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APPEALS JOB PEACE
CENTRAL POWER8 ASK FOR NON
BINDING CONFERENCE
PROPOSALTHROUGH AUSTRIA
Dual Monarchy Asks For Conferenco
of Delegates to Securo An Ex-
change of Views
Washington. Socrotnry Lansing
linn made I ho following statement:
"I nm niitliorizuii by tho proiiidont
to Htnto tlmt tho following will ho
tho reply of this government to
tho Aubtro-Hungurlan noto propos
iug mi iinolllcial conference of bel
ligerents: "Tho government of tho United
States foe's that thoro 1h only ono
reply whith it can innko to tho sug
gestion ot tho linporlul Austro
Hungarian government.
"It linn repeatedly and with on
tiro enndor Etatrd tho terms upon
which tho United States would con
aldor peace and enn and will enter
tain no proposal for u conferenco
upon a matter concerning which it
has inado its position nnd purpose
ho plain."
Washington. Tho central powers
through tho Austria-Hungarian govern
ment has advanced a now pcaco ap
peal to tho allied powers, addrossed
allko to nil belligerents. Tho neutral
nations havo been mado acquainted
with it, and tho Holy See has beon ad
dressed in a special noto nnd an np
ieal tnado thoroby to tho Pope's inter
lest in peace.
In oxtondlng tho invitation to the
belligerent governments to enter a
non-binding discussion at Homo neutral
mooting place, tho AuBtro-Hungarlan
jKovornment stated that tho object of
alio conferenco would bo to securo an
joxchango of views which would show
"whother rhoso pro-requisites exist
which would mako tho speedy inaugu
ration of pcaco negotiations appear
promising."
Tho Austrian proposal, which is an
nounced In an otllclal communication
telegraphed from Vienna, suggests
that there bo no Interruption of tho
war, and that tho "discussions would
go only so far ns considered by tho par
ticipants to offer prospects of success."
Tho proposal rails for nil tho bolllg
orcntB to Bond delegates for a "confi
dential nnd unbinding discussion on
tho basic principles for tho conclusion
of pence, In a place in a neutral coun
try and at n near dato that would yet
havo to bo agreed upon."
Tho proposal says tho conferenco
would bo ono of "delegates who would
.bo chnrged to mako known to ono
Another tho conceptions of thoir gov
ernments regarding thubo principles
and to rcccivo analogous communica
itlons as well ns to request and glvo
ifrnnk and candid oxplanutious on all
ithoso poiutB which need to be pre
cisely defined."
Long Range Emplacement Found
Now York. In tho Corblo woods in
tho neighborhood of Beaumont nnd
Cuttgny tho platform of tho last Per
tha fixed up to tiro on tho Paris re
gion has been found. Tho spot is Just
!as airplanes photographs havo shown
lit to bo. Tho uosition is in twn ,Ilf.
I'fercnt parts, ono for tho real gun and '
ono ror a sham. Iloth aro exactly alike.
Tho emplacement consists of a pit
(divided In throo parts, twolvo motors
,long and two meters wido ovor nil.
Tho firing gun does not seem to
havo beon hit by our airplanes, but
tho sham ono bears marks of their
flro.
No Time to Wreck Buildings
Paris. Tho fact that St. Mlhiol
was loft by tho rotroatlng Germans
virtually Intact boforo tho advancing
Amoricans has led to tho suggestion
Jioro that tho enemy may havo aban
doned tho practico of wanton destruc
tion in tho sections tho Amoricans
aro travorsing. Ono theory is that the
.American rush was so sudden that it
'gavo tho Gormaus no tlmo to wreck
the buildings.
Doubts the Report
Romo. Tho vntlcan doubts that tho
former Russian empress is dead for it
!is considered probablo It would havo
ifocen Informed If thero wero nuy con
firmation of tho report. After tho ox
'ecutlon of former omporor Nicholas,
'tho Vatican appealed to tho Gorman
and Austrian governments to savo his
wlfo and daughters.
Re-exportation Forbidden
Washington. Under a ruling of tho
war trade board, licenses will not bo
granted for tho reexportation ot com
miodltles on tho conservation list from
'Insular possessions, of tho United
jStates or tho Panama canal zone, after
jsuch commodities have been shipped
iXrom tho contlnontal United States.
