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ALLIES OF KAISER BRANDED AS SUCH BY AGRICUL TURE SECRETARY. LOBBY EXISTS IN WASHINGTON 'eelares Men of Immense Wealth Seek to Block Legislation; Tells Peop.e of U. S. to Scorn and Condemn Speculators. " ■'I - ..I., Sensational charge* I Uial a l.a.l.t of "f.««l gaml-ler*. some i "* lie,,, ,0.11 Of imuieruu* wealth." al- j riii.l, |. at work in Washington to -!-*t ltie administration fi««| eoniml • -II* were iitalic in a formal state- | n-.-,.i ».* %-- \ ,.. Of the Agricultural department. Allies of the kaiser unpatriotic • III disloyal—who should Ih- made! * ‘ hmthing and contempt of • %.-ry t«itrii>t|i American." are some 'he chamcferfiatloti* applied In Mr \ roofnali to "food spei-ulntor*. fi«-l «s .merer* and food ga millers" who lie promises, to ill in time In touched to appropriate legislation. -retary Vnaitttan'* statement fol l«»« **: -\eier In ,1„. history of the world l-.-i. Irtislnessuieii shown as much pa tnoti.iii and unselfishness ns have 1*^-0 manifest.-i since the war 1m g.m lif ih.- InistKcHameu of America. An overwhelming majority of them h Ite Item a* ready to place their hus in.-s* organizations and tlieir person at *en hi* and their wealth at the •t »t«.%al of th»- fed.-ml government in lt«.» crisis a* ihe young men have I lie actual lighting. • However, this attitude Inis not lw-rti universal There are f.Ksl spec ulators. fond i-ornerers and fiMMl i adders, settle Ilf them men of im mense wealth and others of very Maall means who n.e nalay taking adi :• utage of war «s nidi lions to ex 1*1** r tl«-ir fellow citizens to the full evietit of their ability. These men “fe allies of the kaiser and tire doing ' fte *r utniost to ijefeiti tin- patriotic purfsises of the nation. Wherever - Ml ill high places or in low- they should lie condemned mill • v To fed t| loathing mid sou-1 tempt of evi-rv patriotic American. These nun Will he taken cure of | In < >ie time hr national, state and io’ 't legislation, hut until such] h-gislaiioti *nn to* enacted tlie only] e"'. .five i-.wer that i-an lie tirouglit ! agailist them is the power of mi out- ] r-g -d pnhlie si.ntiiii.-nt. mel that sl»*M Is- used vigorously and m -r rilessly.** "I atu to'd that some of these men are a.tualfy In Washington today con ducting ah. - Mi.- request of l*rrsi«lcni 1TH S..II that congress etn |s.v .-r him and his ealiinet to take ♦he necessary means to economise the agricultural |ir<wluets for vii-torv. T* . i an- urging every s|ieeioi]s th.se j Mi. I and imaginary argument er nst the granting of war fMovers to it..- itresi.lent and liis eahin.-f mid t'let an- >i present dlns-tittg their l*r |..iI : Hacks ag-ilnst tin* laws wt.i-'i have Im-ch Intrulitotl hv the agt •culture <-nmmittee of the house w 'li a view to putting tlie depart n.«-i. ..f agriculture on a war hnsis. Tti. st.-p stiould have lieen taken several Week- ago Till- hills now llc f..r.. .-ss were drawn up aft r tt department of agriculture had co. sotted w ih v. rv acrieviltnral col li-g.- in Hie I'uitcd Stalls vvllti everv Mi,t.- d. |K»ni .-ni ..f agriculture. vvi'li every agrii-ulturnl paper or magn eto.. :rlet with e\fe*rts familiar with I he experience of Kurofie during the •as* ! hree lean The aililitlonat powers »sk.-.l for are powers which are |«ese.s.i| and exercised i.y the g«.x ertin..*ti-s of everv Kttmpefln nti li.m u..w at war Tliev have ts». n •I. ....w.strateit to !»■ alisollit**1 y essen Hal war |«iwers" Conscripts to Report in September. Tlie h.t.g deadl.M'k of mnferees on the slertiie draft military hill wa< l<r..k.cti late last week with agreement • si a imupriwnise measure under wlii.li a great war army would tie n.i»«il I.y selective conscription of tn.-ii 1stwe«-ti the ag.-s of L'l to m. Aulhortzalaui for recruiting t'nl.mel Ih.isei elt's pr..|«.s.il v olunteer divl *i**u written into the hill hv the sen ate and d.f.nd.il stul.lM.ruly hy tlie senate ...nfer.i - tinally was thrown wit M tie- insis.ence of eouililittee iic ti representing the house. In re tiiru tlie li.ei-j- inld.il to the senate's for iiroliihith.il at military posts. Ill h-s than two weeks after the taw i- effective r.