Nebraska Newspapers

    W.!soa Issues Pc-sonal Appeal to
the Nation.
ASKS THE FARMERS TO AID
C*wef Esecutive Tci* Them That They
He'd the Fate of Nation* and Ask*
£»ery Effort to Supply Food
—Says the Supreme Test
Has Arrived.
H a*hlngt<«i, A|-nl 17.—hi si pernoual
: mi irt^M-r! on Sumb) night to
Lit !• .low Country lur-u l*r ’wdrlit WH
»un rail* ui--u rtrrj American citizen
—tbau. w oiiiau a ini child—1<» Join to
gether to make the nation a unit for the
l<r«--ert tti.»u of it* ideals aiul for tri
u j-i-h of •!« mot-racy In the world war.
“Th« »ap:etne lest of the nation luis
rt*»r." says the address. “We must
all speak, act and serve together."
ratting the navy on a war finding
*nd raising a great army are the sim
pi* »t part* of the great task ahead, the
president declare*, and he urge* all the
4«sjpie, with particular eniphasi* on
his w--rds to the fanner*, to cuocru
trafe their energies. practice economy,
prove ut.'« ir-liii* -> and deuiotistrate
« thcieucj .
Teat of Addresa.
The address follow *:
“My fellow countrymen:
“The entrain e of our own beloved
country into the gritu aud terrible war
for den.. * rai y aud human right* which
ha* *U;i.ru the world ereale* so many
j-ro' • ins of national life and action
ni l. - all for tmme-:.are consideration
and settlement that I hope you will
l-enuit me to address to you a few
uurd* of earnest counsel and appeal
with regard to them.
“We are rapidly putting <Hir navy
upuo an effective war footing and are
about to rr«-ate and equip a great artnv,
1 ut t!.' —• nr- the simplest parts of the
great ta*k to which we have addressed
ourselves.
“There l* not a single selfish ele
ment. *o far a* I can sc*-, in tin? cause
we are lighting for. We are fighting
fog what we believe and wish to be the
right* of mankind and for the future
peace and security of tile world.
Devote Selves to Service.
“To do this groat thing worthily and
s .. ■.—iutiv we must devote ourselves
t » t!i. -,-ri • »■ without regard to profit
<*r t.-rtal advantage and with an
energy at.d intelligence tliat will rise
to the level of the enterprise Itself.
“These, then, are the things we
must do and do wed. besides fighting—
the thins* without which mere light
ing would be fruitless:
“We must supply abundant food for
• urselves and for our armies and our
*eam»n not only, but also for a large
part of the nation* with whom we have
now made common cause, in whose
*uf«port and by whose sides we shall
be fighting.
Must Supply Ships.
“We must supply ship* by the hun
dred* out of our shipyards to carry
to the other side of the sea. subma
rines or no submarines, w hut will every
day be needed there, and abundant
material* out of our fields and our
mine* ami our factories with which
not only to clothe and equip our own
farce* on land and sea but also to
clothe and sup|H>rt our people for
whom the gallant fellows under inns
can no longer work, to help clothe and
equip the armies with which we are
• '•^operating In Europe. and to keep
the loom* and manufactories there in
raw materials; owl to keep the fires
going In ships at sea and in the fur
naces across the sea; steel out of
which to make arms and ammunition
both here and there; rail* for worn
out railroads back of the fighting
fronts: locomotives and rolling stock
to take the place of those every day
going to pieces; mules, horses, cattle
for labor and for military service;
everything with which the people of
England and France and Italy and
Russia have usually supplied them
selves, hut cannot now afford the men.
the materials or the machinery to
make.
Need Greater Efficiency.
“It la evident to ever? thinking man
that our Industries, in farms. in ship
pards. In the mines. In the factories,
must tie made more prolific and more
efficient than ever, and that they must
tie more economically managed and
better adapted to the |mrticulnr re
quirements of our task than they have
been; and what I want to say is that
the men and the women who devote
their thought and their energy to these
thing* will tw serving the country and
conducting the fight for pence and free
dom Ju»t astruly and Just as effective
ly as the men on the battlefield or In
the trenches.
