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THE STATESMAN
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Negroes Are Called
Dr. Vinson to Head
Important War Work
FRENCH CAVALRY
PLAYS BIG PART
fires
and
Huge Sums Are
Appropriated
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flank, and he predicts that the enemy
will be forced at other points.
Reports of the fighting in the Sois-
sons-Rheims salient appearing in the
Steel Soldier Fires 400
Shots at Com-
mand.
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Hard Riding and Hard
Fighting Units Save
the Day.
Judge Martin Caught
in Dragnet of
Justice.
HINDENBURG
DIEINGAGAIN
STARVATION ' I
IN RUSSIA
Rheims the British have captured
the Petitchamp wood, near Mar-
faux, with 200 prisoners and 14
machine guns.
The Americans on the front
south of Soissons have captured
the town of Buzaney.
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cavalry also shared fully with the In-
NTS.
LONDON, July 23.—Franco-American troops are continuing to
make progress on the battlefront between the Ourcq and the Marne.
Advices today are that attacks carried out by the French hawo re-
stored all the ground which they lost on Monday in the region of
Grisolles, seven miles northwest of Chateau Thierry.
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TYPHOID IS
IN BERLIN
The British effort along the line
near Nhelms have been rewarded by
a bag of prisoner, and machine suns.
number of cui, 1. not stated, but it
is belleved to be large.-
BOCHES FIGHTING UUIU. S. TROOPS CAPTURE
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July IS.—
Hve children, ranging in age trom 2
to n years, were burned to death,
one othec received probable fatal in-
juries, and seven were less seriously*
hurt in a fire which destroyed the Kent
"The executive committee selected
at this meeting," said -
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attempt to search out the allied rear
indicate that the airmen failed to spot
the allied positions. Many shells have
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The convention here is the first ever
held by the organization on the Pa
Cine coast. About 400 delegates from
all sections of the country were In at-
tendance.
French, American and British troops
, all made progress
Probably the heaviest fighting today
occurred on the eastern wing of th
salient where British troops took part.
The Britishers who had arrived on the
were, no doubt, caused by hombs
dropped by the allied aviators, but it
is believed that the enemy has de-
stroyed stores that can not be moved
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, Mon-
day, July 22, -German resistance re-
sulted in harder fighting today. The
operations were robbed of some of
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 23.—
Natives of China, refugees from Mexico
and Interned prisoners of the United
States, 460 Chinese at Fort Sani Hous-
ton and Camp Travis are doing their
part to help the allies of their country
win the war.
When General Pershing abandoned
his pursuit of Francisco Villa in the
their spectacular features as the day
advanced by the determination of the - —
enemy not to be crowded into a re- burned.
for the purpose of taking this (rain-
ing.
At the Washington meeting an ex-
ecutive committee was appoInted, of
which Dr. Vinson is chairman. The
other members are President John E
McCracken of Lafayette College Pa ;
George F. swayne of the Harvard en-
Kineering school; President W. A.
Shanklin of Wesleyan college; Dean
Edward W. Lord of Boston Univer-
sity; President P. L Campbell of the
University of Oregon, and President
Edward J. James of the Uhiversity of
Illinois.
LONDON, July 23.— The town of Jaulgonne on the Marne has
been captured by the Americans, who are continuing their advance.
So far the taking of 300 prisoners by the Americans in this
advance is reported.
duced C. H. Herber to pay him $500.
Henry .Herborc to pay him $500, Albert Uezzrcg u. gezg-,
Ottmers to pay him $250, and William Ville-En-Tardenois.
Herber to deliver to him two horses - -
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LONDON, July 23—On the
front between the. Marne and
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY ON
TUB ASINH-MARNE FRONT. Mon-
day, July 22—The fiercest fighting
continued throngbout the day on both
wings of the German salient between
the Aisne and Mame. . The efort of
the enemy were concentrated on an
attempt to prevent the Allied troops
from cutting through on either aide
and two horsecollars valued at $207:
that these men were loyal citizens and
were in no danger of Federal prosecu-
tion.
All those arrested on the indict-
ments returned yesterday will have
their cases called for .'trial at the
present term of court.