-gistration of those eligible for conscription will be under way throughout the country. The war department has 'erected a vast machine for assigning and or ganizing the conscripts. They will be assembled at training camps in Sep tember. The compromise bill is un derstood to be generally satisfactory to the administration and to the army general staff on whose advice the original measure was framed. The age limit named in llte corfer cnce agreement is “1 to 30. inclusive, making the draft applicable to all male voters under 31. No Chance to Evade Duty. To dispose of any fear that county and city registration hoards will ex errise favoritism in enrolling soldiers under the selective draft act, Pro vost Marshal Heneral Crowder is sued a statement declaring such practices would be virtually impossi ble. Imiiiusp of the explicit terms in which the act is drawn. He warned registration officials that favoritism easily could be detected and would he punished with heavy penalties. "Every precaution." said the state ment. “will he taken to make it cer tain that the registration will be con ducted with exact justice.” "The law is specific and allows no latitude to the boards, either In the matter of registration or in the later matter of exemption from service. The law is self-executing. Every man within the age limits fixed by the se lective service act must register, and the penalty of tlie law in evasion of egistration will fall not only on the man who fails to appear, but on any member of a registration board who may lie shown to be in collusion with the |>erson who attempts to escape bis duty. “Further than this, the registration hoards will never act as exemption boards except in certain specific cases, such tts where a young man who Ii:in registered shall claim to be employed in a federal, state, or local office anti thereby does come within the exemption clause of the statute. In ti ease like this tltt* facts must he entered officially and attested. >■> inr ns tne oilier reason* mi exemption under the law are i'on iitiimI. exemptions for men on gaged in pursuits in which their work Is more valuable at home than in tiie service, the authority will lie with a board of higher discretion. “The law provides the penalty of imprisonment with no alternative of a fine for any ollicinl or any register ed man who shall make a false re turn or connive ^it such a practice. The safeguards against favoritism or pvosion tire ample.” Men Named For Russian Mission. ! Washington—The State department announced the personnel of the Amer ican commission to Russia as follows? Eliliu Root of New York, chairman. Charles R. Crane of Illinois. Chica go manufacturer atul business man. John U. Mott of N'ew York, general secretary international committee of Young Min's Christian association. Cyrus McCormick, president of the International Harvester company. Samuel K. Bertron, banker of New York. James | uiiican. vice president Amer ican l-'edeniiion of Labor. Charles Edward Russell of New York, author and socialist. Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of *inff. I*. S. A. Rear Admiral James H. Glennon. r. s. n. Food Control Wilf Avert Famine. New York.—Herbert C. Hoover, wlio recently came front Europe tn advise the government on fond con dition* in Europe, says that without control we may see flour at $20 a barrel before the year is over, but that with control “the present price of flour can lie reduced 40 to ."iO pet cent and at ilie same time the pro ... lie treated in a liberal manner.” Mr. Hoover, in commenting on the situation told newspaper men that there i* absolutely no occasion for food panic in this country nor any justification for outrageous prices un le** tlic opposition of special inter est.: defeat* tiie president in obtain ing the necessary powers to control the nation's food adequately. lie said that America's problem Is not one of famine, for this country has now and will have next year a large surplus. Mr. Hoover asserted that the great problem of the United States is. after the ptsi|ile of this country tire properly fed and protect ed. to give to the allies the last ounce of surplus of which America Is capable. Rigid Food Measure Essential. Rome—With last rear's world food crops poor and those of this year poorer, it is necessary, even if the war end this summer or fall, for llie United States to apply rigid food war measures, according to David Lilian of California, founder of the International Institute of Agriculture here and Amcriean representative to It. Guard* to Tram in South. S; ii Antonio. Trt—Army hoards hate Iteen named In the Soul hern de paritm-nt to seiei-t sites for six divi st.ai. of troo|i* to tie trained in thi' ■tetmrtiuetit under t he eonaerlpt ioit 1411. Kaeh division will have a war ►tretiidh of a.<»n men. making an army «f 1-Vi.tM* to lie troimsl in in nip. In Tevii'. Oklahoma and New Vleiiui The troop. will eotisist In part of national L'lnirdsinen from Min gr^iia. North Ihikota Iowa. Xelu i' k* Traaa and ttklahoma. Oregon Gives Her . Share. Washington.—Oregon Inis filled its quota in regular army recruits. With a quota of l..’