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THE HAYS FEES PRESS
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
PLAii A STATE RESERVE BANK
Kansas Bankers' Association to Ask
Legislature to Create Institution
Similar to Federal System.
A Kansas reserve bank similar in
many respects to the Federal Reserve
Bank system, but applicable only to
the state banks of Kansas, will be pro
posed to the next legislature by the
Kansas State Bankers' Asociation.
Walter Wilson, state bank commis
sioner, said recently that a special com
mittee had been named by the asso
ciation to work out the plans and
draft the law for the bank. There are
over seven hundred of the one thou
sand state banks in Kansas with a
capital so small that they cannot join
the federal reserve system and are
often handicapped in securing money
for local business or in providing in
vestments for their own funds. This
is especially true this year when East
ern Kansas banks have plenty of
money, while Western Kansas banks
are big borrowers. The state reserve
bank will be purely a bank for bank
ers, not doing a commercial business,
but handling the business of the small
state banks.
Complaints have been made to Sec
retary J. C. Mohler of the state board
of agriculture that grain buyers in
certain localities are trying to take
advantage of the farmer because of
the grain embargo, established at
Kansas City by the railroad adminis
tration. These complaints state that
farmers, upon bringing their wheat to
market, are told that there is prac
tically no market for wheat because
it cannot be shipped to Kansas City.
But the dealers offer to take it at
a cut price. One farmer wrote Secre
tary Mohler that rather than haul his
wheat back to the farm and unload
it he sold to a miller for $1.60 a
bushel.
Miss Georgia Turner of near Gard
ner was killed recently when a motor
car in which she was riding skidded
on an oiled road near Olathe, and she
was thrown from the rear seat. Ske
was with a party returning from a
dance at Spring Hill, and though the
car turned over, none of the other oc
cupants was injured. Miss Turner
was the teacher at Highland school
and was the daughter of Mrs. Laicinda
Turner' and a niece of W. P. Turner,
county commissioner. She was 20
years old.
The thirty-first annual meeting of
the Kansas Firemen's Association
closed at Lawrence recently. George
Obenland of Clay Center, the young
es,t man to be selected as president
of the association in its history, was
elected to that office. T. E. Skinner
of Osborne was elected vice presi
dent; J. J. Hammett of St. John was
elected second vice president, and K.
D. Foyle of Wamego was' elected sec
retary. George Mohrbacker was - re
elected treasurer of the association.
Mrs. S. O. Coblentz of Elmdale was
killed instantly and her 18-year-old
daughter injured severely when the
car in which they were motoring
turned turtle eight miles south of
Council Grove. Mr. Coblenz and son,
Wesley, escaped injury, while the
driver, Mr. Snodgrass, was bruised se
verely. The party was motoring to
Alta Vista, and the driver lost con
trol. Lieut, Lloyd O. Beaton of Baldwin
was killed in action in Lorraine on
August 30, according to word received
ther6. Lieutenant Beaton resigned a
position with the Associated Press at
Kansas City to attend the officers
training camp where he secured his
commission. Previous to joining the
Associated Press he was employed as
a reporter in Kansas City. He was a
graduate of Baker University.
Following the resignation of the as
sistant weather observer at Topeka, it
was announced by S. D. Flora, state
meteorologist, that two young women,
Miss Helen Claypool and Miss Alta
Puett, had been employed to take
charge of the work. This is the first
time women have been employed as
weather observers in Kansas, it is
til 4.
The new $40,000 community house
erected at Junction City with funds
subscribed by the Rotary clubs of
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma has
been accepted by the local committee
in charge and a formal opening will
be held early in October.
Ike Saunders, trustee of Louisburg
Township and candidate for district
clerk on the Democratic ticket at In
dependence, committed suicide by
shooting himself with a revolver. It
is aid he was despondent because of
domestic difficulties. He was 45 years
old.
.
At a special election held in Abi
lene a 20-year extension in" its fran
chise was voted the Riverside Light,
Power and Gas Company by a vote
of 469 to 63. The company furnishes
. electric current to thirty-two towns. '
Atchison business men are elated
over their success in securing a stu
dent army training corps for Midland
College at Atchison. Word has been
received that a corps for Midland Col
lege has been approved by the Wa
Department and a United States
to begin instruction.
Lieut A. J. Sauer has arrived at
Baldwin to assume charge of the S. A.
