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O, H. CRONIN, Publisher.
O'NEILL. NEBRASKA
Napoleon Bonaparte placed hie
broil.ers ami famous marshals on the
thrones of several conquered states in
I’uiopc. A writer in the London
spectator imputes to Kaiser Wilhelm a
desire to follow the French conqueror
not only in war and diplomacy, but alsc
in appointing relatives or puppets at
rulers of Teuton trampled countries
According to the article, the kaisei
contemplates making his second son
Kitel Fritz, grand duke of Courland: s
Saxon or other prince, king of Lithu
ania; another of Ids sons king of Pol
niij: his fifth son. Prince Oscar, prince
of Finland; a more docile Hohenzol
lern. Icing of lioumaiila; while Albania
Is reserved for Prince William of Weld
The life of a man was saved In Aus
tralia by means of an operation with
out proper instruments under the di
rection of a surgeon 1,800 miles away.
The subject fell from his horse at MdiU; t
Creek, in northern Australia, and suf
fered serious injuries. An operation
was urgently necessary, and there was
no doctor within 1,000 miles. The con
dition of the patient was described by
telegraph to a doctor in Perth, und he
sent back, by the same means, instruc
tions under which the postmaster at
Halls Creek, with such surgical instru
ments as he could get, the chief o:
which was a razor, carried out the ope
ration successfully.
The uncanceled order which left a
military guard, intended for one tdghi
only, to watch over Drury Lane the
ater for nearly two centuries, had a
parallel in the royal palace at Petro
grad. About 30 years ago some econo
mist questioned the need of a sentry
on guard, night and day, on one par
ticular spot, on the lawn. No one
could answer until old records were
turned up, and it was found that Cath
erine I, admiring a crocus bloom on
the lawn, bad desired the plant to t*
fwotected. So a guard had been
mounted and, no countermand being
Issued, had been maintained for nearly
two centuries. '
Brevet ia a French word, meaning
aommlsslon or warrant. In military
usage it gfves an officer higher nom
inal rank than the one £•*• which he
receives pay. It is an ioonorary pro
motion. The first Mote it was used
in the United State* army was in 1812,
when Captain 'iachary Taylor, who
afterward became president, was made
major by brevet for ills brave defense
«f Fort Harrison against the Indians,
near Terre Haute.
The curious combination of an owl
and a steel trap in which the bird
had become caught and flown away,
trap and all, alighting on a high pow
ered electric cable carrying 11,000 volts
of electricity to run a mill at Good
year, Conn., stopped the ryower and
threw several hundred men out of
work for several hours. Linemen,
after several hours’ search, located the
owl, burned to a cinder.
Formerly the metal for making nails
was cut into strips and then forged
into shape with hammers, and an ex
pert took about one minute and a half
for each nail. Today they are made
of steel and are lighter nnd stronger.
Strips are cut with steam shears and
foil Into automatic nail machines. One
man. why tendj. Uicse machines, drops
a nail every aecqnjT
A portable kitchen was used with
success in Wilmington, Del., to teach
the children how to conserve food. It
was transported from school to school
as the work required. An exhibition
was giveh of the five varieties of Lib
erty bread that the children made from
•onBervatlon recipes in the prize con
test conducted by the woman’s commit
tee of the state.
There is a famine In laundry soap in
Copenhagen and other Danish cities.
Practically none can now be pur
chased, though the shop windows are
full of fancy toilet soap. Very 1UU -
Tat Is available In the country for
the manufacture of soap, and there 1
Is also a shortage of caustic soda,
potash and other ingredients.
For the last 21 years whale fish
ing In Norwegian waters has been
prohibited, and the whales have mul
tiplied to an unexpected extent. Ac
cording to carefully prepared estl>
mates, the removal of the prohibition,
which is probable, would result in the
ubtalning of not less than 20,000 tons
of whale oil In the first year.
Bloodhounds were first known as
sfeuthhounds. owing to their ability to
track the deer, wild boar or the wolf.
When the wounded game broke Awqy
and was lost, these good nosed dogs
were used in trailing the quarry by the
blood trail, and hence they were finally
called bloodhounds.