Increase Rates on Meats
Washington. Increased rates
on
.packing house products moving from
icast of Chicago to Pacific coast points,
(are authorized by tho lnterstato com
iraorco commission. Tho now rates
(present increases of from 20 to 30
xonts a hundred pounds nnd rango
ifor different shipping points from
!?2.23 to ?2.37Vj.
Rob Mine Paymaster
Peoria. Highwaymen hold up tho
,'paymaster of tho Groveland mlno noar
Ihere and escaped with I2G.000.
TROOP TRIN WRECK
Carrying Soldiers From Seven SJatej
Train Collides With Freight
Near Marshfleld.
St. Louis. Twelve soldiers nnd two
crow members aro dendj thirty-eight
noldicrs aro injured and two members
'of tho train crew aro unaccounted for
in tho wreck of an easthound troop
jtrnln, and a freight train near Marsh
field. Itcports at tho general offlco of the
jFrlsco lines here declared that the last ,
of six soldiers buried in tho debris
had been removed and tho wreckugo of
,ouginoB was fast being wiped away. I
Military censorship (lid not permit an-1
nounccmont of tho names of the dead
find injured. Tho olllcer In command
jsald a casualty list would bo an
nounced as soon as complniod.
Tho train carried Colorado, Minne
sota, Mbsouri, Iowa. Illinois, Nebras
ka nnd West Virginia tioops.
Mcinber: of tho train crew woro re
ported Injured. Tho baggage car on
itho tioop train was completely
Iwrockcd and tho next coach derailed.
Olllcials of the Frisco made no com
ment on tho probable cause ot tho col
lision. Terror Reigns In Russia
Washington. Information reaching
tho state department throws new
Slight on the situation in Central Huh
!sla, whero a reign of terror conducted
by bolshcvlkl has made tho position ot
the populaco tragic in tho extreme and
endangering citizens of tho entente
powers who havo been unablo bo lcavo
the country. Declaring that tho out
sldo world cannot havo a truo concep
tion of the actual conditions, tho dis
patches said that since May tho bol
shcvlkl extraordinary commission
against the counter-revolution has
.conducted a campaign of wholosalo
inurder. Thousands of persons have
uccn shot without oven n form of a
trial, many of them probably innocent
of tho political views for which they
were executed.
Murderer Glveo Self Up
Now York. Charles K. Chapln, city
editor of tho New York Evonlng
World, whoso wife was found shot
dead In her room at a hotel, nas sur
'rendered himself to tho police. Sub
sequently Chapln told tho police how
'ho killed his wife. Smoking a cigar
,and continually pressing his hands to
his head, ho said that ho had boon
driven to tho deed through depression
caused by tho demands of his credit
ors. Approach of a policeman, tho
editor declared, prevented his suicide
,In Prospect park, Brooklyn, whero ho
'.went after shooting his wife. District
Attorney Swann, who later talked with
'Chaplin, said he belloved tho editor
was mentally deranged.
Packero Make Flat Denial
Washington. Donlal that tho pack
ers Instigated tho recent report of tho
'United Stntcs chamber of cotnmorco
'to President Wilson criticising tho ac
tivities of tho federal trade commis
sion was made boforo tho sonatc agrl
.culturo committee by Itush C. Butler,
Chicago, chairman ot tho chamber's
.commltteo which prepared tho report.
Ho said tho report was In tho courso
'of preparation before tho commission
mado public Its recommendation that
the government tako over control and
operation of tho packing houses.
Raid Home of An Organizer
Sioux City. A force of Sioux City
detectives and a deputy United States
marshal raided a homo at 1120 Ross
street, arrested a man and a woman.
and seized four trunks containing I.
W. W. literature Tho man gavo tho
'namo of II. J. Casey and his homo ad
dress at Phoenix, Ariz. Tho woman
.said her namo was Mrs. A. Elwood and
her rcsldenco Duluth, Minn. Tho cou- .
plo with their bnggago arrived in
.Sioux City nbout August 20 and havo
beon constantly under police surveil
lance. Call Again For Valued Data
Now York. Patriotic Amoricans are
asked by tho American defenso so
.clcty to contribute, for tho use ot
American army officers, picturo post
cards, photographs and prints of tho
sections of Belgium und Franco now
occupied by the Germans. Written de
scriptions of tho territory would bo ot
'value to American otllcers In famll
ilarlzlng themselves with tho appear
,anco of towns toward which they aro
advancing.