Appeal to Farmers.
"Thousand* nay. hundreds of thou
sands of men otherwise liable to mili
tary service, will of right and of neces
sity be excused from that service and
assigned to the fundamental, sustain
ing work of the fields and factories,
and mines, and they will be as much
part of the great patriotic forces of
the nation ns the men under fire.
“I take the liberty, therefore, of
addwing this word to the farmers
of the country and to all who work
on the farms: The supreme need of
«ur own nation and of the nations
with which we are co-operating Is an
abundance of supplies, and especially
>f foodstuffs. The importance of an
■dequate food supply, especially for
the present year, is superlative.
“Without abundant food, alike for
the armies and the peoples now at
war. the whole great enterprise upon
whi<h we have embarked will break
down and fall.
Hold Fate of Nations.
“The world's food reserves are low.
Not only during the present emergency
but for some time after peace shall
have conic hotli our own people and a
urge | report ion of the people of Ku
ro[«‘ must rely on the harvests in
America.
“Upon the farmers of this country,
therefore, in large measure, rests the
fate of the war and the fate of the
nations. May the nation not count
ii|H>n them to omit no step that will
iucresise the production of their land
■ •r that will bring about the most ef
fectual co-operation in the sale and
distribution of their products?
“The time is stiort. It is of the most
imperative importance that everything
possible he done and done immediate
ly to make sure of large harvests. I
call u|<on young men and old alike and
u|mti the able-bodied hoys of the land
to accept and act upon this duty—to
turn in hosts to the farms and make
certain that no pains and no labor is
lacking in this great matter.
Special Appeal to South.
"1 particularly appeal to the farmers
of the Soutli to plant abundant food
stuffs as well as cotton.
“The government of the United
States and the governments of the
several states stand ready to co-op
erate. They will do everything possi
ble to assist farmers In securing an
adequate supply of seed, an adequate
force of laborers when they are most
m-eded at harvest time, and the means
of expediting shipments of fertilizers
and farm machinery as well as of the
crops themselves when harvested.
“The course of trade shall he as un
hampered as it is possible to make it.
and there shall be no unwarranted
manipulation of the nation's food sup
ply by those who handle it on its way
to the consumer.
“This let me say to the tnululetnen
of every sort, whether they are Han
dling our foodstuffs or our raw mate
terials of manufacture or the products
of our mills and factories: The eyes
of the country will he especially upon
you This is your opportunity for sig
nal service, efficient and disinterested.
The country expects you. as it expects
all others, to forego unusual profits, to
organize and expedite shipments of
supplies of every kind, hut especially
of food, w ith an eye to the service you
are rendering and in the spirit of those
who enlist in the ranks, for their peo
ple. not for themselves.
"1 shall confidently expect you to
>!• serve and win the confidence of peo
ple of every sort and station.
Efficiency on Railroads.
"To the men who run the railways
of the country, whether they be man
agers or operative employees, let me
say that the railways are the arteries
of the nation's life, and that upon them
rests the immense responsibility of
seeing to it that those arteries suffer
m> obstruction of any kind, no ineffi
ciency or slackened power.
"To the merchant let me suggest the
motto. Small profits and quick serv
ice.’ and to the shipbuilder the thought
that the life of the war depends upon
him. The food and the war supplies
must he carried across the seas no mat
ter how utany ships are sent to the
Mtouj. The places of those that go
down must he supplied at once.
“To the miner let me say that he
stands where flie farmer does: The
work of the world waits on him. If
he slackens or fails, armies and states
men are helpless. He also is enlisted
In the great Ser^ce army.