Iast Texas; Tonight and Wednes-
day partly cloudy, continued high
temperature.
West Texas: Tonight and Wednes-
day generally fair.
By Assocate Press
WASHINGTON, July 11—Starva-
tion a* well ay economic and financial
disaster threaten Russia, according to
Information reaching the State Do-
partment The number of fields un-
der cultivation In 1918 compared with
1916 are about 17 per cent.
ALLIES DROP
Many bombs
rhea. An Important station at Fismes,
the newspaper reports, . has been
ESTABLISHED- 1871—Vol, 47; No. 155.
By Associated Press.
the Ge™ahtt^ the newspaper owned by Premier Clemenceau,
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 23 — <
Pontifical high mass, with the Most
Rev. Archbishop Edward J. Hanna of
San Francisco presiding as represent-
ative of Pope Benedict, was to sol-
emnize the fifteenth annual conven_ 1
tion. or the Catholic Educational Asso-
elation here today.
The convention here is the first ever
held by the organization on the Pacific
coast About 400 delegates from all
sections of the country were in at-
tendance.
The sighting of the disabled steam*
er follows the report of the signals of
distress heard last night. War vessels
were sent out early today and searched
the seas. Most of them returned this
afternoon with the report that there
were, no signs of a craft in distress.
Aviators who first reported the sig.
nals went out again today. They re-
turned nt noon, but under orders Ime
Hy pur out in.
By Associated Press
PARIS, July 234~Every enemy sta.
tion and every other center of activity,
with the salient north of the Mame
is undergoing incessant aerial bom-
bardment, says J a Liberte today. in
the last twenty-four hours the Frencn:
have dropped sixteen tons of projec-,
tiles on the lines of communication
between Fere-En-Tardenois and Hs-
By Assoclat i Press.
WASHINGION, July 23. With total
appropriations only a Jit tie short of
$30,000,900,000 and more to be author-
ized later, the second session of the
Sixy-fifth Congress will stand as a
record session in poit of cash au-
thorizations. Succeedini f*6ngrcMe9t
leaders believe, will be called on foe
even greater expenditures so long as
America maintains its vast military
establishment In Europe.* *
from stations on the Island and else-
where searched the vicinity where the
disabled craft was reported to be,
without finding any trace of her. Ma-
rines were inclined to doubt the truth
of the story.
ROSS.
By Associated Press.
PARIS, July 23.—Ma Jef Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. received the wound from
which he is suffering while leading
an attack on a machine gun nest at
Ploisy, southwest of Soissons, on Fri-
day. It was while at the head of his
battalfon that Major Roosevelt re-
ceived a machine gun bullet behind the
left knee.
President R. H Vinson of the Uni-
veralty. has returned from Washing-
ton, where he attended a meeting of
about twenty-five leading educators
of the country, representing seven-
teen different States, which was called
on the authority of the War Depart-
ment and held under the auspices of
.™ the committee on education and special
Despite the German determination, training of that branch of the gov-
ernment. The special purpose of the
meeting was to consider how the
program prepared by the War Depart-
ment for the military training or able-
bodied students in the college next
year can be carried out and how to
get aa many boys of 18 to 21 yeara
old as possible into the educational in-
stitutions this coming collegiate y—r
By Associated Press.
LONDON, July 23 — Field Marshal
von Hindenburg, chief of the German
staff. Is Seriously ill and has taken no
part in military operations of the
present year, according to Information
from Berlin, says a Central News dis-
patch from Berne today.
At great personal effort, the mes-
sage adds, the field marshal was pres-
ent at a few of the imperial receptions,
but went through the functions with-
out speaking. He is quite Incapable of
writing, the advices say.
Catholics Open
15th Convention
NANTUCKET, Mass., July 23—
Complete mystery today shrouded the
report of a vessel in distress a few
miles east of the Island of Nantucket,
brought here yesterday by an un-
known aviator- Const guard crews
1
use of French cavalry in the battle
of Picardy when the French took over
eighty-eght kilometers of front from
county juvenile home just outside the
city limits early ^tod&y.
