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THE WEATHER GHAMTGN Ffelr toiilght; Wednesday fair and somewhat warmer; highest temperature about 65 or 70. AND LEADER VOL.40. NO. 42 PK1CE TWO CENTS LAST EDITION TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1917 EIGHTEEN PAGES "A.B.C." Binghamton Press and der is a member of the Auit Lreao of Circulation. Venetian Buildine.

Chicago. BIN PRESS I WILL TAKE PART IN 000 5 Memorial Day Will Bring War QUOTA FOR BROOil COUNTY IS PLACED Home to People More Closely SELECTIVE SERVICE PARADE AND DEMONSTRATION SUNDAY i4m mMh Bis lilitary, Patriotic and Fraternal Organizations Show AT OVER 12,000,000 This Is Exclusive of $1,000,000 Subscription Made Eagerness to Participate in Big Event Showing Loyalty of People to Country MUSIC OF MASSED BANDS WILL BE FEATURE by Endicott, Johnson on Behalf If ft teK iv INK sssP '-rm- Five thousand people, including bands, military organizations, of Its Employes children and the members of various societies in this city will take pert in the big parade find military demonstration to arouse interest in selective service to be held at Stow rark next Sunday atternoon. EMPLOYERS ARE TOLD HOW THEY MAY HELP This estimate, made by the chairman of the general committee in charge, S. J. Koerbel, will include about 500 soldiers from Company II, Battery and the FJrst 'Ambulance Company and the mounted detachment ot tne Headquarters company or the irst -New ft Tork Infantry, who will be in tjie lead of the parade.

"Tlo manufacturers of thlg conntry had! better awaken to the fact that If they do not lake up tills issue of LilHsly Bonds they will have to get off the map. Kngland and France obtained money In this country. If we don't raise the money here, where will we go to get It? We will eltlier have to raise It at home or get off the map." Parsons, Rpeaklng to the employers this afternoon. bands and the pronouncing of the benediction by a local clergyman. The parade, it is estimated, wilt be nearly two miles long.

It probably will form along Main (street Just west the Chenango river bridge. The Captain E. IS. Powell, soon to, be i in command of the depot unit of individual organizations wm nrsi iorm th day, and Major Charles R. Sey-at their respective rooms or other mour will be the chief of staff.

Henry fc.arfm.artora anH then march to the T. Hamel will be the music marshal, One of the features of the dav will pace or iormauon in ime 01 "tu. Whether or not Colonel Theodora; son Company Community Chorus, Roosevelt will be Present to give the: The members ilTi lrccM of chorus and about 200 school Broome county is expected to subscribe for more than $2,000,000 worth of Liberty Bonds, exclusive of and in addition to the $1,000,000 worth taken by Endicott, Johnson Co, This statement was made this afternoon by William G. Phelps addressing a meeting of employers of labor at Kn rfivri fmm him. 1 children dressed in white will occupy Members of the committee expected to! the grandstand and will take a prom- inent part in the exercises.

be in touch with Mr. Roosevelt by GOOD REASONS WILL BE NEEDED FOR EXEMPTIONS the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce. In his remarks, he stated that the county's quota, as established by the Washington, May 29. Men who Soldiers of 1H6I, 1898 and 1017 niJvt In salute to Hug. The flag Is borne Color Guard Oscar MKrhell of Company If.

Those at salute lert: to right. Major It Si. Olmsted, veteran of the. Civil ar; JHirry Darling of Company fi, and William T. Hunt, veteran(of Sjionlsh-Ainerleun managers of the Liberty Loan for the central section of the State, of which Broome county is a part, is equivalent to 6Yz per cent, of the banking assets and is divided as follows: Binghamton, Johnson City, Union (including Endicott), Deposit, telephone some time late today.

To Give Talk on Loan. An interesting program has been arranged for the fair ground and in addition to the address by Colonel Roosevelt or some prominent man, there will be a talk on the Liberty Loan by C. A. Wilbur, a prominent attorney of this Practically all of the patriotic and fraternal organizations in the city have been reached by. Mr.

Koerbel and without exception have expressed a willingness and desire to participate in the exercises. About 100 members of the Sons of Veterans of Johnson City and Endi-cott are expected to be in line and about 60 Modern Woodmen of America. The members of the First Regiment Bersagliere Principe del Piedmont under Nicholas Gallo, numbering 300 men, will form an Interesting feature of the parade and the members of the Old Guard Veterans' Asso City Will Pay Tribute to claim exemption from army service when they register next Tuesday will be required later to explain fully why they believe they should not be called, Provost Marshal General Crowder announced today. Public authorities will determine the exemption ot each individual on the basis of the second and more ample explanation, not on the briefly stated reason given the registrar Tuesday. All men who are married or who belong to classes which may be exempted will not necessarily be subject to exemption.