T C. at Baker University. He will
start Inducting men into the v corps
immediately. x
If Kansas and Midwest manufac
turers in general do not get together
and go after war business they wil
be denied essentials, with the result
that scores of industries in this state
will be forced to close their doors.
This was the message brought back
by Earl Akers, cashier of the Kansas
Reserve Bank of Topeka, from Wash
ington, where he had a conference
with the officials in charge of the
distribution of essentials to manufac
turers. Akers was told if Western
manufacturers collectively would go
after war contracts they could get
enough to keep their factories run
ning, but co-operation is considered
necessary because the contracts are
larger than the average Western man
ufacturer could take care of single
handed.
The government war Industries
board has put highway construction
on a strict war basis in this state, and
has laid down a certain routine where
by contractors may apply" for the
necessary government approval to
complete the jobs. This is to be done
through the state highway commis
sion. But a number of partly com
pleted paving jobs, especially in cities
in the southeastern part of the state,
are tied up indefinitely, according to
Secretary Markham of the state high
way commission, because the govern
ment has not yet sent to the highway
board the blanks or questionnaires
designed for the contractors, cities,
counties or townships to fill out in
making application for the goveVa
ment's approval.
The annual convention of the Kan
sas Motion Picture Exhibitors League
will be held in Hutchinson on October
21 and 22. The plans are all made
for the presence here during the con
vention of a number of motion picture
actresses of national reputation. A
ball, at which the stars will appear,
will be the concluding number on the
program. An interesting feature will
be a contest in impersonation of
movie stars, in which any girl in the
state will be eligible. Exhibitors froia
all over the state are expected to find
candidates for this contest and bring
them to the convention.
Penalties for feeding wheat to hogs
have been assessed in two instances
recently by the Kansas food adminis
tration. At Winfield, Thomas Turn
stall was penalized $10 He had accept
ed wheat from farmers in payment of
debts and fed the wheat to his hogs.
W. WPatterson, a farmer of Bushong,
was penalized $25 for feeding wheat
to live stock and for failing to rake
wp windrows in his wheat field. The
money was paid to the Red Cross in
each instance.
The barbarities of the German in
vaders of France have been brought
home to this community vividly. Two
orphan French children,- victims of
the German atrocities, who have been
adopted by Leon O. Becker of New
ton, have arrived here to make their
home with the Beckers. The children
have both hands cut off and are other
wise marked by the almost unbeliev
able cruelties which the promoters of
German "kultur" perpetrated on non
combatantc of northern France.
Maj. Alvarado M. Fuller has receiv
ed telegraphic orders from the adju
tant general at Washington, promo
ting him to be a colonel in the regu
lar army. Colonel Fuller entered the
service as a, private, Troop B, 2d
Cavalry, at Omaha, January 1, 1870.
He was promoted to be a major and
retired January 19, 1907, and was im
mediately detailed on active duty with
the Kansas National Guard.
Word has been received at Neode
sha from Ross Bowles, superintendent
of a lead and zinc company in St.
Louis, that his son, Lieut. Martin
Bowles, was killed in action in France, J
September 3. Lieutenant Bowles was a
Neodesha boy, having gone from there
to the officers' training camp at Camp
Funston.
Mis3 Marcelle Arbiorean and Miss
Marie Bernard, sent from France by
the French government to be educated
in Baker University, have arrived.
The French government is sending
130 girls to America to be educated.
Four are being sent to Kansas schools,
two coming to Baker and the other
two going to Washburn.
The power plant of the Lebo Light
and Power Company burned recently.
This plant furnished power for the
elevator and the city's lighting sys
tem. Arrangements probably will b
made -to have a line run from Emporia
to furnish the town with electricity.
The Beloit High School building
was destroyed by fire recently. The
loss will be $100,000 or more with in
surance of $25,000. The fire started
in the physics room on the second
floor, but the cause Is unkonwn.
Miss Lillian Silver, 20 years old, of
Salina, died the other night from in
juries received when she was pinned
under a motor car which ran off the
end of a culvert and turned over.
Theodore Roosevelt will be in Wich
ita October 20 as guest of the Inter
national Wheat Show, according to E.
F. Mclntyre, general manager of the
exposition. He said a message was
received from Colonel Roosevelt, ac
cepting an invitation to speak on the
Liberty Loan.
A F. Miller of Greeley has been
notified that his son, William Miller,
is missing in action in France. This
is the second son he has lost in bat
tle, his son, Charles P. Miller, having
been killed in action July 15. .