“The manufacturer does not need to
he told, I hope, ttint the nation looks
to him to speed and perfect every pro
cess ; and I want only to remind his
employees that their service Is abso
lutely Indispensible and is counted on
by every man who loves the country
and Its liberties.
Every Garden Helps.
“Let me suggest also that every one
who creates or cultivates a garden
helps, and helps greatly, to solve the
problem of the feeding of the nations;
and that every housewife who prac
tices strict economy puts herself In
the ranks of those who serve the na
tion.
“This Is the time for America to cor
rect her unpardonable fault of waste
fulness and extravagance. Let every
man and every woman assume the duty
of careful, provident use and expendi
ture as a public duty, as a dictate of
patriotism which no one can now ex
pect ever to be excused or forgiven for
Ignoring.
“In the hope that tills statement of
the needs of tlie nation and of the
world In this hour of supreme crisis
may stimulate those to whom it comes
and remind all who need reminder of
the solemn duties of a time such as the
world has never seen before, I beg that
all editors and publishers everywhere
will give as prominent publication nnd
as wide circulation as possible to this
appeal.
Supreme Test Has Come.
"1 venture to suggest also to all ad
vertising agencies that they would per
haps render a very substantial and
timely service to the country if they
would give It widespread repetition.
And I hope that clergymen will not
think the theme of It an unworthy or
Inappropriate subject of comment and
homily from their pulpits.
“The supreme test of the nation has
come. We must all speak, act and
serve together.
“WOODROW WILSON.”
WIFE DIVORCES JACK SPRATT
I jfry Xwo Fimoui Character* of Nurs
ery Fame. Huaband Wa* Too
Fat and Wife Too Lean.
Ckleaco.—Uke Jack Spratt and
Joan Spratt of nursery fame. Charles
W Lasher. Jr.. «* too fat and Mr*
Laaber too thin. He aeirhed
she welched 119. Naturally.
YZtor, aide of the bed sapjred con
aBd Mrs. Lashers side
Lit, donn toward hi. m-um
bent figure. Lasher protested strongly
when his better half dropped off to
sleep and rolled down upon him.
“YVe will get twin beds and both
can sleep In comfort,” said the thin
Mrs. Lasher.
“We will not," said the portly Mr.
Lasher.
And the rolling down hill and the
bringing up with a bump against Mr.
Lasher continued nightly. Mrs. Lasher
said each bump was the signal for a
verbal onslaught The court granted
her a decree of divorce.
1—New portrait of Mario G. Menoeal. president of Cuba, wiio is co-operating actively with the allies. -—liaising
the Sttirs and Stripes over the Virgin islands at Fredericksport. St. Croix. ;t—German soldiers, captured by the
French, wounded and dazed by gun fire. 4—Theodore Itrent of New Orleans, youngest member of the federal ship
ping board which is planning the construction of 1,000 wooden ships.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
War Councils With Leaders of the
Allies Are Opened in Wash
ington.
FIGHT OVER CONSCRIPTION
Dent’s Committee Rejects President's
~Plan—Enemy Submarine Report
ed Near New York—Niveile
Smashes German Lines
Between Reims and
Soissons.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
For America at war tlie outstand
ing event of the past week was the
opening of the great allied war coun
cils in Washington. Headed by such
eminent men as British Foreign Min
ister Balfour and Bene Vivian!, former
premier of France, the commissions
from England and France arrived in
the national capital, were installed in
tine residences and at once began the
series of conferences with the heads
of the American government and of
its armed forces.
In order to insure the safety of the
commissioners, the government quite
properly suppressed all news of their
movements; and it is in no hurry to
tell what transpires at the conferences.
It is safe to say, however, that the re
snlts of the meetings will be moment
ous.
Congress provided enough sinews of
war for the present by passing the
bill for the issuance of $7,000,000,000,
of which $3,000,000,000 is to be lent to
the rilies. There was not a single op
posing vote in either house or senate.
Congress also appropriated $100,000,
000 as an emergency war fund to he put
at the disposal of the president.