!44 the Pacific state has applied 1.:i4!t men to the government since April 1. Historic City Hall Damaged. New York.—New York’s historic city hall, built more than 100 years ago. and considered architecturally one of the most beautiful buildings in the country, was badly damaged by •ire several days ago. The entire building was threatened. Italian Envoys Coming IVs hlrf*'-* ~ The Italian war mis sion which I* to arrange with the f'nltml State' a program of sjM*cial eo-ofwrathNi. wiH arrive in Washing Ion within the next few .lay*. Pilot and Pupil Killed. i » ii** i t***i w*uon non*. 1_ General Victim of Assassin. Uiga.—Major General KartzofT. commander of the Siberian rifles di vision. -has been assassinated. The soldiers deny the possibility thnt the assassin was one of their number. Awarded 6 Cents Damages. Washington. — By agreement on both sides the local supreme court awarded a verdict of six cents dam ages and costs to Henry I.ane Wil son. former ambassador to Mexico, in bis libel suit against Norman Hap good, former editor of Collier's. 1—The 191S class of France, young men horn in 1S9S, just called to the colors, marshaled in front of the Gare Montparnasse, Paris, to he taken to training garrisons. 2—(Jen. Clarence U. Edwards, new commander of the department of the Northeast, and his aide, Lieut. N. S. Simpkins, in headquarters at Boston. 3—British officer leading a raiding party amidst the bursting of German shells. 4—Princess Maude of Fife, who is to marry her cousin, the Prince of Wales. 15—Lieut. Com. D. C. Bingham, fleet gunnery officer on staff of commander of Atlan tic fleet. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK War Revenue Measure to Raise $1,800,000,000 Introduced in the House. MAKES ENTIRE NATION HELP Compromise Reached on Army Con scription Bill—Nine Regiments of Engineers Going to Europe Soon—Desperate Fighting in Northern France and Macedonia. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The house of representatives re ceived from the ways and means com mittee on Wednesday the completed war revenue bill designed to raise ?!, 800,000,000, which is additional to the ngrmal revenue of $1,500,000,000, The measure Is so drafted that every home, every individual, will share in the bur den. Under its provisions the Ameri can people will he paying direct taxes of $33 per capita for the year 1917. The people of the British isles now pay per capita taxes of $60. The principal features of the levy are the Increases in income and profits taxes, in internal revenue rates and in customs duties, hut the householder and indeed everyone is hit, for light, heat, and telephone bills, admission tickets to amusements, fire and life in surance, railway tickets, automobiles, automobile tires and tubes, soft drinks, postage rates, golf clubs and baseball bats, club dues, and a host of other everyday necessities or luxuries come under the taxation. At the last min ute the committee added a paragraph placing a tax of 2 cents a pound on tea and 1 cent a pound on coffee, and an additional tax was placed on sugnr. The bill proposes a normal tax of 2 per cent on individuals having incomes between $1,000 and $3,000, if single, and $2,000 and $4,000, if married or the head of a family. An additional nor mal tax of 2 per cent would be added in the case of larger incomes. At $5, 000 an additional surtax, graduated until at $500,000 and over it reaches 33 per cent, would be imposed. All articles of Import now on the free list will be taxed 10 per cent, and an additional 10 per cent tax Is placed on all articles now on the dutiable list. The tax on excess profits Is 16 per cent on profits over 8 per cent and $5,000. Heavy taxes are placed on beer, spirits, whisky and tobacco and its manufactures. The first-clnss mail rate goes up to 3 cents and the second class rate is increased according to the zone system. Army Bill Compromise. Spurred to action by the president, the senate and house conferees com promised tiie differences over the army conscription bill. The amend ment authorizing the Roosevelt expe ditionary force of volunteers was elim inated. The age limit for the draft was set at twenty-one to thirty years inclusive. Liquor is barred from the training camps and Immoral resorts from their vicinity. The pay of en listed men is raised $10 a month to $25, and that of other grades proportion ately. The machinery for draft ex emption is provided. It is estimated that under the bill more than 10,000.000 men are liable for war service. From these will he taken the first 500.000 recruits for the conscription army, the second 500.000 when the president decides to call for them, and the men necessary to bring the regular army and National Guard up to maximum