Although the organization . of the
Loyalty League at Newton was start
ed recently, it already has enlisted
more than 900 members. Officers
have been elected as follows: The
Rev. J. E. Henshaw, president; John
C. Ely, vice president; Earl Jett, sec
retary. At the organization meeting a
committee of five, to be known as the
"vigilance committee," was named.
Victor Murdock of Kansas has been
nominated by President Wilson for
another term as a member of the Fed
eral Trade Commission.
ALLIES CONTINUE
VARIOUS DRIVES
Enemy Forces Have Been Bad
ly Defeated in Palestine
and Macedonia.
FRENCH HAVE TAKEIi PBILEP
Bulgar-German Troops Lose Strong
Strategic Point North of Monas
tir Close to St. Quentin.
Washington, Sept 25. In both
Macedonia and Palestine the Entente
Allied forces are giving the already
badly beaten Bulgarians, Germans and
Turks no rest, while in France the
British and French are continuing to
draw their net more closely about St.
Quentin and the remaining elements
of the Hindenburg line in this imme
diate region.
In Macedonia the situation of the
Bulgarians and Germans daily grows
more critical as the Allied forces
steadily maintain their pressure
against them.
In Turkey the latest operations of
the British and Arab tribesmen
friendly to the Allied cause seemingly
forecast the complete destruction or
capture of the Ottoman troops in
Palestine on both sides of the River
Jordan.
St. Quentin, through the latest ad
vices of the British and French, is all
but enveloped, and to the north the
strong enemy line protecting Cambrai
has been further encroached upon by
Field Marshal Haig's men.
Allies Press Forward.
All along the 100-mile front in
Macedonia, from the region north of
Monastir to Lake Doiran, the entire
Entente armies, have pressed further
forward against the demoralized' Bul
garians and Germans, whose rein
forcements have not been able to stif
fen the line for a face about.
North of Monastir the important
strategic position of Prilep has been
occupied, thus giving control of the
numerous roads radiating from it to
the French cavalry; in the center the
Serbians have pushed their wedge fur
ther in between the enemy's western
and eastern armies, while on the ex
treme eastern flank the British and
Greeks have advanced along both
sides of the Vardar to a depth averag
ing about ten miles over a front of
twenty miles.
Keep in Touch With Enemy.
Nowhere are the Entente command
ers permitting the Bulgarians and
Germans to lose contact with the ad
vancing troops, who are harassing
them vigorously.
So badly has the hundred miles
been penetrated or battered that im
mediate dire calamity seemingly faces
the enemy units and the retreat is
greatly hastened unless the "enemy is
fleet enough of foot to outdistance the
Allies on the wings of the drive and
reconstitute his front to the north
with Its center .resting possibly on
Uskub or thereabouts. Even if such
a maneuver is possible, doubtless it
will be necessary for the enemy to
straighten his line westward through
Albania to the Adriatic sea.
Allies Gain on All Fronts.
Washington, Sept 24. Disaster has
overtaken the Teuton over all fields.
In Palestine the Turks are all but
absolutely crushed; in Macedonia the
Entente forces are harrying their foes
and threatening them with similar dis
aster; in France the British and
French troops slowly but surely are
eating their way into the vitals of the
German defensive positions, the col
lapse of which would result in impor
tant changes all along the- Western
battle front, and in Eastern Siberia
the Japanese have made additional
strides forward in the process of re
claiming that territory for the Rus
sians. . In all the theaters of war the En
tente Allies have the initiative in their
hands and are pressing their advan
tage rigorously. The Germans and
their allies nowhere are able to do
more than stand on the defensive.
And in Palestine and Macedonia their
efforts in this respect have proved
sorry ones.
Turks Suffer Heavy Losses.
From north of Jerusalem to the Sea
of Galilee in the territory lying be
tween the River Jordan and the Medi
terranean Sea, the Ottoman forces
have been caught by the swift drive
of the British armies and virtually an
nihilated. Added to the heavy cas
ualties suffered by the Turks, thou
sands of them were made prisoner
and many more are wandering bewil
dered, without leaders, in the hills,
eventually to be brought in to swell
the great total. At last accounts more
than twenty-five thousand of the sul
tan's soldiers and 260 guns and large
quantities of war stores were in Brit
ish hands.
America Has Silver Bullet.