I AMUSENENTS. ♦
♦ Crescent: Douglas Fair- ♦ 9
♦ banks in "Say! Young Fellow.” f
♦ Queen: Florence Reed in t
♦ "Today.”
♦ Majestic: Pegg
♦ "Other Men’s Dat
rtor-eooeceneq
Further cast the enemy is continu-
Ing to counter-attaek unsuccesufully.
Along the greater part of the front
the artillery fire was the chief activ-
ity, although at place® brilliant in-
fantry operations ar© taking place,
while machine gun nests make every
open field a potential trap. <
The number of prisoners has been
increased by thousands, and a ver-
itable mountain of captured and aban-
doned material is in the possession of
’ the allies. Many guns taken had been
blown up or damaged by the enemy
before he abandoned them.
(Correspondence of Associated Press )
HONDON, July 12.—"An automatic
soldier is one of the latest develop-
ments In weapons of war.
A Danish engineer has recently
taken out a patent for an apparatus
to which he has given this name. It
consists of a steel cylinder normally
within a larger cylinder, the whole
being sunk into the ground vertically.
By means of a mechanism operated by
W irees the inner cylinder rises to a
height of eighteen inches from the
ground and simultaneously an auto-
matic rifle mounted on the inner cylin.
der fires 400 shots in any given direc-
tion.
"The automatic soldiers” can be con-
trolled from a central position some
four or five miles behind the Une of
defense, according to the inventor.
They may be seen by the enemy only
when they rise from the ground-
From trials already made it has been
shown, so it is reported, that a few
hundreds of these steel soldiers can
easily defend a position against in-
.antry attack, however numerous the
opposing force may: be. They blaze
away their 400 shots without flinching
and never retreat. In order to over-
come the "automatics” they must b.
d iroyed, one by one.
PARIS, July 23— Artillery activity
along the battle front during the
course of the night is all that is re*
ported in the official statement Issued
by the war office today.
North of Montdidier In the Somme
sector a local operation brilliantly con-
ducted permitted the French to dh-
cupy the villages of Mailly-Raineval,
Sauvillers and Aubvillers. The French
took 350 prisoners.
The statement says:
"Along the whole battle front only
artilleryactions were reported during
the past night
"North of .Montdidier a local opera-
tion which was conducted in a vigor-
ous manner resulted in the capture by
the French of the villages of Mailly-
Raineval. Sauvillers and* Aubvillers.
The French up to the present have
taken 350 prisoners.
"Otherwise the night was calm”
PARIS, July 23.—(Havas Agency).---
In spite of the desperate resistance
of the Germans, the entry into the
lines of enemy reinforcements and re-
peated counter-attacks by the foe, the
victory of the aliles continues to de-
velop. Not only have the allied posi-
tions been held intact against the en-
emy’s assaults, but at certain points
further progress has been made.
Military critics are unanimous in
saying that General Ludendorfa ef-
forts are now being exerted to pro-
tect his retreat of the army along the
Marne, there being many indications
of the German intent to retire.
The capture of the village of Epieds
and the passage of the Mont St, Pere
region, according to Henri Bidou of
the Journal, marks the breaking of Q
position which was the temporary
hinge af the southwestern German
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 23—-Agencles of
the Council of National Defense were
involved today In the Nation-wide
conspiracy of alleged bribery and
graft in the manufacture of soldiers’
rubber raincoats through the arrest of
Harry E. Iaazarus, member of the de-
fense council’s subcommittee supervi.
Ing raincoat production. He is ac-
cused of attempting to bribe Govern-
ment inspectors.
Department of Justice agents also
took] into custody Charles L. Buller,
chief government inspector f^r the
New York manufacturing district, and
it was announced he had confessed
full detail® of the workings of an ex-
tensive bribery system in connection
with manufacture of reincoatt and
other soldiers clothing;
(Continued on Page six).
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WASHINGTON, July 23—
The naval personnel now num-
bers 502,792 officer® and men
in all branches. Secretary Dan-
iela announced today.