Conscription Still in Doubt.
President Wilson continued through
out tiie week his strenuous tight for
selective conscription, but arguments
and threats were alike vain so far as
the house military committee was con
cerned. The committee rejected. 13 to
8. the administration provision, and
then adopted an amendment offered by
Chairman I>ent providing that the
president should call for fiOO.OOO volun
teers under the existing volunteer act.
and should apply conscription only
when he “decides that such additional
forces cannot he effectually raised and
maintained under the call for volun
teers." The house agreed to lake up
the army bill on Monday.
In the senate committee the presi
dent fared better, for the administra
tion bill with the selective conscrip
tion feature was accepted by a vote of
10 to 7. It is the hope of the admin
istration that the senate will pass this
bill before the house acts.
Impressed hy the strength of the op
position to his conscription plan, es
pecially in the ranks of the Democrat
ic party, the president on Thursday
issued an appeal to the public to sup
port his proposition.
Administration leaders protest that
the advocates of the volunteer system
have spread the idea that under the
conscription plan there is no room for
1 the volunteer system, whereas the
president's plan leaves the way open
for 7)00,000 volunteers to serve for the
! duration of the war only.
At the beginning of the week I’res
' idem Wilson issued n remarkable proc
! lanmtion to tlie nation, calling on all
• tlie people to give to it, in their re
| speetive capacities, their united, full
service for the successful prosecution
| of the war. Such a call was doubtless
1 needed to arouse individuals, but re
cent events show that the Industries
of the country already are completely
organized and proceeding to carry out
the plans outlined by the council of
national defense. The work done and
being done by that body of patriotic
men is revealed as most comprehen
sive nnd complete, and when it is
known in its entirety will astonish the
people of America.
U-Boat* in American Waters?
Are there any German U-boats in
American waters? Berlin says "not
yet.” but the officers of the American
destroyer Smith aver that a torpedo
was tired at their vessel early Tues
day morning lot) miles south of New
York. They are sure the missile came
from a submarine, because they saw
the periscope.
Having been advised by British and
French naval men that the well-armed
merchant vessel is the best weapon
for use against the submarine, the
American government is pushing with
redoubled vigor its plans for the
building of big fleets of wooden ships.
It is even considering delaying the
construction of live battleships for
this purpose.
In the United States union labor in
general is heartily supporting the gov
ernment in its war measures. The ex
ceptions are certain scattered groups
of manifestly Germanic tendencies.
The members of these, as well as cer
tain other Americans with perverted
ideas of their duty to mankind, may
profitably study President Wilson's
proclamation, issued Monday, warning
against the commission of treasonable
acts. Giving aid and comfort to the
enemy is treason, and the punishment
for treason may be death. It is a pity
that such a proclamation should he
necessary.
Recruiting Is Better.
Recruiting for the regular army and
navy during the past week was much
more satisfactory than heretofore.
From the navy training schools thou
sands of young men. made fit hy In
tensive training, were sent to the At
lantic and Pacific seaboards to man
the vessels of the fleets.
The University of Illinois' plan for
the enlisting of a great army of agri
cultural laborers, men and boys out
side the years of military service or
otherwise exempt, having been recom
mended by the council of national de
fense and approved by the administra
tion, seems likely to solve the problem
of farm labor. This, and the concert
ed movement to urge the growing of
limit crops have aroused the farmers
and gardeners so that the dangers of
a food shortage are decreasing. Ev
ery help possible is promised the agri
culturists in the way of obtaining seed
and labor.
Prices of foodstuffs still are abnor
mally high, and there are more than
hints that the government will curb
the avarice of the speculators. Cana
dian wheat was put on the free list
Monday, and the depressing effect on
the price of May wheat was immedi
ate blit not lasting. The grain specu
lators are being investigated hy the
federal authorities.
Great Victory for the French.