Furthermore, every man between the ages of 21 Soldiers of 1861 and THE NEW MEMORIAL DAY Windsor, Whitney Point, Lisle, $15,000. Notwithstanding the fact that a' a small rate, everyone should nhin in BY JAY ARC. and help float it." single subscription of $1,000,000 has More than ordinary significance is He repeated that DeoDle nAist not attached to Memorial Day of 1917. regard this as parting with monev because It Is only a loan, and is coming back to them with Interest added. and 30, inclusive, must register, regardless of his claim to exemption un For 50 years the people of the United States have been showing their admiration for and gratitude to the less he Is now in the Army, Navy, wnne issued at 3Vi per cent, now, he said, It is bound to increase In vaIiia been entered by Endicott, Johnson the local bankers' committee holds that it is unfair for the rest of the county to regard that as part of Its quota Inasmuch as it does not.

If Included, leave the way open for everyone to subscribe. Therefore, the county will strive to raise its quota National Guard or Naval Militia." Each man must state his full name. men who fought in the Civil War. I later when the Government issues a age on last birthday, street address. date and year of birth, occupation and They helped to make possible the continued existence of Jhe United States, whose people enjoy a greater the kind of establishment where he is ciation under Captain Charles P.

Tup-per and the Light Artillery "Veterans' Association under Captain John Stunners, are expected in good numbers. The Boy Scouts of America together with the Boy Scout Band, if it can be secured, Binghamton Canton, the Chieftains League, the Knights of Columbus, the various Polish and Slavish societies, the Spanish War Veterans, members of the G. A about 200 High School students under Captain degree of liberty, more happiness and It's Memorial Day, but not as of yore; Our Nation's at war, and we're bleeding once more; Our flag is unfurled On the long battle line, And its folds with the folds of the allies' entwine. It's Memorial Day- and we hallow the dead; The brave and the true who heroically bled; But the while every heart with misgiving Is stirred, Lest tomorrow the noise of the battle be heard. It's Memorial Day, of the dead be our song; The wreaths and the roses to them now belong; But Memorial Day with Its patriot's pride Shall speak of the lads just away from our side.

It's Memorial Day, and, God, hear our prayer; We commit our dear boys to thy Fathering care; And with ns, or from us; or long be their stay, Kach new morn we will mark as memorial day. E. H. Moody, the Patriotic Order of employed, military experience, whether he is single or married at present; whether he has a father, mother, wife or child, brother or Bister under 12 years of age dependent solely on him for support; whether he is a State or Federal official; whether he is native-born American, or whether he or his father is naturalized, or has taken out first papers. Men past 31 shoura not try to as they will be refused and will only confuse the system.

tons of America, the Broome County of more than J2, 000, 000 and with the Endicott, Johnson Co. subscription of (1,000,000, go on record as having Its quota oversubscribed. Johnson City to Oversubscribe. In addition to the Endicott, Johnson Co. subscription, Johnson City gives evidence of oversubscribing Its quota of $214,000 according to Eliot Spalding, and it is 'expected that Red- Cross Society, the Home Defense League of 150 men, the Young Women's Christian Association, the Young new loan at a higher rate owing to the fact that the Government hast anr nounced that these bonds may be converted Into the newer rate.

"Germany," said Mr. Phelps, "has 65,000,000 inhabitants, and had subscribers to Its last loan. Great Brialn with 37,000,000 Inhabitants had 10,000,000 subscribers to Jts last loan, and rertalnly the United States with 100,000,000, and the present big business conditions of the country should have at least 10,000.000 subscribers to its first, the Liberty Loan." Should Not Claim OutHule Loan. Referring to the Endicott, Johnson' Co. subscription Mr.

Phelps urged that Binghamton sliould have civio pride enough, a sense of fairness and loyalty not to claim any share in that genorous which belongs outside the city limits. He also urged that the present loan should be sub Men's Christian Association, the Common Council, the Elks, about 100 more material, prosperity than the people of any other' country. This year, with the United States at war with Germany, Memorial Day brings closely home to Americans the fact that the time has come for the men and of he present to show what their country means to them, and, how they appreciate what it does for them, by coming forward to serve it as heartily as did the soldiers whose deeds Memorial Day recalls. Binghamton w-ill observe the day in a fitting manner. The G.

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and various other organizations will be prominently identified members of the Rotary Club, 6Q members of the Chamber of Commerce, the Union, with Endicott included, will at J. J. Bartlett and Watrous Posts, G. SERVICE RESISTANCE least meet iLn quota of $120,000. Mr.