“Hell’s Half Acre" is a nickname
applied to a tra+t of lowland In Yel
lowstone park, on which there are
about 40 hot sulphur springs which
are seething and bubbling all the time,
while the surrounding air is filled with
fumes of sulphur, and even the ground
is burning hot.
v litII after the war no evening
clothes will he worn by the men and
women «t the Spokane (Wash.) Coun
try Club. Decision to bar formal dress
•was made recently by the entertain
ment committee, and It Is declared tc
be in keeping with other war econo
mies.
Amasa Morse, an elder In the Ad
ventist church at Stafford Springs
Conn., who died recently at 104 years
taught relax,! when a yoU)!;; «
•outlived till hm pupils. He preached u
Adventist churches over half a cen
tury.
Each state In the union la represen
ted by a star in the flag, the added sta
making Hr appearance on the 4th o
July, following the admission of a state
During the civil war the flag had 3'
stars and it now has 48.
Chicago’s Liberty bond buyer wit»
the longest name is Constantines J
Papatheodorokoumunduigiotoinlchalu
koupolos. Ho bought a 8200 bond ant
wrote hts entire name on a single up
plication blank.
All the public swimming pools an
some of the public baths in London ar;
being used for communal kitchen.
With their steam plants and heatin;
appliances they are very adaptable.
At the funeral of Lieutenant-Colom
Caversham Kitnonds at CaverEhn rn
England, the coffin was drawn on ti-i
oldest dray used by the Arm of whir)
tie was principal, the driver being t •
company’s oldest drayman.
In China there are oil and salt «v
more than 2.000 fept deep which hr
been drilled through solid lock ri
band with the most primative imp' •
monte. _
There are United State* prisons. .. j
Atlanta, Gn.: Ft. Leavenworth. Kau •
and at McNeils Island, statu of Waal- I
ins ton, besides navwi prison-,-, at Mai |
• island, Cai., Boston and Portsmouth !
m* -t w. •
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
BALK AT WAR BREAD
Inmates of Nebraska Soldiers'
Home Ask For Removal
of Commandant.
Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. 6.—Though the
old soldiers once lived on hard tack
and liked it, some of them draw the
line on war bread, and seven of the in
mates of the home at Grand Island
filed chargee against Commandant
Jack Walsh, with the state board of
control and asked that he be ousted.
Chairman Henry Gerdes and E. O.
Mayfield, of the board, after hearing
the charges ruled that there could bo
no Justification for firing the comman
dant. Ed Muodorf and six other vets
got their heads together and decided to
get the "goat" of Walsh.
The charges referred to “John F.
Wfolsh alias James Gillespie.” The tn
vest.tgatlbh: of the board into the war
record of the commandant proved to
be to his advantage. Mr. Walsh told
the board that when he was a mere
youth of 15 he tried to enlist in the
union army and when he was turned
down he had gone to Cincinnati given
the name of “James Gillespie" and
prevaricated about ills age and was
accepted for service. The old soldiers
who showed their discontent by raising
a rumpus did not rebel because they
had to eat war bread but because they
claimed It was baked so hard that they
could not chew it. They admitted that
their teeth are not as goqd now as in
the days of their youth. The com
mandant is a retired banker and the
owner of much property. His home
was formerly at Humboldt.
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FREMONT DOCTOR
STATIONED ON ISLAND
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 6.—A letter
Just received from Dr. Andrew Sina
mark, a Fremont boy who is In the
United States naval medical service,
stationed at the Island of Guam, says
that the outgoing mail, conveying the
letter, is the first in two months and
the island has been shut off from the
outside .world for that period of time.
The cable between the island and San
Francisco has been out since June 20.
A typhoon early in July paralyzed
shipping and did Immense damage on
the islnnd, the doctor writes. Forced
to abandon his boarding house be
cause of the storm damage, he has
been making his headquarters in the
United States government building,
along with other employes of the Unit
ed States.
