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|fe^t, nv^ & 4 ^t^^^ Further Conservation Is Neces* sary to Save JMVorld From Starvation, Is Word. SACRIFICES PROPOSED Starvation on Unparalleled Seals Must Ensue Unless They Are Made, Food Administrator Declares in Statement. Washington, Dec. 15.In a state nnent just made public by the food ad ministration the American people are called upon to make sacrifices never before contemplated. Unless such sacrifices are made starvation on an unparalleled scale must ensue throughout the world, Herbert Hover declares. The new program of food savi-ig for America as announced includes the following: Some of Proposals. A sugar ration of three pounds for each person month a porkless day each week one wheatless meal each day one meatless meal each day. To bring the appeal directly home to the American people the food ad ministration will issue a kitchen card which it is hoped will be placed in every home. The cards will caution against hoarding foodstuffs, as it de ieats the purpose of the food admin istration, is selfish and causes higher prices. Would Cut Sugar Half. It was pointed out that if the new directions are followed sugar con sumption will be reduced by half. The normal consumption of sugar in the United States has been more than seven pounds a month. The following appeal, a topy of which will accompany each card, has been issued* "The food situation in Europe is far graver than when the preliminary survey of the food supply of the v/prld for this year was made. We have an abundance for ourselves and it is the policy of the food administra tion, by the prevention of exports, to retain for our people an ample supply of every essential foodstuff. Allies' Harvests Fall Down. The harvests of our Allies have proved less than we had contem plated and the great curtailment of shipping by the submarine during the last few months has further prevent ed them from access to remote mar kets "Beyond the demands of the Allies there is a call upon us by the friendly neutrals for food and if we cannot, at least in part, respond to these neutral calls, starvation on an unparalleled fccale must ensue "Food has taken a dominant posi tion in the war and we must ask the American people to sacrifice far more than we at first thought necessary. Wo have exported the whole of the surplus of wheat from this harvest after reserving to ourselves an amount sufficient for our noraml con sumption of seed and flour until the next harvest and therefore tho amount of wheat flour that the United States can contribute to mix with the war bread of our Allies during the winter will be simply the amount that our people reduce their consump tion month by month IMO HELMSMAN HELD AS SPY His Ship Ran Into Munition Vessel Causing Halifax Disaster. Halifax, N. S., Dec 15,John Jo hansen, helmsman on the Norwegian steamer Imo, the Belgian relief ship, whose collision with the ammunition steamer Mont Blanc led to the disaster of last Thursday, has been detained as a German spy suspect. He was turned over to military authorities by officials of the Massachusetts Relief hospital, where he has been under treatment. One of the nurses at the hospital yesterday noticed that her patient was acting queerly and that he did not seem to be wounded. Physicians examined him and concluded he was hamming illness. Later Johansen offered a nurse ?50 if she would go out and buy him a newspaper, the as sumption being that he had in mind .an attempt to scape in her absence Beakes Wins in Election Contest. Washington, Dec. 14. The house tsoted to give the seat for the Second Michigan district, held by Mark R. Bacon, Republican, to S. W. Beakes. Democrat. Final returns showed Beakes slightly ahead, but technical -questions on alleged irregularities made it npcessary to carry the con test to the house. 'Scots Cheer U. S. Soldiers. Missoula, Mont, Dec. 14. Resi dents of Scotland celebrated when the first American troops visited their ports, according to Dorr Skeels, captain in the forestry regiment and formerly dean of the department of forestry at the University of Montana here. The forestry regiment touched at a Scotch seaport city and Skeels writes the people wept with joy on seeing them. He says aged men, fcoys and wounded soldiers only were to be seen and that women are doing All the work, no matter how heavy v_f. ^imarawm'sware*?Pi^^ ^-Sf-v ^soS^R.* ^^^^^*i y^Pfff -^"f^wf* 1 FOOD DENIALS TO BE EXTENDED RECORD CROPS FOR U.S. This Year's Harvest To Be Most Valuable Ever Known Government Issues Final Estimate on Acreage, Production and Value. "Washington, Dec. 13.Accoiding to final estimates on acreage, production and value, just announced by the de partment of agriculture, America's war crops this year were the most valu able in its history. The record corn crop amounted to 3,1")9,494,000 bushels with a farm value Dec. 1 of $4,053,672,000. Winter and spung wheat production was 650,828,- 000 bushels, valued at $1,307,418,000. Other leading crops were: Oats, 1,587,286,000 bushels, value SI.061,427,000. Barley, 208,975,000 bushels value $237,539,000. Rye, 60,145,000 bushels value, $100,- 025,0000. Rice, 36,276,000 bushels value, 68,- 701,000 Potatoes, 