Phelps gave a few other figures, and representatives of other banks IS LAID TO GERMANS also spoke. Each of them answered questions put to tnem by the em Washington, May 29. German in fiuences to encourage resistance to with the many events arranged to ployers, who carried the information gleaned about Liberty Loans back to army registration and the selective As read by Dr. John Lawrence In the Memorial Day service in the First Presbyterian Church, Sunday evening. commemorate the brave deeds of the and any other organizations that an be secured, with eight bands from this city and surrounding towns and tie Johnson City Drum Corps, are expected to make the parade the most impusing spectacle ever seen by most of the people in the city.

Exercises at Park. After covering the principal streets of the city the parade will go to -Stow Park, where an interesting program has been planned. Tht program will tart with the music of "America" by service, uncovered in Texas by a Fed mn who saved the nation from, dis eral grand Jury Investigation already ruption in its time of peril during the hav resulted in 11 indictments. Other dayB 0f '61-'65 and those who an- their employes. No suggestion of any plan to follow in financing the loan in the various stores and shops was made, but every plan that has been adopted in one or more places was explained, the Idea being that each employer may make a selection of any miems on me same tnargpi, maae mi 8Wered the can and served loyally MiriuuB uniw uy agents oi me during the Spanish-American War.

ment of Justice, apparently are not so Memorial Day exercises were held In the High School and various pub NATIONAL CONFERENCE lic schools today. Details ot veterans closely linked with German influence, but are being investigated. In the Texas case, according to an official announcement by the Depart FOOD SURVEY BILL the massed bands, after which there will be a prayer by some local clergyman. This will be fottowed by "sing- and committeemen from organiza or tnem, work out a scheme of his own or adopt a modification of two or more plans Illustrated at the meeting. Comparative Statist Ic.

tions visited the school buildings, giving patriotic addresses before the as ing win. of Justice, an organization was Plitf ni' -Columbia, thi Gem of the ON FOREIGN RELATIONS OF U. S. OPENS TODAY scribed quickly because of the Imminence of another loan Issue to come in the Fall. Speuking of the methods of financing the loan In factories shops and.

stores, he stated that there are three plans in vogue here that are consid-! ered the best by the local banUers. One is the duplicate agreement between employer and employe to pay! for the bonds at a stated amount perl week to be deducted out of the pay envelope. The second is the simple plan adoptPd by the EnvJcott-Johnson I concern whereby the employer takes! out $. a week and Inserts a printed! slip In the envelope with the conse.it i of the wage earner. The third is the petition plan adopted by the Binghamton postoffice employes which was.

explained by Postmaster Hopkins. This consists of a petition hung In a conspicuous place, the employes signing up for whatever amount they select, promising to pay for the bonds in six months. 67 Postal Kmployett Subscribe. ocean." The meeting will be called J. tn rr i members were required to take a order by Mayor Truitt, after which oatn th a.

GOESTO SENATE sembled pupils ana teachers, interspersed with exercises in which the children and grownups of the schools participated. Will Decorate there will be an address on the Lib ment of the army draft law the official Members of the G. A. R. posts, U.

announcement says, "a strong German influence succeeded in Inducing the organization to turn its efforts to combatting conscription and high-powered w. Sons of Veterans and Boy Scouts are asked to assemble in the Mr. Phelps set forth a few interesting statistics, as follows: In 1914 the bonded debt of the United States was $9 per capita, material wealth, $2, 27a per capita; Great Britain $127 and $1,888 respectively; France. $160 and $1,250. respectively, and Germany, $80 and $1,230, respectively, i Repeating a statement made by Arthur J.

Balfour, head of the English mission to this country, Mr. Phelps said, "The longest purse is going to win this war." He said that history has always recorded that the nation that has the rifles were obtained to intimidate persons subject to registration and the Grand Jury room or tne tjourt House tomorrow morning at o'clock for the purpose of arranging flowers, the New York, May 29. Diplomatic representatives from several South American college professors and editors from all parts of the country and representatives sent unofficially by Entente envoys to observe the trend of discussion, were In attendance today at the national con ofllcials who will bet appointed to per Washington, May 29. The Administration's food survey bill, passed by the House yesterday went to the Senate ttiday, where a similar measure Is under consideration. The House bill is the first of the food control measures and carries an form the registration." gifts of the citizens of Binghamton, into bouquets, wnicn are 10 carried to cemeteries by various details In some Western cities there are evidences of an effort afoot to defeat the registration, but the Department of Justice, It was officially an erty Loan by C.

A. Wilber. Mr. Roosevelt, if he comes, will be 'he next speaker, and he will be introduced by George F. Johnson.

If Roosevelt cannot come, some other Prominent man will be secured. The closing event of the day will be jhe military drill by the local organisations, starting with Company in field maneuvers and company drill. Battery of the First New York Field Artillery will then give a demonstration under Captain Charles O. Blakeslee, and the First Ambulance Company, under Captain F. W.