DAIRY INTERESTS ARE
WELL REPRESENTED
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 6.—Nebraska
dairy interests are well represented at
the Nebraska state fair. One of the.
features is a statue made of golden
butter representing "The Spirit of
1918,” which Is food conservation and
food increase. Last year the dairy
products of the state were valued at
from $60,000,000 to $70,000,000 and 720,
000 dairy cows were counted. Another
feature of the fair is the great ex
hibit' of tractors. Last year the ex
hibit was small. Motor trucks are
shown In large numbers. There were
few on the grounds last year.
POTATO CROP A FAILURE,
MELONS A SUCCESS
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 6.—While po
tatoes on the Fremont market are sell
ing for 55 cents a peck or $2.20 a
bushel, reports are brought by travel
ing men that there is a bumper crop
in the north part of the state and at
Verdlgree the price is only 20 cents a
peck. The crop around Fremont was
almost a complete, failure ^hls season.
Fremont's watermelon crop was"aTjoiTt
the only crop that assumed the dignity
of a complete success this season. It '
Is grown in the low sandy soil along
the Platte and the watermelon grow
ers are reaping a harvest. Melons
weighing as high as 66 poundB are
rommoji in the patches southwest of
the city and they bring at wholesale
from $1.25 to $1.50 apiece. Jhe de
mand has been so heavy that half the
orders could not he filled. Carload lots
are being shipped out this week. The
corn crop around Fremont is a com
plete failure, excepting for low spots
in the valleys. No rain has fallen here
since early In June.
FARMERS ORGANIZE
TO BUILD DYKES
Fremont, Neb'., Sept. 6.—The Platte
Valley' Mutual 'Dyking Association,
comprising the owners of 10 farms
along the Platte river between North
Bend and Ames, has been organized.
C. D. Kinaman. of the state engineers’
office in Lincoln, was present. There
are about 15 good farms concerned
and the object is to build a dyke,
similar to the dykes at Fremont and
Valley, as a means of protecting them.
The board of supervisors and county
agent are actively interested In the
enterprise. F. E. Allen was named
temporary chairman of the district.
LOOKS LIKE “DRYS"
WILL HAVE CONTROL
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 6!—Twenty-two
votes in the state senate for ratifica
tion of the national prohibition amend
ment are assured by the Nebraska pri
mary returns in 21 districts represent
ed by 22 senators. The candidates on
both the republican and democratic
tickets, where there are two who came
through the primaries, are ‘‘dry” and
pledged in writing to support ratifica
tion. Seventeen votes only are neces
sary. This does not take into consid
eration the fact that the "drys" are fair
ly certain to win in half of the other
contests where they are opposed by the
‘“wets.” The chances are that the ma
jority will be so overwhelming in the
senate that when the vote is taken on
ratification it will be nearly unani
mous.
His F tpsrlenee.
From Kv ypody's Yagaxlr.e.
The following is iml.t uf the cilyry of a
IV S. A. soldier who had promised tb
give dally accounts of his experiences on
board ship:
“Tuesday. 17th. 8 a. m.— Feeling fine.
Full of good cheer and porridge.
“Tuesday. 9 a. m.—Still full of good
cheer. Minus porridge!'.’
U. S. Douqhboy's Initiative.
From Everybody's
American boys In Fiance are developing
Into topnotch soldiers. They have the
spirit ef initiative that only first class sol
liierr have. If |t were necessary to bring
proof In support, 1,000 stories might bo
told. There is the yarn of the intelligence
officer, fur example, who found ihe Ger
mans had an electrified wire in tl.etr pro
tective entanglements. The next night
he crept out with an insulated wire,
hooked on to the electrified Pro. and
would have lighted his dugouts with Ger
man ejecprlctly f l.br outfit had not moved
'that 'day. _ * .'
WAR EXHIBIT MAKES
BIG HIT AT FAIR
People of Nebraska Are Given
Some Idea of What Boys at
Front Are Doing.
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 3.—The great
! feature of the Nebraska state fair of
j 1918 is the United States government
l exhibit. The big part that the Ameri
can soldiers are playing now in France
Is brought home vividly to the peo
! pie through the eforts of their govern
ment. The navy Is also represented
well. A feature is the model of the
type of the blggast battleships which
is complete in every detail.