FEDERM CHARGE FRENCH AND AMERICAN ADVANCE
t_ glon and for five days the horsemen.
h. fighting afoot with two Infantry di-
AN ATLANTIE PORT, July »».—A
large steamer with part of her smoke-
Block gone and her brldge damaged,
in tow of a Government tug off the
southern New England coa5, wax re-
ported by the captain of a steamez
which arrived her today, .
The captain believed the disabled
xossel to be a Belgian relief steamer.
. he. tug and her tow were in thevi-
r Inity of the scene of the operations
of the German submarine which at-
tasked sunday A tuk ana four barges.
Ihe doyornment boat and the
atonmer she had in tow were some
Olatance away, but the captain said
he was pulto sure he could make out
the words "Belgian relief’ in largo
white letters on tho side of the dis-
abled vessel. The steame had for
masts, he said. The tug was taking
it8 tow westward.
treat.
Routh of Soissons the allied troops
maintain all positions* as they were
Sunday night except in some cases
where they have been improved slight-
ly. The allied positions, however, are
in no apparent danger from attacks
by German reserves.
In the area north of Chateau Thier-
ry the enemy is reported by air ob-
servers to be still moving northward,
but very slowly and fighting rear
guard actions all the while. The [
French and Americans are hanging
close to the heels of the retiring Ger-
mands and are taking every oppor-
tunity to move forward. Army tead.
quarters moves ahead bit by bit as
the line advances.
Enemy airplanes have been ac ve
on observation work, but the shalls
fired by the German artillery in an
LONDON, July 23.—The French have
captured Oulchy-Le-Chateau,
Well Informed opinion in London re-
gards the situation on the battle front
as going well for the allies. It is not
expected, however, that the advance
will be so rapid as previously. hl the
Germans now have had plenty lime
to get their reserves into position.
They are also displaying a disposi-
tion to fight for all they are worth.
In their fighting along the Marne
the French are reported to be ex-
lerienclng great difficulty in making
a passage of the river at some points,
being stubbornly oppod by the Ger-
man infantry, well supported by artil-
lery and machine guns.
At 11 o’clock this morning the
French were reported to have advanced
a mile on a front of four miles. It
was thought on the basis of advices
that the attack in the Montdidier re-
gion might be on a wider front than
th one mentioned.
The Germans are stiffening their*
resistance between the Ourcq and the
Aisne rivers and are bringing up guns.
In the Montdidier fighting today the
French, besides capturing the villages
of Aubvillers and Sauvillers, swept C
the crest of Mailly Rainl and cap-
tured it. -
dancing infantry units threatened to
lose touch with each other in the heat
and confusion of the contest* No gaps
have been left where the enemy might
strike back, for always the horsemen
came up to fill the hole until the in-
fantry line could be rectified and con-
back of the Gernran defensive line
along the Vesle river.
Fere-En-Tardenois is near the west
flank of the salient, while Ville-ln-
lardenois is further east and is quite
near the allied lines southwest of
Rheims. The burning of stores in
both places may be an indication of a
general retirement from tho salient
by the Germans.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 23.- Skiltul
use of French cavalry has marked
General Foch’s tactics ever since he
took over control of the Allied armies
as supreme commander, according to
information reaching military circles
here The horsemen have played an
important role in the whole battle of
LONDON, July 23.—A serious out-
break of typhoid has occurred in Ber-
- ------- Uh, the Exchange Telegraph corre-
Dr. Vinson, | spondent at Amsterdam reports. ‘The
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE AISNI-MARNE FRONT, July
237:30 a. m.-Overnight information
coca not indicate any radical change
in the situation along the buttle front. ________________
The prospects seemed tolbe that to- mediately put out
day would be another of heavy atogka
and counter-attacks with not more
than alight changes in the line.
. The troops of General Pershing and
General Petain are holding almost
every inch of ground they have gained
since the counter blow began on
Thursday last. .
The Franco-American forces north
of Chateau Thierry now are holding
Epleds and nearby villages and a bit
of territory northeast of Mont St.
Pere.