Sears, wl" given an exhibition of first aid ork. The close of the' program will be marked with the playing of "The Star Spangled Banner" by the massed and laid tenderly on the graves of de "Out 90 employes," said the Post- ference on foreign relations of tha United States at Long Beach nounced, is fully prepared to appropriation of $14,770,000 for a survey the national resources and for stimulation of the food suppfy. Among today's speakers were Ar with the offenders under existing law and the new espionage bill now near- parted heroes or tne uivu ana span-lsh-American wars. Owing to the scarcity of powers this year, due to a backward season, every effort is being made to secure, by house to house requests, an ample supply for the needs of the occasion. The detalUr are scheduled to leave thur Kuilard, Henry A.

wisewooil, John Temple Graves and Frank H. ing completion In Congress, which imposes heavy penalties for such of The survey will be made by the Department of Agriculture, and Houston is only awaiting enactment of the legislation to put a force Simonus. who were to discuss the cen sorship and open diplomacy and Johni ot men in the field to gather the in fenses. Scattered over the country are sporadic efforts to Interfere with registration, but officials here do not believe thev are connected. The Tex last dollar to spend has the advantage 'J 1 kno JTw over the other, and wins the strug- trie.

On that score this country his I xpined the largest wealth, and getting Into i ViT. I the.weekly By8tem "P1" the war game the latest will 4 the war if everyone in the nation Stands i "'i' behind it I evrne who can possibly take a -As Mr. Balfour said," explained i Make the proposition as sim-Mr. Phelps, "the nation that spends PBibl and ref, df the last $100,000,000 is the nation that, will win the war. and we can them ful lnMt' case 8lck" win the war without spending our ness or inability to keep up he p.v-j ments, refund the money paid.

The employer cannot lose, because he has the Court House for the cemeteries at 8:40 o'clock tomorrow morning. Returning from the cemeteries the veterans and members of other organizations are expected to assemble at the State Armory at 10:30 o'clock as case, in which the German influence is clearly established and the arrest of two mountaineers in soutnwesxern Virginia are the most conspicuous in formation. The secretary nopes to give Herbert C. Hoover, Selected for food administrator, an estimate of food resources within three weeks after President Wilson signs the bill. NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES FOR NEW CONGRESSMAN LEOPOLD DE ROTHSCHILD, AGE 72, DIES AT LONDON stances.

Bassett Moore. Pror. wunam x. null and Alpheus H. Snow, who were to speak on the attitude of the V.

8. on world organization. LUMBER AND FRUIT MEN PROTEST RATE INCREASE Washington, Mny 29. Further.pro-test against the proposed 15 per cent general advance in railroad freight rates was expresced today by ship- The two Virginians, William McCoy that the resources of all the banks i and J. W.

PhiDDS. bdTh well-Known the country total $35,000,000,000. The' 1 characters in the feud region, are in tail at Roanoke and Government ljflrwlnn on i ia "othschlld died Ihls morning at hla total wealth of the nation Is valued "mem- at $220,000,000,000, and the total tnBt bank have agreed to earning capacity of the country in these loans as a separate line, and headed by the First' Kegiment Band march to the Soldier's Monument on the Square, where at 11 o'clock appropriate Services will be held. The Memorial Day address Is to be delivered by Theodore R. Tuthlll.

The line will re-form at the close of the exercises and march to the Court street bridge, where services in mem-orw of the pallor dead will be held. Rev. A. C. Sawtelle will give the address.

Dinner will be served to the mem- agents say they have evidence to show they plotted organized resistance to the draft, as well aa a wholesale attack upon the landed people of the "Une near here after an illness? of six W'KS. Mr TIa a 7 1916 was 137,000,000.000. r- rtl -n fnr nnmpiB rmmnapA -will Manchester, X. May 29. of the first New Hampshire dis trict wnt to the noils todav to choose Dem at the continuation today of vicinity whose property mey mienueu to divide between themselves.

ars of age and was the third son of Lionel De Rothschild, founder the English branch of the famous Uniting house. Everyone Should Help. not be snut ofr bectulgf. he has a Lih. "Taking these figures," said Mr.

erty Loan account with his bank. It Phelps, "we flndlhat the present loan, our duty to push the sale of these the Liberty Loan, means that everyone bonds, and no one can do it a well can help float it by pledging approxl-I Ai the day of registration draws For nax. the Department or justice ann many years prior to th war a successor to the late Congressman hearings by the Interstate Commerce Cyrus Sulloway, Republican. The Commission. candidates were Sherman E.

Bur- Representatives of the lumber and roughs, Republican, and Patrick fruit interests of the South presented Henry Sullivan. Democrat. The dis- their claims as to why the proposed trict Is normally Republican. i increase should not be granted. r- De Rothschild was a prominent other agencies of the Government are rarefullv watching for evidence of resistance' to the law and are prepared mately the equal of five per cent, of their earnings for last year.

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