In the army section the gas masks
and other equipment of the "Yanks”
attract great interest. Types of the
Browning and Lewis aircraft machine
guns are shown and huge shells of the
big guns. A complete exhibit of the
equipment of the army signal., qorps
attracts? much attention. A coop of
War or carrier pigeons are included
In the exhibit.
Secretary Danielson of the State
Fair board, speaks of all of the ex
hibits except that of horses in super
lative terms. He says that with this
exception they are the largest in the
history of the fair. Every foot Of
space in the machinery section has
been taken and plans had to be made
to take care of the overflow. This
also applied to the automobile sec
tion. Even the new modern hog barn
352 by 242 feet, containing 722 pens,
prove.d inadequate to care for the ex
hibits. Quarters for a number of hogs
had to be found elsewhere. It was
thought when the barn was built that
it would be big enough for many years
and space to spare. The huge agri
cultural hall built several years ago,
is fuH to overflowing.
FINE NEW PAROCHIAL
SCHOOL IS DEDICATED
West Point, Neb., Sept. 3.—The
dedication of the ■ Guardian Angel’s
high school took place Sunday, Arch
bishop Harty, of Omaha, presiding
over the ceremonies. Pontifical high
mass was celebrated by Rev. Ferd
Pietz, rector of the parish, assisted
by numerous clergymen of this and
; neighboring counties. About 2,000 per
: sons were present at the mr.ss and at
its close, accompanied the archbishop
to the school building where dedica
tion ceremonies were held. A
sumptuous dinner was served by, the
women of the parish. Supper was also
served at 6 o’clock and was followed
by an entertainment In the school
auditorium, at which the operetta,
“Every Soul,” was rendered.
The new school is one of the finest
parochial school structures in the
state, costing about $76,000.
DAKOTA STATE NEWS.
FIT'D DOCTOR DEAD
IN HIS OFFICE ROOMS
Storm Lake, la., Sept. 6.—The body
of Dr. J. A. Block, a practicing physi
cian of Rembrandt, was found in his
office rooms on Saturday. The last
seen of Dr. Block was on August 28.
An inquest was held by B. B. Flscus,
of Storm Lake, and It was the decision
that he died from an over dose of In
toxicants. It Is believed that he had
been dead since Wednesday night.
The Block family occupied a suite of
rooms in the same building as the of
fice rooms, but Mrs. Block was on a
trip to Chicago at the time.
Business men, who failed to see Dr.
Block about town, broke into his of
fice rooms and found him dead. He
came to Rembrandt a year ago. He
was about 39 years of age.
SIOUX RAPIDS—James Tansey, an
elderly man of this place, who had gone
to Des Moines a few days ago to seek for
work, became violently Insane a short
time after his arrival there and his people
here were notified to send for him. He
had a stroke of paralysis last fall and
his mind has been affected more or less
ever since.
BUCK GROVE—Dr. Bonney received
from his son. Lieutenant Bonney, In
France, a Luger pistol, model 1917. This
weapon is about .32 caliber, and so made
that It can be attached to the scabbard,
which Is half wood, and made Into a sort
of a shoulder gun. A hun officer was
wearing it when It changed ownership.
BUCK GROVE—For the first time in
a generation the small creek which runs
past this place is dry. The drought Is so
severe as,to interfere, with threshing, as
no water can be secured for horses and
engines, and several threshing crews are
idle.
BUCK GROVE—J. T. Slater has sold
a 40-acre improved place adjoining town
on the east to the Messrs. Olsen and
Block for $265 an acre.
SIOUX RAPIDS—H. J. Wertz, who gave
his place of residence as Odebolt, was ar
rested by the marshal here for trying
to transport liquor illegally. The case
waa tried In the mayor’s office and Wertz
was fined $150. From here the case was
transcrlpted to the district court.
(CORRECTION VILLE—Mayor Hatfield,
of Correctionvllle, issued a proclamation
last week asking the people of this vicin
ity to save gasoline as far as possible.
As a result there was a noticeable falling
off of Sunday’ Joy riding.
BUCK GROVE—William Jensen, while
making fence on the farm near Ills place,
overstretched a wire, and had hold of a
strand when it broke. It was dragged
through Ills hand, lacerating the palm
severely.
NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS
NAME CANDIDATES TODAY
Concord, N. H„ Sept. 3.—A record
primary vote was expected In New
Hampshire today when republicans
were to nominate a candidate for
United States senator from a field of
three to succeed Senator Henry p.
Hollis, democrat, who will retire in
March. The contestants fpr tho nomi
nation are -Governor H,enry. W. Keyes,
formed- governor.' Holiafid H. Hp'auld
. lug, and Rosecrnns W. Pillsbury.
On the democratic side there also
was a contest for the senatorial nomi
nation between Eugene E. Reede, for
mer congressman, and Albert W.
Noone. a manufacturer.
AUGUST EXPENDITURES
BROKE ALL RECORDS
Washington. Sept. 3.—Government
war expenditures in August broke all
monthly records by more t(ian $100,
000.000, amounting to $1,714,000,000 on
reports up to today. Later reports
may raise this by $60,000,000.
Ordinary war expenses amounted to
$! 4CS.000.000. or $200,000,000 more
than Inst month's high record. This
did not include outlays of last Saturday
yot to be tabulated. Loans to allies
were r eported as $214,000,000 for the
month; not including Saturday.
NEBRASKA'S BIG FAIR
IS OPEN AT LINCOLN
Attraction of Fiftieth Annua}
Exhibition Better Than In
Any Previous Year.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 2.—The Ne
braska state fair, which opened its
gates this morning, begins the eele-i
bration of its golden jubilee. Jn reallt?
the first state fair was held at No-<
braska City just 60 years ago, but it
was not mucli of a success. At that
time $400 in prizes was offered. The
promoters were discouraged and it
was 10 years after that another state
exposition was held. Since 50 years
ago there has never been a break in
the state fairs and they have been
constantly growing bigger ancLbetter.
The 1918 state fair wjll be a war
fair. The admission fee is 50 cents> at
the gates contrary'/to reports tfcat the
price would be advanced because of
war conditions. Explaining why the
fair is militant, the management has
given out the following statement:
“The Nebraska state fair has dedi
cated its services to America and her
war work. It has said that it will tell ;
Nebraskans, with a vigor not before
known, the lessons of increased food
production. It will encourage agricul
ture in a way that is new to it. It will
bring civilian Nebraska into a more
intimate knowledge of the war and a
closer sympathy for the cause. It will
preach good citizenship, better stand
ards of living, greater efficiency along
all lines; all of which means that Ne
braska will be placed upon a better
war footing.
“The semi-centennial will be the
most serious fair that Nebraska has
yet celebrated, notwithstanding the
recreational features are unequaled In
the history of the institution. In the
turmoil and stress of war times peo
ple must have recreation, amusement—
something that will counteract the
tense unrest with which, it seems, the
very air is charged. We are bearing
great mental loads these days, and we
need the week of relaxation and the
new interests furnished by the state
fair.”
As was the case last year, automo
bile races and the Hagenbeck-Wallace
circus will be the big attractions. It
has been found necessary for Secretary
Danielson, of the state fair board, to
deny that the circus winters in Ham
burg, Germany. “To claim German
connection with the circus is rank non
sense and ap- injury to the'vfalr. t am
well acquainted with Ed Ballard, the
owner, and I know he Is an American
through and through. Friends of the
fair will discountenance such foolish
rumors.”
A feature of the 1918 fair is the
$100,OOt) hog barn. The huge struc
ture is full and there are 250 applica
tions for space which must be supplied
outside of the building. Last year Ne
braska had the best swine show of any
state fair in the country. This year
is expected to beat the record of 1917.
NORFOLK—The council of defense
recently had petitions from Scandina
vian churches of the county asking that
a permit be given to hold religious serv
ices in the Scandinavian languages. Per
missions were refused because it was
found the agitation was started in a
German church organisation.
NORFOLK—A photograph of the Ger
man kaisi r was found a few days ago in
the building formerly occupied by the
German Landwehr, which was dtsbanded
because of the ban on such organizations.
It was burned on the public street by
members of the defense council.
DAKOTA STATE NEWS.