The greatest battle of the war to
date, and consequently the greatest in
all history, is that being fought in
northern France. While the British
were making their tremendous thrust
toward Lens and St. Quentin, the
French were concentrating their artil
lery fire on the German lines in the
Beims-Soissnns sector. When storms
and German re-enforcements tempo
rarily checked the rush of Ilaig’s men,
Xivelle’s troops took their turn. On
Monday they smashed against the Teu
tonic front, crushing the enemy de
fenses for 25 miles, capturing the sec*,
ond and even the third line in places.
Such was the impetus of the attack
that in one instance, at Brimont, they
broke clear through. This is the sec
tor where the crown prince commands,
and he hurriedly brought up brigade
after brigade of reserves which made
desperate attempts to win back the
lost ground. But the wonderful
r reach field artillery hail followed
close behind the infantry anti checked
the German counter-attacks with aw
ful loss of life. On Tuesday the
French resumed their drive and pushed
the Germans still farther hack on the
line from Reims to the Champagne
front. All Tuesday night the lighting
was tierce, but the French held their
gains. In those two days 14,000 Ger
mans were taken captive and about j
16,000 others were killed or wounded.
The prisoners were in a state of col- !
lapse from hunger and the effects of
the gun-fire.
Meanwhile the British pushed their
way farther to the north of St. Quen
tin and consolidated the positions they
had won.
What Berlin Says of It.
German otticial reports on the
French offensive are naive. They ad
mit the success of the attack, hut as
sert the object of the Germans was,
“even if war material were lost, to
spare the lives of our forces and in
tliet heavy sanguinary losses upon the
enemy, and thus decisively weaken
him. This was achieved.”
Again, on Wednesday, General Xi
velle hit the German line hard along a
twenty-mile stretch from Keims to Au
herive, and then heat off the crown
prince's furious counter-attacks. The
British made more advances near Loos
and St. Quentin. So it went day after
day until, before the week ended the
French estimated the number of un
wounded prisoners taken by them
alone at more than 20,000. They also
captured many guns and immense
quantities of supplies.
Retirement of the Germans in Rou
mania is foreshadowed by the report
from Jassy that they have burned the
towns of ltraila and Foksliant.
The Turks, too, are retiring, willy
nilly, before t lie steady advance of
General Maude's army northwest from
Bagdad and the Russian forces in Asia
Minor.
Russia Will Stand Firm.
In wliat may be called tile field of
diplomatic endeavor, attention must be
called again to German efforts to se
duce the new Russia from her allegi
ances and make a separate peace.
These efforts, started by Socialist lead
ers. have now taken on a semi-official
character, for the German censorship
and prohibition of egress from the
country have been relaxed and the
government treats the Socialists with
a sudden favor that is decidedly suspi
cious. The negotiations are being car
ried on in Sweden, whither some Rus
sian radicals have betaken themselves.
Encouraging reports front Petrograd
say that the dunta is split, the major
ity favoring sustaining the provi
sional government in its determination
to prosecute the war to a victorious
end is very large. Germany's pacific
promises to Russia, and those of Aus
tria, are too showy to deceive any but
the most simple-minded, and even
were they more substantial, the course
of the imperial government has not
been such as to inspire the least con
fidence in its pledges. Wilhelm may
mean to fulfill his promises of electoral
reform in Prussia, but they give little
assurance of measurably promoting
the cause of democracy, for which the
world is fighting. Indeed, the prom
ised reform would leave the autocrat
ic system in the heart of Germany.
The leaders of democratic Russia
must see, as do the leaders of the oth
er allied nations, that though the world
might afford to make peace with the
German people, it cannot afford to
make peace with the German kaiser.
On Wednesday still better news came
from Petrograd in the form of assur
ances to the American government
that It was no longer conceivable that
under any conditions the provisional
government of Russia would yield to
the overtures of the German and Aus
trian Socialist agents to negotiate a
separate peace.