Legion Will Tour America
Washington. Ono hundrod members
ot tho French legion will arrive from
Europe within a few days to assist in
tho fourth liberty loan campaign which
opens September 2S. They aro ox
pected to visit New York, Washington.
Baltlmoro nnd Philadelphia, and prob
ably will mako a tour of the south.
Made High Lodge Official
St. Louis. Henry V. Uorst of Ams
terdam, N. Y., was elevated to tho of
flco of grand slro of tho soveroh;n
grand lodgo of tho 1. O. O. F at tho
'ninety-fourth annual sessions heio. Ho
lucceods Frank C. Gowdy of Denver
Factory Fire Is Fatal
Nowark. Trapped In a cloak room
on tho top floor, eight girls, a boy and
a man porlshod horo In a flro which
destroyed tho plant of tho American
Hutton company. Another girl was
.killed whon, seeking to escapo from
the flames, sho leaped from n window.
iNino other girls weio injured, several
.'probably fataly. Tho girls on the
'lower floors made their escape. Most
of tho doad and Injured woro working
in tho carding rorms at iho top of thr
building. All were hurnod benn.'
recognition,
NEW DRAFT SUMMONS
Over 5,000 Nebraskans Called to
Colors. Some of Sept. 12 Regis.
tranto May Be Needed.
"rovost Marshal Crowder has called
upon governors of all states In the
union to muster 181,833 men for gen
eral military service before October
10. Nebraska's quota bus been placed
nt 0,1)1.", of whom 205 go to Camp
Pike, l.lifl.-i to Camp Dodge, ,'5,712 to
Camp Funstnn nnd '- l.'t to (Jump Codj,
N. M. It Is belloved that In some dis
tricts It limy be necessary to call men
who registered September 1" to till
the now quotas. Aceoultng to loer
nor Neville's compilation about ir.ii.
000 Nebraskans em oiled under the
new law, which Is slightly under lb"
govorninent.s rstlmiiti. Question
naires will soon bo In the hands of the
new registrants und In ease the nun
her of Class I men of the old tlnil'l is
liisulllelenl to (III the .slate's quota the
tlrst of these men may be culled.
Following tin Inquiry Into the entire
of the Burlington wreck near Allium e
which resulted In the death of clev.t.
persons and the Injury to more than a
score of others, u coroners' Jury fotii d
that the collision was due to neg!
pence on the part of employes of tie
inllroad eompativ. The wreck occur
red when nussongor train No. -l.T rao
head on into a work train, toloscop
ing the first two ears of the passenger
wero In the second coach.
Pox Butte county's exhibit nt the
state fair rnrrled nwny nil the pretnl
urns for the western part of the stale,
excluding the Irrigated territory. The
entire state consisting of 02 county
exhibits was carried away by Pox
Butte county on alfalfa.
Members of the First Methodic
rhurch nt Fremont have nbnndoned
the erecting of a new church becnu-e
of the war nnd more than $30,000 sub
scribed for the project will bo re
turned to the contributors.
Now that Fort Crook has been mnde
an adjunct to the Omaliii P.allonn
school by the government, the gen-rul
belief In Omaha Is thnt the f00 ncre-
surrounding the fort will bo used for
airplane maneuvering.
Nebraska's Ilrst oil refinery Is soon
to be established nt Oninhn. Th"
plant will occupy n nine-acre tract In
the eastern part of the city and Is v
peeted to be In operation nbout the
ilrst of the year.
The iiellou of the government put
ting a nrlce of 1) cents a pound on '
par at the seaboard, means that ulll
mutely consumers In this state w'll
have to pay 11 cents n pound for th"
product.
Ord. with n population of 2.000.
laid Omaha In the shade in funds
raised by auctioning off Perching
birthday cakes. Qrd's miction notted
M.OOO. while Omaha raised but $1,300
on her cake.
State Food Administrator Wattles
told a delegation of county food di
rectors nt Omnhn that restrictions on
all food except sugar have been taken
off by the federal food administration.
When the flnnl check Is completed
of the funds raised for the Czecho
slovak army through the staging of
the Liberty bazaar at Omaha, It Is be
lieved the amount will total Sir.mX).