war strength if volun teers do not come forward in sufficient numbers. Reports during the week concerning the submarine warfare were conflict ing and confusing. Germany claimed its campaign was still successful be yond its expectations, while Great Britain issued figures showing a con siderable decrease in the number of U-boat victims. Great Britain reported the sinking of two more hospital ships by the Ger mans. The news also came of the tor pedoing of the British steamship City of Baris in the Mediterranean early In April. The vessel carried 20(5 pas sengers and a large crew and only 23 were saved. American inventors by the thousand are seeking means of combating the submarine, and Chairman Saunders of the naval consulting board made a statement which, though deprecated by navy officials, gave assurance that some of the devices submitted would solve the problem in the near future. The war department announced on Monday that nine regiments of engi neers, made up largely of railroad men, would be sent to France ns soon ns possible. These men and doctors and nurses will be the first to reach the war zone. Members of the French war commis sion, after their trip through the cen tral West, were received enthusiasti cally in Philadelphia and New I'ork; some of the British commissioners ad dressed congress, and all of them pre pared to return home, confident that the arrangements made with America ensured the prosecution of the war to a victorious conclusion. The finance committee of the French ehanjtyer of deputies, in report ing on a bill, asserted tliat Frafieo must have a “peace that pays;” in re storation of Alsace-Lorraine, compen sation in kind for thefts and damages in the invaded region, rebuilding of the ruined towns and villages by Ger man hands, ships to replace those sunk, and guaranties for annual pay ments. It was stated authoritatively in Washington Thursday that President Wilson had informed Mr. Balfour that the United States will make war and peace in common with the allies. Ferment in Germany. Or the greatest interest and im portance were the events of the week in Germany. Chancellor von Beth mnnn-Hollweg. finding himself between two fires, maintained silence concern ing Germany's aims in the war. On the one hand, the peace-without-annex atlon socialists attacked him nnd the government fiercely, virtually demand ing that he step down and out. On the other hand, the conservatives nnd Pan Germans assailed him for apparently yielding to the other faction, and also boldly blamed his hesitant policy for the long duration of the war. Sweep ing internal reforms in the empire are demanded by the radicals, and some of then)—but not enough yet—venture to urge the wiping out of Prussia’s bale ful predominance and even the deposi tion of the reigning dynasty. A logical result of these agitations was the reported attempt of an assas sin to shoot the kaiser in Berlin. Had his aim been truer his bullet would have removed not alone Wilhelm, but the whole house of Hohenzollern. Closely related to events in Germany were the developments in Russia. The provisional heads of the new republic were forced to agree to form a coali tion government with the dele gates of the soldiers’ and work men's councils. This quieted the dis turbances for the time being, but the Gorman socialist emissaries continued to spread their propaganda. Borgjerg. Danish socialist, who is in Petrograd. made known the peace terms proposed by the German socialist democratic party, the majority faction. They In clude recognition of the right of na tions to freedom of development, the introduction of compulsory Interna tional arbitration, the restitution by ; Germany of all conquered territories, a plebiscite in Russian Poland, with freedom to choose between independ ence or annexation by Russia or Ger many: the restoration of independence to Belgium. Serbia, and Roumania; the restoration to Bulgaria of the Bulgari an districts of Macedonia, and the granting to Serbia of a free port on the Adriatic. The radical socialists of Petrograd at once declared that their party should have nothing to do with Borg jerg and his propositions, which they asserted were wholly pro-German. Stand of American Socialists. Leading American socialists gave out a statement denouncing the interna tional socialist conference called for Stockholm early in June as “the most dangerous of all the kaiser's plots for i cashing in his military victories,” and characterizing the American socialist delegates, Morris Hillquit and Alger non Lee. as radically pro-German. In Greece matters moved rapidly to ward a climax. The king is losing supporters daily in large numbers, and on