The Austrian cabinet became dis
rupted during the week. Two of its
members withdrew. It was reported
that Premier Tisza of Hungary had
resigned.
Food restrictions and labor condi
tions in Germany gave rise to a big
strike of Berlin munition workers that
started on Monday. The government
was forced to make concessions to
them. Poles forced by the Germans
to work in munition plants of War
saw also went on strike.
Norway and Spain Aroused.
Norway is becoming more and more
indignant over the destruction of her
merchant marine by German subma
rines, ami in the last few days the ship
ping men and the press, heartened by
America’s entrance into the war. have
been openly advocating the arming of
their vessels. Spain, too. is exasper
ated by U-boat outrages, and King Al
fonso on Wednesday told some troops
at a review: “It is necessary that we
shall keep In a constant state of prep
aration.”
Serious news came Thursday from
Buenos Aires to the effect that the
German inhabitants of three states in
Brazil had rebelled. They are said to
be well armed and organized. There
are almut half a million Germans in
Brazil.
Germany lost one of her “strong”
men last week when General you Bis
sing. the German governor general of
Belgium died. The Belgians did not
go into mourning.
PLEA FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Major General Wood Points Out What
He Considers the Duty of the
United States.
Boston.—Major General Wood,
speaking at a meeting of the Ameri
can Cotton Waste Exchange here, said
that the United States would not fulfill
Its duty in this war until It had sent
men to the front. The meeting was
called to raise funds for the Red Cross.
“If we are to be part of the war,”
said General Wood, “our men in our
uniform must be at the front. It is
no child's play. We shall send living
men and bring them back dead—but
never until this is done shall we fulfill
our duty.
“You are now standing behind the
allied lines and behind such forces as
we have afloat. There is a long period
of preparation ahead of us, before we
shall be readj to assume our proper
position in the war, and the first step
is to back up the plan for universal
military service. You cannot let some
body else do your job and have a clear
conscience. This republic has given
everything In the way of opportunity,
and, on the other hand, it has the right
to demand the service of its citizens.
“A voluntary service, however de
lightful in theory, is ridiculous in prac
tice. It would be a noble thing if
every man rushed to the colors, but
every man does not. Only 6.000 men
have been enlisted in two weeks, and
I leave it to you to estimate how
long it will take to get an army of a
million men.” _
HSUS FC3 POWER
10 CONTROL FOOO
HOUSTON LAYS GOVERNMENT’S
PROGRAM BEFORE CONGRESS.
Agricultural Department Seeks Au
thority to Take Over Concerns in
Case of Emergency—Omaha
Dealers Vitaily Interested.
Washington.—The government's pro
gram of food control during the war
was pm before congress by Secretary
Houston in a communication to the
senate asking power for the Depart
ment of Agriculture to take direct su
pervision of food production and dis
tribution in the United States and re
questing a .<-•"».< HHMHNt appropriation
to put the plan into operation.
Authority was asked for the Coun
cil of National Defense, in tin emerg
ency, to buy and sell foodstuffs and
to lix maximum or minimum prices.
Plans Food Supply Survey.
As outlined to the senate, the gov
ernment's plan is first to make a
complete survey of the country’s food
supply to determine its ownership
and distribution. Then if necessary
to license and control the operations
of all concerns engaged in the manu
facture of food or feeds, agricultural
implements and all materials required
for agricultural purposes.
Authority is sought for the agricul
tural department to take over and
operate the concerns if necessary to
the public interest.
Giving the government power to
deal directly in foodstuffs probably
would make its application unneces
sary. Secretary Houston declared, as
its very existence would tend to keep
conditions normal. He proposed that
the government should have full dis
cretion. saying it might be wise if an
emergency arose to fix prices on a
single commodity.
Market Grades Necessary.
Market grades and classes for farm
j products. Secretary Houston said, is
j one of the chief needs of the cotin
! try to insure proper conditions in pro
! during ami marketing farm products.