The government has deehl. 1 to
abolish land olllces at Valentine. North
Platte nnd O'Neill. This nctl.m will
leave bind olllces In the state at Al
liance, Itroken Dow nnd Lincoln.
The state food administration has
ruled that those who wish t uo
brown or "C" sugar, may purchase
nn amount equal to two and a half
punds per person per month.
Two men lost their lives when an
nutomoblle In which they were riding
crashed Into u trolley pole at South
Omiilia. The engine exploded com
pletely demolishing the car.
The sheep run nt South Omnhn is
the greatest In the history of the
market. Just the other day .",0.000
l head wero received, smashing all
records for a single day.
One man was killed, another fatally
Injured and nine other mote or less
seriously hurt In two automobile
vmash-ups at Auburn.
Fanners of Scottsbluff county nre
planning to sow the largest u Inter
wheat ncreago this year In the history
of the country.
A number of fanners In R-'itllufT
county have been unable to m irket
their wheat on account of smut
I Great excitement was created in the
Auburn high school when put . dis
covered In u new text book a ,o on
which was printed "Dlo Wml, Am
Rheln." Tho page was torn f,M-,i the
book by the students und th. (r ac
tions commended by tho facu'n
The P.oard of llegents ot th.. state
u n I vers tv derided to turn tv now
S'j'.Ti.OW! Fecial science bulld'lig whlen
was recently completed. Into n bar
racks to house tho members of th"
S. A. T. ('., which will ho sto ,d ur
the University of Nebraska, O. i ,her 1.
County Agent A. H. llecht a Lex-
I lngtnn has compiled the report s..nt in
ny thre&hcrinen from UW dlffei t far
mers of Dawson county. I.i.vf Vl.nr
these i:i.r farms produced .IO.ixm bush
els of wheat. This year the s ,),. pro
duced 1KI.000 bushels. Dawson eount.v
plans three times us much uiu-ut us
was produced last year.
Heeelnts of tho state fair tins year
were about the same as In IPlf, with
considerablv higher expenses, owing
to the Increase In tho cost of labor
ninteilal nnd entertainment, according
to Secretary Panlclson.
According to a statement mudo by
Fond Administrator Wuttles nt Omaha
farmers who hold their wheat until
they arc offered n fair price by local
buyers or until they can get their cars
to niovo tho grain to the grain corpo
ration will not bo considered un
patriotic. Farmers who are able to
get cars are protected by tho United
States Grain eotpornllon, In that they
can Immediately ship nnd get tho
price ilxed by the government. Put
where they are unable to get cars, the
best alternative, advises A'nUles, Is to
store the grain until they arc uttered
fair prices,
N'ebraslui Is soon to have nn nlr
plnnp factory. Announcement hai
Juit been made that the new llehli
Motors company of llaveloek will ho
converted Into a SlMHJO.OOO aircraft
plant, capable of turning out ten
planes a day. The plant, which will
employ 1.0(H) persons, w til be .-uqlpp. d
to turn out do-igns for simple train
ing planes costing R7..S00 up to SS.(M)
Ilamlley-Pago bombing planes. Kn
glues for the planes will be furnished
by the government.
The proposed constitutional amend
ment relating to the right of foreign
born to vote only after having com
pleted their iiiitiiiallzntlon, wns given
a .substantial plurality by both repub
lican and democrat lc voters at the
recent primary. Therefore the prop
asltlon becomes a party measure for
both factions and nil votes enst for
It nt tho general election this fall by
either party will bo counted.
Nebraska's quota for the fourth
liberty loan has been placed nt twice
the amount of the nllotment for the
third loan. The Mute's quota for the
third loan wns $.'11,012,800. This would
make the nllotment for the fourth
loan !?G'l,S.S.".G00. The drive will run
from September 2S to October 10.
Many Holds of corn In southeastern
Nebraska on land that wns on the
market last spring for $2." per nero
will yield from forty to sixty bushels
to the acre, according to Prof. Gram
lish of the State University who Just
returned to Lincoln nfter a tour of tho
district.
The condition for fnll wheat In
Polk county Is very discouraging, nnd
farmers are hesltntlng In planting, ns
there Is no moisture In the ground,
und they fe.nr thnt unless It rains
there will be no chance for wheat to
grow through the winter.