Chicago,. Sept. 25. Three hundred
billion dollars can be raised by the
United States if necessary, in the
opinion of 3,500 bankers gathered
at the forty-fourth annual convention
of the American Bankers Association.
In Trenches 3 Years; Killed by Motor.
Chicago; Sept 25. After spending
three years in the trenches with the
Canadfftn Expeditionary Forces, Sergt
Joseph H. Stokes, on leave from the
Canadian Army, was killed by a motor
car here last night
Loan Shark Left iyA Million.
New York, Sept 25. Daniel H. Tol
man, known from coast to coast as
"king of the loan sharks," left an es
tate of $7,259,344, according to an ap
praisal filed 'here today. The assets
comprise chiefly notes for amounts
running as high as $300,000.
Germany to Give Ships to Spain.
London, Sept 25. The Times 1 earns
from Son Sebastian that. Germany has
offered to hand over to Spain seven
German ships interned in Spanish
ports.
To add to the demoralization of th
Turkish morale, .Allied aviators are
carrying out successful bombing raids
against Constantinople.
Cut Bulgarian Communications.
Over a front of eighty -miles in
Southern Serbia, from Monastir to
Lake Doiran, the Entente troops are
vigorously assailing the Bulgarians
and Germans. Already In the swift
drive in the center a great spearhead
has been pushed across the Istib
Prilep Road, seyering communications
between the Bulgarian army northeast
of Monastir and that in the Lake Doi
ran region. Unofficial reports are to
j the effect that the Serbs have taken
j between nine thousand and ten thou
sand prisoners and 120 guns.
Capture 18,000 Turks.
London, Sept 23. British troops in
their drive north throughout Palestine
already have counted 18,000 Turkish
prisoners and have collected 120 guns,
besides four airplanes and a large
j Quantity of uncounted transports, ac
cording to an official statement given
out this evening by the British war
office.
" This means the virtual annihilation
of the Ottoman forces in this region.
The British losses were surprisingly
slight considering the importance of
the advance.
Here in less than four days the Brit
ish have swept forward in the center
between the .Jordan river and taken
famous Nazareth, while their wings
closed round in a swift enveloping
movement and nipped within the maw
of the great pincer all the Ottoman
forces In the coastal sector, the plain
of Sharon, the hill region in the cen
ter and also the western Jordan valley.
SET TOTAL OF LIBERTY LOAN
The Amount, Probably Six Billions,
Was Not Announced Interest
Rate Per Cent
Washington, Sept. 24. All terms of
I the Fourth Liberty Loan except the
j size and the maturity were announced
today by the Treasury. The amount
probably near 6 billion dollars, was
decided on, but announcement was
withheld.
The interest rate will be 44 per
cent, the same as that of the Third
Liberty Loan. Bonds will be dated
October 24, five days after the close
of the subscription period, and the
first interest payment will be made
next April 15, and will be for the 173
days intervening. Thereafter, semi
annual payments will be made October
15 and April 15. On a $50 bond the
first interest coupon will be ' worth
$1.01, on $100, $2.02, and higher multi
ples accordingly.
Both coupon and registered bonds
will be issued in denominations of
$50. $100, $500, $1,000. $5,000 and $10,
000. The $50,000 and $100,000 bonds
will be registered only.
V
U. S. WILL CONTROL COTTON
Federal Government to Distribute the
Staple While the Price Fixing
Probe Is Under Way.
Washington, Sept 24. First steps
looking to the fixing of prices for stan
dard grades of raw cotton were taken
today by the government in the nam
ing of two committees, one to investi
gate the entire cotton situation and
the other to control during the period
of this inquiry the distribution of cot
ton by purchasing all of the x staple
needed by the United States and the
Allie sat prices to be approved by the
President
Thomas W. Page, vice-chairman of
the tariff commission, is chairman of
the committee of inquiry, and Charles
J. Brand of the Department of Agri
culture is chairman of the purchasing
committee.
The shortage for the coal year now
amounts to 13,624,000 net tons and
makes necessary during the remain
der of the coal year a daily production
of 2,038,000 tons, or 2 per cent more
than the average daily production to
date.
OUTPUT OF COAL SHOWS GAIN
But a Big Shortage for the Year Still
Exists, Federal Fuel Admin
istration Reports.
Washington, Sept 23. Production
of both bituminous and anthracite coal
increased during the week ending Sep
tember 14. An announcement today
by the Fuel Administration, placed bi
tuminous production at 12,692,000 net
tons, an increase of 13.2 per cent over
the preceding week, and anthracite
production is estimated at 2,088,000
net tons, an increase of 29.1 per cent
over the week before.