Authority also was asked for the
department to require of transporta
i tion companies preference for the
■ movement of farm machinery, seeds
i fertilizers and materials that enter
| into the processes of food produc
| tion.
Officials of till departments and di
I visions of the government realize the
! facts of the situation existing must
I he learned before remedies can lie
I planned. Now. no one knows how
• much food there is in the country
I and how it is distributed.
Suggestions that the government is
i contemplating measures for national
! prohibition during the war as a means
of increasing the food supply are met
1 with the statement by officials that
no early action in that direction is
I likely as it is not considered neces
| sary at this time.
r. iioumou vv.ii uco uguuix iiK"'
cultural experiments in new areas
! and tests of new crops. Tlie increase
of food, he said, must come about
I largely through increased farm eflv
| ciency and on farms and ranges al
j ready in operation. The problem he
j defined as one of more concentration
of effort, not that of putting more
! land under cultivation.
! “Some of the greatest preventable
wastes are in the home,” said the
I secretary.
j
Would Vitally Affect Omaha.
Omaha. Xeb.—Omaha, one of the
most important food distributing cen
ters in the United States, sat up and
took notice when Secretary of Agri
culture Houston recommended to con
gress that the Council of National He-,
fense be empowered to lix food prices.
This city is the foremost butter
market in the world, the second
largest grain market and the second
largest live stock market.
Legislation tending to establish
standard food prices affects material
ly the big business interests here.
Two lending creamery men declare
I that fixing the prices of dairy pro
ducts would tend to throw out of
joint ttiis city's butter and creamery
business amounting to $10,000,000 an
nually. They intimate that production
itself would he crippled seriously by
price tampering.
Grain men are unanimous in the
opinion that economic demand will
have fur more to do with fixing cereal
prices than any arbitrary standard of
values the government may try to es
tablish. Some commission men chal
lenge the constitutional authority of
the men at Washington to govern the
groin markets by mere ilc.-n I.< d
packers. whose business , r.
amounted to #1-iP.7tiS.NbiI. will
abide, they say, by any order th .
eminent makes affecting their n
dust ry.
Can’t Avoid Duty By Marrying.
Washington.—Men of military ■
who have married since a state ni
war against ‘Germany wtis decland
will not even lie their obligations of
military service under a war d'v.-rt
nient policy formally announced. The
department's statement follows:
"rl ho war ilcp i tmeiit aitttotiit es
that all men married since tli out
hreak of war will be h ated tip tin
same basis its unman d men n so
far its their military itiou- are
concerned. It is drsiivt -,t tlit* ut
most publicity be given -he p •
to this announcement."
The department was nn e
this action in order th
should undersfantl exactly
contemplated in the organ
an army to fight Germany. Is
sired thitt there should arise n
tion of slackers upon the '■ ■■
marriages contractetl since tin
break of war with the possible .
struction that the marriage in : •
case was hastened in order that nec
tary duty might he evaded.
Name Training Camp Sites.
Establishment of fourteen ■ n
training camps where reserve • • t • • r -
and applicants fur commissions I t Ge
new army will receive intensiv i
tary instruction was uutiiorizi •; by
Secretary Baker.
Ill selecting locations the \\ d*
partment was guided largely l•> Tin
lines of proposed divisional tr. *
areas. The pliices selected im • d
For Nebraska. IOwa, Nortli I1 ta.
South Dakota and Minnesota I t
Suelling, Minn.
For Miehigan. Illinois and Wi--■ n
sin—Fort Sheridan. 111.
For Montana. Idaho. Wash n.
Oregon. Galifornia. Nevada. 1 A
oining. Arizona and New Mciv - 'fie
Presidio at San Francisco.
Reserve officers and others
ted to the camps will he notified T
port between May 1 and n a:
catnps nearest their home. T11■ — -■
lected for admission may receive ■
porta tion. subsistence and i.
at the expense of the government
The maximum attendance at • • ry
camp has been limited to fl.."tm. l ie*
serious shortage of regular army offi
cers makes it unwise to attempt in
struction for more than that nut her
for tlie present.