442,oo6,000 bushels value $543,865,000. Sweet potatoes, 87,141,000 bushels value, $96,121,000. Cotton, 10,949,000 bales value $1,- 451,819,000. Sjugar beets, C.237,000 tons valu^ $45,780,000. Beans, 15,701,000 bushels value, ?10G.426,000. Onions, 13,554,bushels value, $22, 523 000. Cabbage, 502,700 tons value, $17,- 080,000. Hay, 95,030,000 tons value, $1,567, 32.4,000. BE PATRIOTIC, JOIN RED CROSS Appeal to Minnesotans Is Issued By Governor. (.overnor Burnquist has issued a Red Cross proclamation as follows: "On December 16 will begin a cam paign to becure for the American Red Cross a membership of 15,000,000 people. Although not all of us caH go to the battlefields, we can do service theie by uniting with the Red Cros^ vhuh has now an army of five mil lion members and whose goal of fif leen million members this organiza tion is making e\ery effort to attam Christmas e\e. "All Minnesota citizens, 1 am sure will do their utmost to assist thi branch ot Ameucan activities devoted to the aid of the suffering By be coming members of the American Red Cros those joining will show that spirit ot good will for which the Christmas season^of the year stands PLACE BLAME ON RAILROADS Carriers Held Responsible For Short age of Fuel. Washington, Dec. 14.Faulty rail transportation still is the crux of the serious coal situation in the United States, Fuel Administrator Garfield, the Federal Trade commission and the National Coal association have agreed. There are enough coal cars, but they are jiot being moved to nd from the mines satisfactorily. Ceorge W. Botsford, Historian, Dies. New York, Dec. 14George Willis Botsford, historian, died suddenly in his office at Columbia university. Editor of German Paper Arrested. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 14 Paul Stoeckel of Hartford, editor of the Connecticut Staats Zeitung and a prominent German resident of this state, has been arrested on a warrant charging Stoeckel and his partner. Mr Wisli, with violation of the fed eral laws regarding articles published in the German language press. It is alleged that Stoeckel and Wisli did not file with the postmaster at Holy oke, where the Connecticut Staats Zeitung is published, true English translations of all the articles. THE TOMAHAWK. WHITE EARTH, MINN. SALVATION ARMY WORKERS READY TO LEAVE FOR SERVICE WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE A group of Salvation Army workers photographed at the New York headquarters ready to leave for service with the Ameiicnu army in France. They will aid the soldiers in many ways, Worn holding religious services to writing love letters to the girl back home. The women members of the party will repair the clothes of the boys when not otherwise engaged. STRIKE OFF U. S. TO MAKE INQUIRY Union Men Called Out in Sympa thy With Carmen Ordered Back to Work. LABOR BOARD COMING Special Commission, Now in West, To Meet Interested BodiesNot Con sidered InterventionStrike Response Small. Minneapolis, Dec. 15The sympa thetic strike scheduled for the Twin rities was called off before it wa* really under way by federal instruc tions to a special commission now ia the West investigating labor disputes to proceed to Minneapolis and St Paul to study the situation here. Secretary of War Baker, acting on advice of President Wilson, tele graphed to Secretary of Labor Wilson in San Francisco asking that the special commission stop here and go over the dispute with the Public Faicty commission, the street railway management and labor representa tives. Men Sent Back to Work. Immediately after the sending ot the message George W. Lawson, sec retary oi the Minnesota Federation ot J^abor, who is in Washington, sent messages to the organized labor leaders here asking that the strike be called off. Business agents and the geneial strike committee meeting in St Pau,l issued the call to the men to go back to work. Tae action of the federal authori ties is not intervention as asked by the labor representatives. It means an inquiry to determine whether or not there* should be such interven tion The sympathetic strike called to aid the union trainmen who are out because of then failure to obey direc tions of the Public Safety commission to abandon their union buttons wa scheduled to begin at 10 a. m. Response to Union Call Small. Although word from Washington had not been received when the hour for the strike arrived, only a small minority of union laboring men le "ponded NEEDS SURGICAL DRESSINGS Army in France Faces Calamity Un less Work is Rushed. Xew York, Doc. 14"A serious calamity and a national disgrace are inevitable' if surgical dressings are not sent to France with all possible speed, according to a cablegram from Major Grayson M. P. Murphy, head of the American Red Cross in France, which has been made public by head quarters here of the American fund for French wounded. U-Boats Shell Madeira Capital. Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 14.Funchel. capital of Madeira, has been borat barded by a German submarine Forty shells were fired, killing or wounding a number of persons and damaging several buildings. The sub marine fled on being attacked by pa trol boats. Miss Rankin Champions Cupid's Cause Washington, Dec. 14Cupid has a champion in congress for the first time in history. Jeanette Rankin, representing the states of Montana and Matrimony, though she herself is spinster, took up the cudgel for the chubby little heart-hunting chap she says has been abused by the lawmak ers. Her first move on Dan's behalf /as the introduction of a bill to repeal the law compelling American women who marry aliens -to relinquish their American citizenship and marry a foreign country also APPEAL FOR RED GROSS Wilson in Proclamation Asks for More Members. Ten Million New Members Wanted In New Intensive Drive of One Week. Washington, Dec. 13.With the slo gan "Make it a Red Cross Christmas," an effort will be made to add 10,000,000 new members to the 5,000,000 now in the organization. Only one week has been allotted to the intensive drive but it is expected this "well be enough. This is the first organized effort the Red Cross has made to enrol new members since the war started. President Wilson has issued the fol lowing appeal: "To the People of the United States: "Ten million Americans are in vited to join the American Red Cross during the week ending with Christmas eve. The times require that every branch of our great na tional efiort shall be loyally up held and it is pecularly fitting that at Christmas season the Red Cross should be the branch through which your willingness to help is expressed. "You should join the American Red Cross because it alone can carry the pledges of Christmas good will to those who are bear ing for us the real burdens of the world war both in our army and navy and in the nations upon whose territory the issues of the world-war are being fought out "Your evidence of faith in this work is necessary for their heart ening and cheer. "You should join the Red Cross because this arm of the national service is steadfastly, efficient ly maintaining the overseas relief in every suffering land, admin istering our millions wisely and well and awakening the gratitude of every people. Our conscience will not let us enjoy the Christmas season if this pledge of support to our cause and the world's weal is left unfulfilled. Red Cross mem bership is the Christmas spirit in terms of action. "WOODROW WILSON, "President of the American Red Cross." CLARK FAVORS SUFFRAGE Wili Give Vote if Needed to Win For Women. Washington, Dec. 14. Champ Clark, speaker of the house of repre sentatives heretofore refusing to commit himself on the question of eciual suffrage by constitutional amendment, has been converted to the federal suffrage cause by a Mis souri delegation of the National American Woman Suffrage associa tion. "If my vote is needed to pass the federal woman suffrage amendment I will ^te for it," said Speaker Clark. German Wireless Barred From China. London, Dec. 14.Attempts made by German interests to install Tele funken wireless stations throughout China have been frustrated, tele graphs the^ correspondent at Tien Tsin of the Daily Mail. Plot Believed Resoonsible for Wreck. Denver, Dec. 14.Gorge King, en gineer, was killed and C. H. Town send, fireman, and nine passengers were injured when a w/wtbound Santa Fe passenger train struck an open switch in the yards here and crashed into a Colorado and Southern switch engine. Four coaches carrying sol diers had been detached from the passenger train at Englewood a sub urb located near the yard. It is ru mored that the wreck may have been the work of a plotter, attempting the In es of the troops. GERMAN BOMBS SLAY AMERICANS U. S. Engineers Killed When Teuton Aerial Attack Is Made Behind British Lines. ALLIES HOLDING FIRMLY Cause Complete Failure of German Attacks in Cambrai Sector and Around VerdunTwo U. S. Soldiers Die in Hospital. With the American Anny in France, Dec. 15(By the Associated Press.) German aerial bombs in a town some where behind the German lines have killed a number of American railway engineers. Details are not yet known. It is now permitted to announce that a German bomb fell in a street in a town through which American troops were passing. Pieces of the bomb shattered the windows of a house in which there were officers, showering them with glass, but hurting no one. Two American soldiers haye died in hospital from gunshot wounds. Allied Lines Holding. London, Dec. 14.The British, French and ItaLan lines are still hold ing firmly against onsloughts of the Teutonic allies, delivered with heavy reinforcements that have been drawn from the Russian front since the cessa tion of hostilities there under the arm istice. The latest attack of the Germans, made in the Cambrai region between Bullecourt and Queant was a complete failure when the Teuton losses in men killed and made prisoners are put in the balance with their small gain of ground against the British. French Repulse Crown Prince. Another attack by the German crown prince in the Cauriere* wood on the Verdun sector, which was de livered with large effectives, has met with the customary repulse while in the highlands of the northern front the enemy armies are still being held in check by the Italians. A moat .expensive operation was the German attack between Bullecourt and Queant. The Berlin war office ad mits that only a few British shelters and 90 prisoners were taken, while Field Marshal" Haig reports that heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy all along the front of the offensive, numerous' of his dead being left before the entanglements when the impossi ble task of piercing the British lines became apparent and a hunied re* treat was ordered. PRO-GERMAN SHOT BY GUARD Arrested In South Dakota Following Alleged Sedition. Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. 14.Frank Lehman, 28 years old, said ,to be a draft evader, has been brought here by Capt. A. Harkins of the Home Guard company, shot through both legs by Home Guards, who had gone to his ranch to arrest him for alleged seditious utterances. His brother, Fred, 20 years old, and Martin, 18 years old, are held in the county jail. Reports have reached here- fre- quently of pro-German expressions by Frank Lehman and Captain Harkins led a detachment to his home to ar rest him and found his two brothers there, unarmed. They were placed under arrest, and told the guard that Frank was in an abandoned house, which he had fortified. They said he had 300 rounds of rifle ammuni tion, besides several revolvers and a shotgun. His brothers said he had# declared that he would not serve in the national army. The house was surrounded just, as Lehman left by he rear door. He did not ohey the command to halt and Captain Harkins fired, the bullet pass ing througt both legs. RIVER FLEET IS ASSURED Shipping Board Sets Aside Money For Construction. Washington, Dec. 13. The Ship ping board has set aside $3,360,000 of its shipbuilding fund for construc tion of 24 barges and four tugs for Mississippi river traffic. The money will be expended under joint super vision of the Bmewency Fleet cor poration and tht chief engineers of the army The hope is to relieve con gested railway traffic conditions. Allies and Pro-Huns Clash In Harbin. Tientsin, Dec. 14.Serious clashes between pro-German and Allied sup porters in Harbin are reported in dis patches. Chinese troops were request ed in order to protect Allied citizens there. U. S. Advances Money On Contracts. Washington, Dec. 14.Two million dollars will be advanced by the War and Navy departments to the Bethle hem Steel company, munitions con tracts, because of the company's diffi culties of obtaining funds from private sources to expedite deliveries. Un ler the law the War and Navy depart ments may advance up to 30 per cent of the amount of a contract in order to permit the contractor to expand his facilities. The government al ready has made large advances to the Beth.ciem and other companies. Defective Page Lungs Are Weakened By Hard Colds The old family r^-M formsafe, ure, easy to JLef Satesno unpleasant ft. ef Ce colds in 24 hour.-Gnp.n3 day*. Moneytacfcifttftjb. Gettbe genuine box with "^Red Top and Mr. HiU'a picture en it 24 Tableta for 25c- AtAny Drug Storo Spared to Art. "Has our movie star claimed exemp-i tion from military service?" "Oh, yes. He proved that he had deH pendents and his claim was allowed.^ "Good! Then we can proceed witfc our next war play. With a handful of men he will lead a desperate eharge i one of the greatest military spectacles ever shown on the screen." WATCH YOUR SKIM nVtPROVE When You Use CuticuraThe Soap Purify and Ointment to Heal. On rising and retiring gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash off Ointment in five minutes with Cuti cura Soap and hot water. Continue this treatment for ten days and note the change in your skin. No better toilet preparations exist. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. I* 3oston. Sold everywhere.Adv. In Memory of the Titanic. The Titanic disaster is being com memorated in Belfast by the erection of a memorial which will in all re spects be worthy of the city where the Ill-fated ship was built. It consists of"a Titanic group in marble on a granite pedestal. The memorial will occupy a site on the carriage way op posite the city hall, facing the Royal Academical institution, and *Ul bear the names of Ulster heroes who per ished with the great vessel. Cupid Statue of Marble. Cupid, fashioned in marble in a statue which has peen described as a perfect masterpiece,-has just been un earthed at Cyrene, in Libya. Other im portant archeological discoveries made In the same region during Italfun occu pation include statues of Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Minerva and Apollo. The statue of Cupid will be sent to Rome. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Liicar Countyss Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J* Cheney ft Co., doing business in the City of To ledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN- DRED DOLLARS for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1888. (Seal) A. W. GHeason, Notary Public. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE^ Is tak n Internally and acts through the Blood on. the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Druggists, 75c. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. The Usual Way. "What became of that friend of yours who was always looking for a fight? Did he enlist?" 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