SLAVS MURDER AMERICANS
Amsterdam, Sept 23. The Russian
People's Commissary at Vologda, ac--cording
to the Petrograd correspon
dent of the Hamburg Nachrichten, has
urged on the population of the entire
Vologda Province the moat ruthless
persecution of British subjects and
French and American citizens.
Stops Malting for Beer.
Washington, Sept 23. Malting of
grain for the purpose of brewing beer
or near beer is prohibited by an order
issued today by the food administra
tion. The order is effective Immedi
ately. i
Twelve Accidentally Killed.
Washington, Sept 23. Twelve
deaths from airplane accidents at army
aviation fields throughout the country
during the week ended September 14
are reported in a summary issued by
the war department
To Get Honor Pennants.
Washington, Sept 23. Industrial
honor pennants, a new development in
Liberty loan campaigning, will be
awarded to all establishments which
show that 75 per cent of their em
ployes harre subscribed to the Fourth
Liberty loan. .
Jews Plan New Welfare Huts.
New York, Sept 23. The Jewish
welfare board announced today it had
authorized the erection of twenty-seven
new huts in "military cantonments
throughout the United States.
THE INFLUENZA IS
SPREADING FAST
Public Health Service Making
Strenuous Efforts to Check
the Disaase.
CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON
War and Navy Departments and Red
Cross Discuss Relief Measures
5,324 New Cases.
Washington, Sept 26. Spanish in
fluenza has spread over the country
so rapidly that officials of the public
health service, the War and Navy de
partments and the Red Cross con
ferred today on measures to help local
communities in combatting the di
sease. Calls for assistance already
have been received from several cities
and in one Instance, Wilmington, N.
C, the public health service hospital
was opened for treatment of persons
suffering with the disease.
Considering Drastic Steps.
Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the
public health service said tonight that
latest reports showed that the malady
made its appearance in twenty-six
states from the Atlantic - to the Pa
cific. The disease is epidemic in New
England, where it first made its ap
pearance, and officials in that section
are considering drastic steps to curb
its spread, including the prevention
of public gatherings.
Influenza has appeared on the Pa
cific coast in Washington and Cali
fornia, but is not yet epidemic there.
It also has been reported in Minnesota
and Iowa. East of the Mississippi,
however, there are few states where
it has not been found.
The Disease Is Spreading.
The disease continued to spread to
day in army camps, 5,324 new cases
being reported to the officers of the
surgeon general of the army up to
noon. No new camps were added to
the list and it was announced that
there are fifteen camps and stations
free from influenza.
The total reported from the camps
today was the largest in any one day
and brought the total for all camps to
29,002 cases. The number of pneu
monia cases reported among the sol
diers since the outbreak of the influ
enza epidemic September 13, is 2,313,
and the number of deaths since that
date is 530, with 155 reported today.
For the first time since the out
break the number of new cases re
ported from Camp Devens, Mass., was
lower than the number reported from
another camp. The new cases at
Camp Devens numbered 399, making
the total 11,715. Hoboken reported
the greatest number, 1,025. This,
however, included several camps and
depots.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND DEAD
Overwork In Patriotic Activities
Brought on Breakdown of Aged
Prelate of Catholic Church.
St Paul, Sept 26. Archbishop John
Ireland of the St Paul diocese of the
Roman Catholic Church died at 3:55
o'clock yesterday morning after an ill
ness of heart disease and stomach
trouble.
The archbishop was in frail health
for a year. Last winter he went to
Florida. When he returned, early in
the spring, he suffered a breakdown,
and for several days was at the point
of death. After his physicians had
practically abandoned Lope for his re
covery he grew better and almost im
mediately after he was able to leave
his bed he celebrated solemn high
mass at the cathedral.
Archbishop Ireland recently cele
brated his eightieth birthday. Shortly
afterwards he suffered a second re
lapse within sir months, and his con
dition soon became grave.
NO PEACE TRAPS FOR LABOR
French Leaders Are Told by Gomper
That American Workers Desire
Clean Cut Victory.
Paris, Sept 26. Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, told more than a score of
French labor leaders, representing
every phase of workmen's activities
in France, that American labor is de
termined to carry the war on to a vic
torious finish. He declared America's
working men will "see it through,
whatever may be the cost"
Gompers said there will be no listen
ing to any peace propositions and no
peace talk "until It's over.