More than S 10.000.000 will be paid
for sugar beets to growers In western
Nebraska this yenr. It Is said. The
acreage Is slightly less than in former
years, due to labor shortage, but tho
tonnage probably will be the largest
In history.
The stnte board of control has
taken a census of draft ellglbles In
the fifteen state Institutions, prepara
tory to filing Industrial exemption
claims for those executive ofllclals
deemed Indlspcnslble nnd impossible
to replace.
That the pntnsh Industry of west
ern Nebraska Is growing by leaps and
bounds la evidenced by the fact that
two big refining plnnts nre In course
of construction in Cherry county, ono
at HIl and the other at Merrlman.
Several Gage county farmers havo
planted their winter wheat crop. They
report that the ground was nover In
better condition for seeding. A much
larger acreage will be planted this
year In Cage county than Inst.
F A. Gnprn, publisher of the Sid
ney Telegraph nnd one of Nebraska's
most wldel.t known country newspa
per men, died nt his homo nt Sidney
of diabetes nfter it short Illness. Tho
deceased was 41 years old.
The practice of holding meetings
for drafted men before they leave for
camp has been abandoned bv the Puf
falo County Defense Council. This no
tion has been recommended by the
government.
The sugar beet crop In western No.
braskn Is unusually good, and the
factories at Goring, Scottsbluff nnd
Paynrd aro being put In shape for tho
longest campaign In their history.
Scottsbluff county Is making plnns
to send the county exhibit shown at
the state fair at Lincoln to the Inter
national Soil Products exposition at
Kansas City In October.
J. C. Newson, editor of the North
Hend Kagle, has been accepted for
Y. M. C. A. service In France. lie h-is
leased his newspnper plant to B. O.
Ilolub of Schuyler.
Scottsbluff has been selected by the
board of regents of the University of
Nebraska ns the site for the new Ir
rigation school authorized by the stato
legislature.
It required 00 trains of nn nverago
of 1-1 cars to transport some JtO.000
troops from Camp Cody, N. M.. to tho
seaboard, prior to departure for
Franco. The old Fourth Nebraska,
now the 1olth Infantry, wns a part of
the contingent.
Clinton II. Drown of University
Place proved to bo Nebraska's grand
champion baby boy at the better bn
bins' contest nt the Nebraska Stnto
Fair. lie scored ft8.fi. Wllmn II.
Stutt of Avocn with a score of OS. was
declared grand champion baby girl.
Nebraska's oversubscription to tho
third Liberty loan amonnted to Oil per
cent, making this stnte twolfth In the
union In the point of percentage. In
Nebraska 17 0-10 of the population
subscribed to tho loan.
Tho 80th division of the U, S. nrmy,
hli h wns trained nt Camp Fuiistnn
and which Is composed of men from
Nebraska and six other middle west
states Is believed to have been in the
Ilrst AH-Anierlcnn drive Inmiehed In
France. The attack took place on the
Lorraine front, where It hns been an
nounced tho 80th was stntloned.
TOOLS OFJEIMANY
BOLSHEVIKI UNDER BERLIN'S
ORDERS FROM BEGINNING
DOUBLE CROSS THE ALLIES
Lenlno and Trotzky Assisted German
Intrigue Against U. S. and Euro
pean Countries Alike.
Washington. Another chupter of
Uolshevlk coirup.lon by Germany is
inado public in tho latest disclosure of
plots against tho United States und
tho Allies by publication of coufldeii-
) tlal documents passed between tho
Imperial government and the ruling
' pnor in Russia. The nrre'pundciiiu
1 was obtained by Lilar Sldsou in Rus
sia for tho committee on public liuor
illation. Ono of the documents discloses that
as long ago as November, 1017, whon
the Russlun regime was regarded as
nn ally of the nations nt war with Ger
many, the Germans weio brusquely
leqtilrlng Lenlno and Tiotzky to fur
nish information regarding tho
amounts and places of storage of sup
plies received fom America, England
and France
Others toll of tho launching in .Janu
ary and February this year, of bolshe
vik peace and socialistic propaganda
against tho United States, England
and France, ut tho direction of tho
German intelligence service.