The plan contemplated provides
carefully selected officers for sixteen
infantry divisions and two cavalry i
visions.
Instruction to Alien Enemies.
Washington.—Alien enemies, v \ o
tear down, mutilate, abuse, ib-s,.. ate
or insult the flag are to he regarded -
“a danger to the public pence. " in!
summarily arrested.
All alien enemies residing within
one-half mile of a fort. camp, air- raft
station, government or naval vi «. t.
navy yard, factory or workslioji for
the manufacture of munitions ur. re
quired to remove prior to June 1
dor penalty of summary arrest,
instructions issued by the att>
general to the United States in i
The attorney general’s instnicti -
so cover the enforcement of nth
illations prescribed in the pr
proclamation. Aliens who fail to
the forbidden zones by June ! '
lie summarily arrested ns may
entering them. Permits may lie Ii
by marshals to alien enemies to ;■ -»
through the zones or to enter th in
where their daily work carries th. m
into forbidden territory.
Soldiers Fire On Strikers.
London. — Ten thousand strikers
mostly munition workers, tri.-d to
burn the town hull at Magdeburg ■ n
April 20. according to dsp-u. hes
reaching here from Oldenzual. Hoi
land.
Magdeburg is the capital of the
Prussian province of Saxony and die
of the strongest fortresses in the Gor
man empire.
It is seventy-six miles from Berlin
and is the seat of immense stool
work's and machine shops, forming
part of the great Krupp works. The
city had a population in 10oo of 229
sea
Dispatches from Amsterdam ipn.ro :
the Dusseldorfer General Anzciger . «
saying that a mass meeting of Rcrlin
strikers adopted resolutions demand
ing peace without annexation, aboli
tion of compulsory service, liberation
of political prisoners, complete politi
cal freedom and general, secret, equal
and direct franchise throughout the
empire.
Munition Makers Strike.
Amsterdam. — Strikes have broken
out in various munition factories in
Germany, including the Kmpps. the
Telegraaf says it has learned from
German sources
Find Powerful Radio Station.
Mitchell. S. L>.—Existence of a pow
erful radio station near Wessington
Springs. S. P.. on a farm owned by a
German, capable of receiving mes
sages from either seaboard was re
vealed by the federal authorities who
dismantled the outfit. It was assert
ed that the plant had two masts six
ty feet high with antennae stretch
ing 100 yards. No evidence was dis
covered that the station had beer:
misused, according to the government
officials.
Seeding Comes First.
Bismarck, N. D.—Governor Lynn .1
Frazier announced just the other day
that seeding in North Dakota is more
important than the election of n con
gressman to fill the vacancy left hv
the death of Representative H. T H.-I
gesen.
"I expect to call the election in the
near future, but not immediately •• the
governor said. -The farmer at this
time could not very well go to the
R»lls, as all their time is demanded in
the fields under present conditions.”
Catholics Pledge Loyalty.
Baltimore.—The archbishops of the
United States have addressed a letter
to President Wilson pledging the loy
alty of the Catholic hierarchy, the
clergy and people of that faith in this
country to the president and the gov
ernment and accepting “wholehearted
ly and unreservedly” the decree of
congress “proclaiming this country to
be in a state of war.” The letter,
adopted by the archbishops at their
annual meeting in the Catholic unl
^yg|t^a^Washlngton, is signed by
tlie eight archbishops who were pres
ent. the remaining six being unavoid
•tbl.v absent. It was sent to the pre-i
dent by Cardinal Gibbons, chairman
or the meeting.
Drop Kaiser From Yacht Club.
New York.—The German einpe: r
and his brother, Prince Henrv of
Prussia, were dropped front honors
membership in the New York Yacht
club. Three hundred member- and
fty yachts also were eliminated from
nte_rolls of the organization