Sunday 40,000 persons assembled in Saloniki and with great enthusiasm adopted a resolution proclaiming the deposition of King Constantine and his dynasty. Germany is attempting to start in Italy the same campaign of disintegra tion she is carrying on in Russia. Baron Sonnino is the object of attack by radical journals in the southern country, as is Milyoukov in Petrograd. A war mission from Italy is now on its way to America. It is headed by the prince of Udine, and Marconi is one of the members. The Italians are coming to discuss especially the prob lems of transporting food and muni tions from America and the purchase of coal and railway rolling stock. The 1 Isubmarine warfare has caused a griev ous shortage of coal in Italy. The Food Problem. Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the food committee of the Council of Na tional Defense, strongly advocated the government measures that give the president and the department of agri culture direct control of the country's food resources. He also urged a more limited use of wheat in this country, and his talk on that topic was followed immediately by a government report showing that the winter wheat crop will be only about 300,000.000 bushels, the smallest since 1904. The acreage abandoned is the largest on record. In Great Britain the “meatless day” was abandoned because Baron Devon port, food controller, found a diminu tion in the consumption, of brendstuffs was of more importance. Food riots took place in many cities and towns of Sweden, and according to an official statement, the vast ma jority of Germans are underfed. ! Sweden’s predicnment. however, was lessened greatly on Wednesday when : Kngland agreed to release the Swedish ships laden with food and other neces sities that had been detained in Brit ish harbors. In return Sweden agreed to release 900.000 tons of allied ship- j ping that had been tied up in the gulf j of Bothnia since the beginning of the war. Desperate Struggle in France. 'Die desperate battle for possession of tlie coal fields of Lens in northern France continued unabated through the week. Crown Prince Rupreeht of : Bavaria brought up great masses of ; reserve troops and every available gun to check the unceasing Britisii attack, and on Tuesday he succeeded in re taking Fresnoy village and wood. But that night nnd the next day the British returned to the assault and again took possession of most of the lost ground. ' There was heavy fighting at other points along the Drocourt-Queant line, which evidently is regarded by the Germans as of vital importance. Bad weather lessened the severity of the fighting along the French front. The expected general offensive by the allies on the Macedonian front be gan after several days of intense artil lery activity and according to London advices it was fairly successful. Be tween Lake Oclirida and Lake Doiran there was fierce fighting, the British capturing Bulgarian trenches for a stretch of two miles. In the Cerna river bend the Russians took several enemy trenches, and in the upper Mog- ! lenica river valley the Serbians, fight ing to regain their own land, hit the Teutonic allies hard blows. As usual. Berlin claimed that all these attacks by the entente allies were repulsed. An Interesting development of the week was the announcement that Ja pan had been asked to supply ships for the transportation of American troops and supplies to Europe, and the resulting discovery that Japan itself was planning to send a large number of soldiers to the Russian front this summer. President Wilson on Thursday cre ated a war council of the Red Cross and Ifbnry P. Davison of .1. P. Morgan & Co. was placed at its head. In ac cepting that post Mr. Davison said all the vast facilities of the Morgan firm would stand behind the Red Cross for the duration of the war. I_ i ENORMOUS OUTLAY FOR WAR British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gives Facts When Introducing Measure for New Credit. London.—Andrew Bonar Law, chan cellor of the exchequer, in the com mons discussed most of the main fea tures of the war. Some of them, he said, could be viewed with great satis faction by the British. Others were of • most disturbing nature. One encouraging point made was the small losses, comparatively, suffered by the British in the Arras offensive. He placed them at 50 to 75 per cent less than those of the Somme, while the enemy losses were tremendously larger. The U-boats, he said, had taken a large toll, but they were at a greater cost to Germany because they had aligned against the Germanic allies the greatest neutral, the United States. Mr. Law was introducing the new vote of credit of $2,500,000,000, which be said was disturbing, because the figures represented a total daily ex penditure of $37,250,000. Between April 1 and May, the chancellor said, there was a daily advance of $10,000, 000 to the allies of Great Britain and to the dominions. The credit firings the total since the outbreak of the war to $22,210,000,000. America, however, continued the chancellor, had acted with prompti tude, for which the nation could not be too grateful. The present vote would carry the government on until about August 1. NEWS OFJHE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. II BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS National, Political, Personal and Other Matters in Brief Form for All Claeses of Readers. U. S.-Teutonic War News. Government agents are investigat ing a rumor that freighters of the American Transport company, flying the American flag, have been carry ing supplies to German submarines at sea. • * * High praise for America’s foreigu born citizens is given by Attorney General Gregory in a statement re vealing that only 125 alien enemies have been arrested under the presi dent's proclamation. * * * At the rate of $28,830,600 tin hour, or $4S0,508 per minute, the rank and tile of America is subscribing to the “Liberty War Loan” the cash America is to spend as lier part in the war to establish world's democracy. • * * Newton I>. Baker, secretary of war, indicated while on a visit to Cleve land. Ohio, recently, that the war de partment is making preparations for a three-year war at least and that he lias little hope of an early peace. * • * The government has made known that nine new regiments of army en gineers. to be composed exclusively of highly trained railway men, will be the first American troops sent to France. They will be sent at the earliest possible moment. • • • Tin* American government has as sumed the immediate financial bur den of Belgian relief by arranging to lend to the French and Belgian gov ernments jointly $75,000,000 to lie ex pended for food to go to Belgium and northern France. * * * More than 200.000 men, live times ns many as can he accommodated, have applied for admission to the six teen officers’ training camps, which opened May 8 to begin developing the men who will lead new American armies to he raised within the next four months. * * * The United States is to have an official gazette for the war period. It is to he edited by the censors re cently appointed under the direction of President Wilson. Postmasters throughout llie country are to display this paper giving official government news. • * * That 127 Americans still are held prisoners in Germany, probably re moved from captured armed mer chantmen. has been revealed by gov ernment officials. It is assumed that the men were brought to Germany by raiders operating in the south At lantic. • * * The American government has pur chased seven Austrian merchantmen held in American ports, totalling 52.651 tons, for $6,778,006. The price is about half the prevailing price for ships. The vessels will he repaired within a few months and placed in the war emergency trade. General News. The board of athletic control of the University of Minnesota announc ed that the institution will take no part in football this year because of the war. • * * Joseph Benson Foraker. former United States senator from Ohio, law yer. orator, soldier and citizen, died at his home in Cincinnati at the age of 70 years. * * * The Chicago Herald has raised the retail price of the paper to 2 cents in the territory where it has been sell ing for 1 cent, because of the increas ed cost of manufacturing. * » * Over 40.000 coal miners of Mis souri . Kansas. Oklahoma and Arkan sas have received advances of 10 cents a ton for mining and a 20 per cent raise for men working by the day. The agreement was reached at a conference in Kansas City. • * • E. Jacob Crull of Roundup. Mont., who was defeated for the republican nomination for congress in his district by Jeanette Rankin at the 1016 pri mary, committed suicide at Elkhart, Ind. * • * Star Daley, slayer of James Roy Oihson. a traveling snlesinnn, was taken from deputy sheriffs at Phoe nix. Ariz.. and hanged by a mob of citizens. Before hanging Daley, the party asked him if he wished to pray. He sank to the ground sobbing and with members of the party recited the Ford’s prayer. * * • Portland. Ore., restaurants and ho tels are printing “ham and egg" on their menus, instead of the usual “ham and eggs.” as the result of the Increase of the cost of food. • • • On the basis of one slice of bread wasted daily by each American fam ily (helfeevd to be a very low esti mate) it Is shown that 365.000,000 loaves of bread—or 1,500.000 barrels of Hour-—equal to 7.000.000 bushels of wheat, go to utter waste each year. • * * President Ban B. Johnson of the American Baseball league announced that in esse the war continued until next spring, there would he no at tempt to open the 1918 pennant sea son. I The New York legiskitu - I ei| the Slater fit 11 in . |. I galizing professional b- _ \ York iifter Novetalier r. * * • Since tlie Nebraska s-ip opinion that the State Ik has no authority to ileny at-, for charters for state bunk forty-three banks have been tered. • * * Coni dealers of Davenport !