° The French, the advices state,
stormed the heights north of Cour-
celles at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
They are also holding the bend in the
• neighborhood of Chassons as far as
Trelop, (These towns are just to
the north of the Marne, to the enst
of Jaulgonne, taken by the Americans),
i Trelop, at the latest advices, was still
[ innthe hands of the enemy
The French crossed the Marne at
Pont-A-Binson, just to the east of
Reuil.
The enemy counter-attackea heavily
from the direction of Vandieres, but
these onslaught® were beaten off. The
French at 8:16 o’clock this morning
began anew attack in the region of
। northwest or Montdidier, according to
I advices received here shortly after
, noon today.
and thus imperilling the great masses
of German troops still witbin the semi-
circle.
visions, withstood the terrific assaults
of the Germans, who sought to ham-
mer a way through behind Ypres at
any cost They endured steady bom-
bardment for days and when the in-
fantry were hemmed in on top of
Mont Kemmel the cavalry drove for-
ward in counter attacks and held off
the shock divisions of the enemy while
the French gunners got their pieces
away.
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LONDON, July 23.—Advances in
local operations were scored by the
British last night, today’s war of-
fice report shows. The line was
pushed forward slightly south of
Hebuterne, on the front between
Arras and Albert and south of
Merris and Meteren on the Flan- •
decs front. The British also were
improved in the Hamel sector and
north of.Albert.
Tho German artillery showed
considerable activity last night
with gas shells in the Villers*Bro-
tonheux sector east of Amiens, tho
war office announced today.
scene only recently engaged the en-
(Continued on Page Six.)
the British to permit the latter to
mass reserves at seriously threatened
points of the line farther north
A French cavalry corps complete
with light artillery, armored cars and
cyclists, arrived first on the scene in
Picardy and relieved the British. They
fought it out afoot until the heavy
French infantry arrived and took over
the task.
Three days later the horsemen were
on the move again, this time hurrying
to the front, where the enemy was hit-
ting hard at the Lys line. The cav-
airy rode hard, as the advance guard
of the French infantry columns
marched toward St Omar. In the
first twenty-four hour®, despite the
long strain of fighting in Picardy they
covered 125 kilometers without losing
a man or a horse on the way. In sixty-
six hoursrthey had transferred their
whole corps over 200 kilometers and
arrived east of Mont Cassel.
The cavalry corps stood in support
of the British for ten days in April
after the enemy had forced tho line
held by the Portuguese division. It
maintained communication between
two British armies and organized the
ground from Mont Cassel to Mont
Kemmel, while the French army moved
pp behind it. As the French Infantry
took over, the cavalry was drawn off
to the left in the Mont Kemmel re-
mountains and deserts of Western
Chihuahua, Mexico, and started back
to the border, the Chinese colony in
that section packed their belongings
onto wagons, carta and burros and
trailed out behind the American expe-
ditionary force. They feared Villa and
his bandits would carry out their
threats to kill all Chinese in Mexico,
and General Pershing gave them per-
mission to proceed to the border with
his column.
Arriving at Columbus, N. M., the
Chinese were placed in an internment
camp until arrangements were made
between representatives of the United
States immigration department, the
Chinese government and the tongs to
which the Chinese belong for their
transfer to San Antonio. Here they
were allotted to the army camps and
posts, where they do all-classes of work
fer the army and do it well.
Many of these Chinese are wealthy,
having owned stores and ranches Irt
Mexico. They have endowed a bed in
the American hospital at Neulily,
France, gave what was characterized
as the largest chop suey party ever
held In Texas as n Red Cross benefit,
subscribed funds to Red Cross funds,
and many have bought Liberty bonds
and thrift stamps. Many of the Ch!-
nese have applied for permission to
enlist In the United States army.
MYSTERY CRAFT REPORTED.
DISABLED BOAT >
TOWED TO LAND
1918, as the'struggle which began on
March 21 with the first German drive
has come to be known.
Work IQ Aid Allies Fhe emplpyment of the swift-moving
mounted columns in the present coun-
ter stroke from the Aisne-Marne line
has been noted in the dispatches-
Again General Foch took advantage of
the great mobility of the mounted arms
to throw them in wherever his ad-
Parisian newspapers, tell of
fantry, block kg gaps in the line and
the final definite occupation of the
town for the Allies was accomnplished
by a cavalry battalion.