Tho Gorman intelligence service re
quired tho bolshcvlkl to send the allied
countries, through neutral Europe,
"comrades" under assumed namos and
with false neutral passports to preach
thoir doctrine of disorganization nnd
to carry on cnmpalgns of "counter rev
olution, sabotage, looting, etc."
Plans for sending thee submalnos,
by rail overland to Vladivostok for
sorvico on tho Pacific are dlsejosed in
a communication of the Gorman high
seas fleet genoral staff. Another re
veals u scheme of employing ships on
the Pacific under the Russian tlag to
carry agitators and "agent-destructors"
to the United States, Japan, and the
British colonics In enstcriiAsia.
Description is given of tho assault
and lobbery of the Italian ambassador
in Petrograd in February Inst to get
possession of Important papers be
lieved to have been in tho ambassa
dor's possession. Other notes tell in
detail of tho watch kept upon the
American and other allied embassies.
No Salaries Exempted
Washington. Tho house has ap
proved the greatly Incrensed normal
and surtax rates for Individuals, esti
mated to yield $1.4S2.000.000, and de
feated every change proposed In the
draft of the bill as prepared by tho
ways and means committee. A mo
tion to strike out the provisions ex
tending lncomo taxation to salaries of
tho president, federal Judges nnd state,
county and municipal ofllco holders
was defeated.
Blackmailer Finally Caught
Lansing. Jamos IJ. Thorn, aged 51
years, janitor for the Lansing Stato
Journal, was arrested hero charged
with attempting to blackmail tho
mombcrs of tho family of James Pier
pont Morgan. For eighteen months
past somebody has been trying to ex
tort $20,000 from Mr. Morgan and his
dnughter, Mrs. Jano Nichols of Glon
Cove, L. I., by means of letters mailed
In tho city and Charlotte, west of
here
Fast Tlmo With Aerial Mail
Now York. A record trip from
Washington to Now York by way of
Philadelphia with tho aerial mnll has
been mado by D. C. DoIIart. He was
in the nlr two hours and twelve min
utes. Ho loft Washington at 11:40 a.
m reached Philadelphia at 1:03 p.
m. and loft for Now York eight min
utes lator and landed at Pelmont Park
at 2 p. m.
Alliance With Other Powers
Amsterdam. Hints that tho bolshe
vik governmont of Russia may seek
alliances with other powors aro con
tained in n noto addressed to tho peo
ples commissaris and Soviets by Nik
olai Lonino, tho bolshcvlkl premlor,
printed in tho Pravada of Petrograd
and republished In tho Lokal Anzoigcr
of Berlin.
Protest Fixing Cotton Price
Washington. Senators and repre
sentatives from the southorn cotton
growing statos at conferenco named a
Joint commltteo to protest to President
Wilson against tho fixing of prices for
raw cot-ton. An effort Is being mado
to nrrango for a conferenco nt tho
Whlto IIouso.
Ships at Rate of Two a Day
Washington. Twenty-six ships with
a deadweight tonnago of 147,520, woro
dollvered to tho shipping boird by
Amotican yards during tho first thir
teen days of this month. During tho
namo period twonty-olght steel and
wood ships of 150,370 deadweight tons
wero launched.
Draft Call For October
Washington. Draft calls will send
181,838 men qualiflod for genoral mill
tary Borvico to army camps beforo Oc
tobor 1G. All statos havo quotan to
fill. Of tho total 124,000 will bo whlto
registrants who will entrain Octobor
7 and 11. Tho romnlndor will bo
negroos who will movo in two
groups, 29,016 ontrainiug hotweon Sep
tember 25 and 27 nnd 10,752 on Octo
bor 16, Men who registered Septem
ber 12 mny bo needod In a few dis
tricts to All tho new quotas.
SEETHING WITH REVOLT
Dual Monarchy Menaced by Internal
Discord Too Serious to be
Longer Hid
Washington. Authentic information
received hero of conditions in Austria
confirms all recent reports coming
from that country concerning tho rev
olutionary spirit in tho dual mon
archy. Tho Czecho-Slovnks and tho Jugo
Slavs hao boon inspired with high
hopes of throwing off tho yoke of their
oppressors and nchioviug national in
dependenco and tho Austrian govern
ment has found itself bo seriously
menaced nt homo that it has been
compelled to withdraw troopn from tho
battlo front to check Inciplont rebel
lion. Austrian statesmen aro thoroughly
alarmed over tho situation nnd thin
fact is believed to account in part
l nt lean for their efforts to food thoir
I rople with hope of nn enrly peace.