• bave seat tin1 Iowa represciitai iv Congress a petition asking that Stress empower the government take over all coal mines and lx prices. * * * Six hundred lead of live st. re infected with anthrax in Cart** ty. Oklahoma. :n • • ding to fait L - sell, federal farm . _ m. n,-sp: rat. forts are being mad. , tic k tie ease. • * * Dan Shay of Kansas < • • ; of the Milwaukee Am tion baseball team, shot a negro waiter in it hotel apolis. Ind., in an argumen sugar bowl. • • • Railroad reports show that in fully 25 per cent more land ' i prepared for corn than was pin; - hist year. Early sown fields of m grain are coming up nicely, of - color and strong growth. » * * October K is tin* date set fo ri • trial in New York of five m.-ni- ■ the News Print Manufacturer' — elation and two others eharg.-d violation of the Sherman i *t law for alleged price fixing * • * St, Louis housewives are a-k. -I t to serve more than three courses any one meal, even when guests ■ present; to eliminate all kitchen waste; to have one meatless <!. \ week and to limit food : • * • Two student aviators mo had never piloted an airplane !>■■: who were said to have l>egui. without permission at the tove.-i.- • nr aviation school at Mineola. N 1 were killed after a fall of 1... Washington Notes. The Louisiana sugar crop of ltd • was practically twice as great a' the crop of 1915, figures compiled by Uie I Department of Agriculture show. * • • American exports to Kurnpe in creased *27.000,000 in Mareh. i! - ond inontli of Germany's un • * : • submarine warfare Departi • ' • of Commerce figures show. • • * The estimated yield of whea* for 1917 is 300.437,000 bushels an., to the government crop report inn issued, as compared with 4** 1.7 4' *■ «•« for 1916, a decrease of 115.3n7.'*» 1 bushels. * * * Secretary McAdoo annininn ihnt the *2,000,000.000 bond issue .if ’ < rty loan will he in dennmina'i from *50 to *100,000, and will i in thirty years. * • • Tlie house passed the esj bill with a modified censorship | ■ vision after administration 1.1 l.-r had lost an insistent figlit for r< ten tion of the original section aita.-d at the publication of news of value ?> the enemy. European War News. The British admiralty reports th destruction of a torpedo boat d* stroyer and of probably the !<>< one officer and sixty-one men. * * • The Greek steamship Barth* which left New York on Apr: Havre, lias been sunk by a 1 - submarine, with a loss of > in vessel and cargo. * * * Casualties among th*' * pedltionary forces from tin war began up to May 8 hn< a total of 89.-843 killed, w.mii-1*-1 and missing, according to an nil.-re port. • • • A representative of the <**rn war department has admitti Reichstag that a number *>f B*- - subjects resident in Cologne \v drafted into the German army spite of their protests. * * * It is rumored in London otfi* -al circles that Austria-Hungary !- -*■* n to offer peace proposals and that tliree politicians bearing such a it - - sage are soon to leave Vi* nnn r Switzerland. • • • Great Britain's meatless day he abolished because it augments demand on hreadstuffs and nth* stitutes which are less plentiful meat. This was announced l*> l‘ Devonport. food controller. • * * Two more hospital ships hn\<- i«- n torpedoed by German submarines since British airplanes raided lie town of Freiberg ns a reprisal f<>’ previous sinking of hospital ship Andrew Bonar Law. member of Britisli war council, announced. * • * General Gurko, Russian commander of the western front, has issued -i order declaring that the fruterai/ - of Russians with German troop-* which has become a common pra* n* must be stopped. * * * Ships destroyed by submarines dur ing the week ending*8lay f» were *•-• si durably less than the pr,-\ week, according to British reports Twenty-four Britisti merchant v> - sels of more than 1.809 tons each were sunk during the week. Twen-' two vessels of less than 1.000 ton and sixteen fishing vessels also wen sunk. • • * It is officially announced th 1.000.000 city children through Germany will be placed on farms ti N summer by the government. --