A few days later the same cavalry
after another long ride met the enemy
advance against Villers - Cotterets
woods in the Aisne sector, where the
fighting today is waging fiercely and
where the horsemen again are en-
gaged. When the Germans drove for-
ward in their effort to get around tho
forest to Compeigne the horsemen
blocked the road between the wooded
region and the river Ourcq.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 23—Fifty
thousand negro registrants guallfled
for general military service were
called to the colors today by Provost
Marshal General Crowder. They will
entrant between Aug 1 and Aug 5
and will com© from forty-one States
an the District of Columbia.
TAKEN OVER
Postmaster Generali
Will Control and Op-
erate Wires.
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♦ NAVY HAS HALF MILLION. *
♦ ---- ♦
Clarence Martin of Austin, James
G. Burleson, former postmaster at
Lockhart; E. G* Langhammer of Bren-
ham and Willie Rolff of Bexar county
were arrested yesterday on indictments
returned by the Federal grand jury
here, and all were releasd under bonds
made before United States Commis-
sioner R. L. Thompson. The grand
jury was discharged after it had made
its reports to the Federal District
Court late yesterday afternoon.
Judge Martin, the indictments al-
leges, devised a scheme to defraud
Albert Ottmers, William Herber, Ct H.
Herber and Henry Herbert of sums
totaling $1467, and that he placed two
letters in the United States mails for
this purpose* He is indicted on two
counts.
The indictment against Burleson al-
leges that while postmaster at Lock-
hart between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31 he
embezzled postoffice funds at differ-
ent times, th© amounts of which are
unknown to the grand jury, but which,
aggregate about $189.20. His bond was
fixed at $1000. f
Langhammer was Indicted on three
counts, ach alleging that ho obstruct-
ed recruiting and enlisting in Wash-
ington county. His bond was fixed
Ot $2500.
Count one of this indictment al-
leges that Langhammer attempted to
have Burney Parker, chairman of th©
Washington county exemption board,
assist in securing the release of one
Juergens, then in the military service
at Camp Travis.
Count two alleges that he offered
to pay E. Poteet $500 if the release
of Frederick Heineke was secured, and
that he requested W. C. Lipscomb, B.
F. Teague, W. M. Morris, F. W. Schu-
lenberg and Dr. Schermacher to go
in a body to the chairman of the local
board in an attempt to secure Hei-
neke's release.
In the third count it is alleged that
he personally attempted to secure the
release of Albert G. Neinast. It is
also alleged that none of these men
whose release was sought was en-
titled to exemption from military
service.
Willie Rolff, it is charged in the
indictment, did unlawfully and wil-
fully favor the cause of the Imperial
German government on or about July
16, by making certain remarks which
were substantially as follows: That
he did not believe the Uhited States
could win because the German gov-
ernment had one of the best armies
in the world: that it is going to be
a long war, it will last a long time;
that he did not believe the newspaper
reports concerning the war, and when
told that these reports came from the
War Department, said, "Hell! that
don’t make me believe It* that If he
were there he guessed he would prob-
ably do the same as the Germans and
outrage and deport the Belgian
women; that he would just as soon
face a firing squad as to be placed
in the trenches and shot there, and
that he thought the local board had
done him an injustice by placing him
i. class 1.
Rolff's bond was fixed at $5000.
The two counts against Judge Mar-
tin refer to the same general .transac-
tion, but cover two different letters
alleged to have been deposited by him
in the postoffice.
The allegations of the indictment are
that he presented to Ottmers and
others that they were in danger of
Federal prosecution, but that he could
avert this and would try to kill-the-
matter in the grand jury; that he in-
WASHINGTON, July 22— President
Wilson today issued a proclamation
taking over control of telegraph, tele-
phone, cable and radio syatems for th*
duration of the war, effective July 11.
Authority to operate the wire aya-'
tems is vested in the postmaster gen-1
eral. Complete detail*. It was an-
nounced, would be made public later*
in the day.
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