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ABERDEEN—Willis , E. Johnson, presi
dent of the Northern Normal and Indus
trial school, has reconsidered his accept
ance of a commission as captain In the
army and the position as head of a new
educational institution to be established
at Washington, D. C., having for Its pur
pose the instruction of aides to teach oc
cupational trades to soldiers who are
maimed in the war, and has taken Instead
a proffered position with a government
educational survey of the Hawaiian
Islands, tendered him at about the same
time.
HURON—Food administration officials
ih Huron are making a special plea to :
farmers to assist the railroad companies !
to plow a fire guard along the railroad
tracks near their lands. The railroad
companies' fire breaks extend for 100 feet
on each side of the track. Farmers are
asked to plow up or burn off another 100
feet adjoining this and doubly insure their
grain against loss by fire caused from
engine sparks.
HUMBOLDT—Thomas McAndrews, aged
73, of this place, wanted to do his ‘‘bit’’
In the harvest fields, notwithstanding his
advanced years, and made a good record.
He went to the farm of James Thompson
some miles from town and for six days
aided him with his stacking. During the
six days the old man earned 34-50 per day
and did as much work as any young man.
MITCHELL—Davison county corn is
practically safe from damage by frost and
has reached maturity two weeks ahead
pf its usual season, because of early plant
ing, plenty of moisture and generally fa
vorable weather. The acreage is larger
than Ip previous years, the yield will be
heavy and the corn is uniformly of • the .
finest quality.
HURON—Reports from Hand county,
west of here, are that many horses on
farms In the vicinity of Miller are dying
of a strange disease The Hand e.mr.t.v
agent has diagnosed the case, as spinal
meningitis. It is probuble the disease is
the same as that affecting horses in
Beadle county.
ABERDEEN—Harry Fitzpatrick. 6 years
old, son of a traveling salesman now in
Indiana, was struck by an automobile an
he started across Main street. His skull
was fractured and lie sustained serious In
ternal Injuries, making his recovery
doubtful.
PARKiiTON—Parkston public schools
■will open on September 9 with Prof. C. H.
Lugg In charge. . He was \formerly In
charge herd but for two years has been
state superintendent.
POLAND—As a result of being dragged
by a runaway team. Miles Linderman, the
14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Linderman, livipg on a farm near here. U
in a critical condition.
An airplane cannot possibly come to
a standstill in the air. There must be
sufficient speed for flight or tho ma
chine will fall. The least speed of air
planes Is almost directly proportionate
to the wing loading. A machine whoso
gross weight is 2,000 pounds and whose
wing area Is 400 square feet will have
a wing loading of live pounds per
square foot, and will usually have a
minimum speed of about 50 miles an
hour. An airplane having a wing load
ing of four pounds p< c sqaa.ro foot will (
have a mlninj.unv speed of about 4«
miles'an hour. .
Greater Latitude to Be Given
to Those Claiming Exemption
Revision of Law Allows More Liberal Interpretation of Meas
ure By Local Draft Boards—Industrial Classifica
tions Are More Clearly Defined.
Washington, Sept. 5.—Much broader
grounds for the establishment of claims
lor exemption from military service are
provided in new regulations now being
worked out by Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder to govern the classifi
cation of men between 18 and 45 who
will register on September 12.
Important modifications are based
upon the change of a few words in
the original draft law made in passing
the new man power bill. The term
“industrial occupation" is eliminated,
and the law now provides persons may
be given deferred classification when
engaged “in occupation or employment
including agriculture, which can be es
tablished as necessary to the military
establishment or maintenance of the
national ^interest."
This section', officials pointed out to
day, with the regulation construing it,
will definitely allow district exemption
boards to exempt bankers and essential
bank employes, men engaged in neces
sary commercial enterprise and neces
sary workers for Red Cross and kin
dred organizations. The regulations will
not attempt specifically to define the
status or registrants who shall be en
titled to exemption, but will allow the
boards to work out the details, after the
authorization has been given them.