I Tho end of hostilities would bo wol
I corned with profound relief by the
Hapsburgs for It in now clear thnt
tno longor tho war continues tho
greater will become tho danger of
revolution In Austria.
President Wilson is credited with
wielding tho influence which lias pro
duced this condition in Austria. Ills
recognition of tho Czecho-Slovnks as
an Independent nation with belligerent
ri'.'hts Is conceded to havo done moro
man any other ono thing to revlvo
among tho subject peoples of Austria
real hope of liberty and independence
Tho president is now definitely com
mitted to the dismemberment' of Aus
tria in favor of tho self determination
of the part of tho Czccho-Slovaks, tho
Poles and the Jugo-Slavs. This prob
ably is the severest blow that has
beon dealt the central powers in
tho field of political opcrams dur
ing the war. ..
Greetings to the Boy Scouts
New York. General Pershing has
sent greetings from tho American ex
podlllonary forces to "tho splendid
nrmy of 442,000 American hoy scouts."
In a letter tho American general ex-,
pressed appreciation of "all you aro
doing for our great cause," and adds:
"Upon you will soon fall tho burden
of our civilization. Every act and
thought of yours in keeping with tho
scout law will help to mako good
citizens and good soldiers. Obey It In
letter and spirit and all tho older
scouts who aro fighting for you nnd
for nil wo hold dear, will shako hands
with you as comrades who helped them
win tho war."
Father Print Paper Saving
Wnhington. Additional orders nf
fectlng the publishing of newspapers
aro announced to bring about a further
saving of print paper. Publishers shalli
use no premiums, contests, or similar
means to stlmulnto circulation, tux
holiday, industrial, or special issues
shall be published and papers shall
not be sold at retail for less than the
published price. Legitimate methods
of stimulating circulation aro held to
bo billboard and dcnd-wall poster ad
vertising, buying space in contempor
ary papers, announcing special feat
ures, and canvassing without prem
iums. Women In German Army
Paris. Striking evidence of tho
shortago of enemy man power is given
by prisoners. They assert that men,
women nnd boys who had beon graded
for national sorvico at homo nre being
brought to tho back areas to replace
troops along tho lines of communica
tion. They assert that there already
aro somo 15,000 women in the fourth
Gorman nrmy zono alono. It is re
ported that boys of 17 are being ns
sombled In .the region of Sedan for
auxiliary service
Another Clothing Campaign
Washington. A second campaign
for clothing for ten million men, wo
men and children in occupied parts
of Bolglum and Franco will bo con
ducted by the Amorlcan Red Cross
during tho eight days beginning Sep
tember 23. In requesting that this
drive bo mado tho commission for re
lief in Belgium said that at Icast 5,000
tons of clothing will bo required to
keop these people warm during tho
coming winter.
Have Bolshcvlkl Tendencies
Detroit. Plans for tho enrollment in
Detroit of 20,000 Russians with hoi
nhovlkl tendencies for tho purposo of
harrasslng the government's war pro
gram and starting a conntry-wldo rev
olution has been rovealed by confes
sions of thrco of tho flvo Russians
recently arrested hero. An Austrian
now in custody who camo hero from
Chicago, was named in tho confessions
ns leader of tho plot.
3,000 Miles to Enlist
Camp Lowls, Wash. Aftor a trip
of 3,000 miles by dogteam, buckboard.
mail barge, river stoamor, railway
and coast steamship, Loland L. Hud
son has reached horo from Pnxson,
Alaska, 200 milos north ot Fairbanks
Ho had recelvod ordom to "tako tho
first train for Seattle or bo classed
as a deserter." Tho neaiost railway Is
at Whltchouso, 1,200 mll03 distant.
Loan to Switzerland
Gonovn. Tho Lausanno Rovue
states that tho United Statos has
offered to lend 750,000,000 francs to
Switzerland in order to electrify tho
railways. Switzerland thus would be
come Independent of Gorman coal.
Wounded Returned
Washington. Surgoon General (lor
gaR announces that 417 sick nnd
wounded soldlors from tho Amorlcan
expeditionary forcos wero returned to
the United States duriug tho wools
ending Soptcmber 6.
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