to fit the income tax probably would .,n amended so as to furnish the govnment with greatly increased rev-j0O uos during the war. gr For Income Taxes. 1 |;| "My view is," he said, that while w j a war lasts no man should enjov v? income or more than $75,000 or 00,000 a year and that the govern- r , ?nt shou'd take all over this i(, lount. We could obtain also $200,- sa 0,000 additional annually by rais-'j,, ; taxes on whiskey and beer to a rcl with what they were taxed in <je igland before the war started. e*: "The excess profits tax now in r;i ice must be graduated, making it k< aviest on largest profits. The tariff 8a impossible as a source of revenue ring the war." nu Lowering of the income tax ex- ij< tption to $2,000 and possibly to KOA - ?- - cumuiig m?* proposals un- th consideration. What such action, re )Ui(l ir.c.in, on. Oifli .ai s?i<! to.ia;. - a actual revenue could not be fore- su st even approximately because of by r-k of information upon which to in ,se an estimate. A conservative ba pw was that at the present rate of ex xation S1h0.0d0.ft00 would be ad-1 re d to the government revenues, hv es wering the exemption to $2,000 ti< me officials thought that the re-!ch rns would be doubled, bringing the pi tai to approximately $650,000,000. j m Proposals under consideration tojui crease the federal tax on estates up iR! 40 per cent on very kirge estates to nuld swell the government's reve- at OUSE HAS ADOPTED GREAT WAR MEASURE [)m; debate marked i /infirtUt ur 131LL. nited States and Germany Are Now Officially at War Following Last Action. Washington, April 6.?The reaction declaring that a mate of war ists between the United States and ;rniany, already passed by the sene. passed the house shortly after 3 dock this morning by a vote of 373 50. Without roll calls the house rented all amendments, including oposals to prohibit the sending of ly troops over seas without the ngressional authority. President Wilson, will sign the solution today as soon as Vice esident Marshall has attached his mature in the senate. It formally cepts the state of belligerency rred by German aggressions and thorizes and directs the president employ the military and naval rces and all the resources of the tion to bring war against Germany a successful termination. Passage of the resolution followed hours of debate. There was no tempt to filibuster, but the pacifist oup. under (he leadership of I)emratic Leader Kitchin, prolonged e discussion with impassioned eeches declaring conscience would t permit them to support the osidont's recommendation that a ite of war be declared. Miss Rankin of Montana, the only >man member of congress, sat rough the first roll call with howhead. failing to answer to her me. twice called by the clerk. On the second roll call she rose d said in a sobbing voice, "I want stand by my country, but I can not te for war." For a moment then o remained standing supporting: rself against a desk and as cries of 'ote! Vote!" came from several rts of the house, she sank hack into r seat without voting audibly. She is recorded in the negative. + II I. TAKK NO HAM) IN CHKSTKIt MATTER cveitson Won't Interfere in Connection With Nomination. Washington. April 3.?Congressin W. P. Stevenson today anuinced that unless it should heme apparent that the senate would it confirm the nomination of Postuster Cunningham at Chester, tich has been pending for someing like a year, he would take no ml in the matter. "I have no hesitancy whatever in ying that I shall not interfere in is situation until the two South rolina senators ascertain that their r. Cunningham can not lie confirmhe said. "After that is done it 11 then be necessary under the esident's recent civil service rider hold an examination for the place d this will be done." Asked what he would do toward nfirming Mr. Cunningham Senator nith said: "My position is just <p it always been. Cunningham 11 not be confirmed if 1 can prejit 1t." Upon being asked further how uoh longer the matter would be al- ' <vt-u M) run HIOTIR, senator smith id that ho did not know but that 1 j s pop It ion was unchanged. Mr. Stevenson has secured an orr from the postoffice department tablhhinp village delivery at Chea pffpctive May 1. lie hopes that ?rshaw will be a?>le to secure the nip benefit by July. ips. if adopted, by hundteds of mil- J The internal revenue bureau of j e treasury department is collecting f 1 ' enues under peace taxes at the j j e (,t ?.*, >0,000,ouu annually. This r.j m could be doubled or increased one billion by moderate increases the tax on whiskey, beer and to- H cco, the lowering of the income tax |i| eniption to $2,000. a graduated ex- B <- profits tax. increased taxes on JR tates and gicatly increased taxa-Kl ?n on large incomes. Through thlsE! innnel alone, it was thought, ap-19 oximately $1,000,000,000 annuallyM ight be raised for carrying on th<M sr. Plans for the forthcoming bondlfl sue. were said by officials involvetfl be purely in a speculative poBitiow| present. j^j