It was said that the regulations would
straighten out completely a situation
arising since district boards in various,
localities have ruled, under the old law,
that railroads and banks are not indus
tries and that an importer of necessary
war materials and Ids staff are not en
gaged in Industry. Since the require
ment that a man exempted because of '
i his occupation must be of such irnpor
I tance as to threaten the continuance of
i the enterprise to which he is attached,
has been retained, however, the sum
total of exemptions is not expected to
seriously affect the net man power
which will finally be placed in Class-1.
District boards, in applying occupa
tional exemption regulations will have
the assistance of three advisers, indus
trial, commercial and agricultural, who
are being nominated in every district.
(Ally minor changes .are incorporated
in the revised questionnaire, which
the registrants of September 12 will
be required to fill out. It strikes out
the requirement that city police and
firemen be In service three years be
fore being entitled to deferred classi
fication and allows them to be placed
in Class Three without regard to their
length of service.
The questionnaire still requires that
each registrant who desires exemption
to make formal claim and present de
tailed facts substantiating it.
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Precious Reserves Are Thrown
In to Aid In Holding Cambrai
BY J. W. T. MASON.
United Press War Expert.
New York, Sept. 5.—Von Hin
denburg is throwing reserves into
the Cambrai-Douai sector with the
utmost rapidity, for the purpose
of preventing his retreat from be
coming a rout. The continuation
of Marshal Haig’s pressure in this
area is being developed against
Cambrai from two directions, west
and southwest. The envelopment
of Cambrai is thus increasingly
threatened. Von Hindenburg is
-adopting desperate expedients to
prevent an overwhelming rush
from cutting off Cambrai before
the German plans are perfected
for its orderly evacuation.
To make Von Hindenburg's
problem more difficult, Field Mar
shal Haig is now threatening
Douai as well as Cambrai. The
development of this new attack, 15
miles to the north of the Cambrai
operations, greatly enlarges the
line over which Von Hindenburg
must spread his reserves. The oc
cupation of Douai, prematurely by
the British, while not as disastrous
as would be such a catastrophe to
the Germans at Cambrai, would
have an important influence upon
the security of the German posi
tions defending Lille. Von Hin
denburg therefore must divide his
attention between holding for the
time being both Cambrai and
Douai.
Where to set reserves for this
double duty is now Von Hinden
burg’s most pressing problem.
His normal reserve accumulation
has been worn away by the fight
ing during the past five and a half
months. He has been unable to
gather a new force by shortening
his line to the present, because
the casualties he has suffered more
thqrt equalled the saving of men
through the reduction of trench
mileage.
French man power is practically
nonexistent for the Germans. The
reinforcements sent into the Cam
brai- Douai defense are a unques
tionably secondary fighting mate- *
rial, wearied and without a spirited
morale. This means that Von Hin
denburg cannot get along with the
usual small number of units for
holding strong defense positions.
Two to three times the number of
men formerly required must be
thrown into the combat to protect
the line. In other words, Von
Hindenburg must match the allies
man for man, if Cambrai and Douai
are to be retained in German hands
a little longer. Formerly one de- <
fender to from two to three of an
attacking force was considered a
safe preparation. To bring about
this accumulation of reserves in
the northern fighting area, how- v
ever, Von Hindenburg must quickly
begin to shorten his line elsewhere,
or else abandon the Cambrai sec
tor out'right.
DANGER FOR ENTENTE
SEEN IN CAUCASUS
Certain Sections Are Strongly
Pro-German and May Be
Source of Trouble.
Peking, (by mail.)—The political sit
uation In the Caucasus is full of dan
ger for the entente allies, according to
E. A. Yarrow, chairman of the Ameri
can committee for Armenian and Syr
ian relief, who arrived in Peking from
Tiflis recently.
From Batoum to the British front in
Southern Persia the only force op
posed to any German-Turkish advance,
he said, is a comparatively smaii num
ber of Armenians with limited supplies
of fod and ammunition cut off from all
communication with the allies. On the
other hand all the Tartars are loyal to
Turkey and Germany. The northern
portion of Persia, he declared, is pro
German and these elements are ready
to take a hadn in the war if equipment
and leaders can be furnished them.
There is a possibility of this German
sympathy extending to Turkestan and
Afganistan.
In the Caucasus and northern Persia,
Mr. Yarrow says, the Germans could
mobilize at least a million men ami
while they are not especially good
fighters they could greatly embarrass
hte English In southern Persia and
Mesopotamia. Two ways nre open tc
combat this menace, namely, strong
pressure in Persia and Mesopotamia
and the more remote possibility ol
striking the enemy through Siberia.
“The Germans have tbe Caucasus
and suothern Russia,” Yarrow contin
ued, "and are pressing on with all sorts
of ' enterprises and- making, conquests
which require little or no military
force. As they go on they are pick
ing up their war prisoners compart
rlots and under one guise or anothei
getting them a Si it! S to cooperate
when the time comes. The Mohamme
dan races in that region are getting the
idea that the German arms are invin
cible. There is ceaseless activity ol
German agents among them pressing
this view upon them, and if events fol
low logically as they have begun ii
seems almost certain lhat the allies
will have a most difficult situation tc
deal with.”
Mr. Yarrow described conditions ob
taining at the time of his departure
about the middle of March, as follows
All communication to Persia had beei
cut by the 1 ocat Tartars. The- raJlroac
south of Krivan had not been in oper
ation for several months. Officers o
the Turkish army were working in thli
section training the Tartars.
The railroad from Tiflis to Baku wa:
entirely in the hands of the Tartars am
they permitted only an occasional trail
to pass and that subject to the mos
rigid search at station en route. Fron
the train following that on which th<
Yarrow party came out none non-com
batant Englishmen were taken at Eliz
abetopol and although farrow re
mained In Baku 10 days they had no
been released.
On the Turkish front to the wes
there was considerable activity. Aftei
the fall of TrebizoncT, Erzerum anc
Kars the only way out from Baku wai
over tbe Georgian Pass fronPTiflis tc
Vladikavkaz by automobile and thi;
was becoming uncertain because of thi
approach of Germans from Rostov
The American consul. Smith; remainec
in Tilltsh arid expected to hold ofi Ai
long as passible.
AMERICAN ARMY IS
MOST MORAL IN WORLD
Paris (by mall).—The more than a
million men of the American expedi
tionary forces constitutes the most
moral army in the world, according to
official statements of the United States
medical corps.
Attributing the extreme!.1, low per
centage of affected men in the armv to
the medical programs of the United
States forces, medical officers sav that
the two important factors in the pro
duction of the most moral army were
vigorous work programs coupled witli
the diversified recreations of the camp
and hygienic measures.
At a meeting of the Research Society J
of the American Red Cross, consisting ■ *
of the medical officers of the United
States army, the plan now in operation
in the training camps of thf United
States, where illicit houses and the liq
uor traffic is suppressed, was spoken
of as highly productive of results.
The introduction in the training
camps of the United States of athletic
games, libraries, recreation-halls under
the Young Men’s Christian Association
and other organizations, lectures and
wholesome amusements was hailed as
a great step in the solution of the
problem of vice in the army. The
work of the chaplains, the universities
and the press also was mentioned as
playing a great part In the alleviation.
The education of men along morai
lines conducted by the medical offi
cers, through literature which was dis
tributed among the men, by exhibits
and through the agencies of the war
department commission of training
camp activities served to keep the men
in the right mental attitude towarc,
the problem, the medical officers
stated.
WILCOX IS LEADING IN
RACE FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Milwaukee, Wi«„ Sept. 5.—Roy L.
Wilcox is lending Oov F I,, phnipp
to. ii,e iK‘[jubliean noui-i,- ■. .a for gov
ernor of Wisconsin by more than l.OCO
votes on primary returns hero today
from half of the state’s 2.254 precincts.
These precincts gave Wilcox 43.817
votes; Philipp. 42,139, and Tittcmore,
22,382.
W, H. Stafford was renominated for
congress from the Fifth district. Con
gressman W. ,T. Cary early today led
his nearest opponent, for the Fourth
district nomination by 13 votes.
LONDON CirmREMEN -
DELIVER ANJILTIMATIM jg|§
1 London. Sept. 5.—The city firemen I if
] today delivered an ultimatrm to tr.<
government declaring that miens the
firemen's union is recognize within a ;
1 week drastic action will be. taker.
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