From many of the French leaders
the Gompers delegation received the
assurance that France's labor will
stand with America and maintain a
home front until victory has been won
by arms, turning deaf ears to peace
trap lures.
May Fix Price of Hogs.
Washington, Sept 26. Guarantee to
farmers of a minimum price of $15.50
a hundred pounds for hogs during the
war is recommended by tha national
agricultural advisory committee in a
report submitted 'today to the Food
Administration.
Canada's War Toll, 115,806.
Ottawa, Sept 26. The- net losses In
the overseas military forces of Canada
in England and France up to August 1
were 115,806 officers, noncommission
ed officers and men.
Berlin Admits Allied Raids.
Amsterdam, Sept 26. Forty-seven
air raids were made on German towns
In the month of August according to
an official statement issued at Ber
lin. This statement says Beventy-nine
persons were killed and 113 injured
In the raids.
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A Swedish Gunboat Sunk.
Copenhagen, Sept 26 The Swedish
gunboat Geinheild has been sunk by
striking a German mine in the Skager
Rak with the loss of the chief officer
and eighteen Ea.
X Major Lambert Head
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Alaj. Alexander Lambert, a New
York physician, who was elected head
of the American Medical association
after one of the most spirited contests
ever held.
HOUSE VOTES FOR DRY NATION
Prohibition Rider to Agricultural Bill
Adopted by Big Majority All
Amendments Defeated.
Washington, Sept 24 National pro
hibition, effective next July 1 for the
period of the war, was approved to
night by the House, which adopted,
171 to 34, the Senate prohibition rider
to the 12 million dollar Emergency
Agricultural Appropriation bilL The
measure now will jj sent to confer
ence for adjustment of differences be
tween the two houses on appropria
tion items.
All efforts to amend the legislation
were defeated. A proposal by Repre
sentative Kahn of California, Repub
lican, to extend the effective date for
prohibiting the sale of wine and beer
to December 31, 1919, was defeated,
112 to 52, as was one by Representa
tive Beshlin of Pennsylvania, Demo
crat to change the date for stopping
the manufacture of beei and wine
from next May 1 to December 1, 1313.
After voting in the committee of
the whole to accept an amendment
permitting the importation of wine
until next May 1, the House later re
versed its decision, and by a vote of
121 to 59 retained the original Senate
provision that importation of winti
must cease when the measure be
comes effective upon its signature by
the President The. amendment was
approved by the House agricultural
committee to meet an objection by
the governments of France, Italy,
Spain and PortugaL
Debate over the bill, brought out the
wet and the dry champions.
California grape growers, who pro
duce 33 per cent of the domestic wine,
will be unable to liquidate their busi
ness before wine sales are prohibited
next July, said Mr. Kami. He said
sales of habit forming drugs are in
creasing in prohibition territory and
complained that the present law does
not stop the sale of medicines con
taining large amounts cf alcohol and
drugs.
A plea for prohibition wa3 made by
Representative Rainey of Illinois,
Democratic member of the ways and
means committee, who declared the
committee had reached the conclusion
that the government can be conduct
ed without the revenue received from
the liquor traffic. The 1 million
drug users in the United Slates have
developed to a greater extent in the
immediate neighborhood of saloons,
Mr Rainey declared He praised the
Anti-Saloon League for its part in fur
thering the prohibition movement
Joseph Pulitzer Joins Navy.
Chicago, Sept 21. Joseph Pulitzer,
editor of the St Louis Post-Dispatch
and director of the New York World
Corporation, has been enrolled in the
aviation training school- at Great
Lakes Naval Training Station, it be
came known today.
CONDENSED NEYS ITEMS
Trapped by the police in a two-story
brick dwelling at Kansas City, Ros
coe Lancaster held more than 100 po
licemen at bay for two hours while a
crowd of about 5,000 persons gathered
and watched the progress of a gun
battle that ended only when Lancaster
was mortally wounded and three mem
bers of the besieging force were put
out of. action by bullets.
Undesirable aliens are being de
ported from the Mexican state of Sina
loa, according to an official telegram
received at Nogalez, Ariz.
United States Senator Thomas P.
Gore was not Invited to address the
Democratic state convention at Okla
homa City. Senator Gore at one time
was on the floor of the convention.
He came, he said, at the invitation of
the chairman of the Democratic state
campaign committee.
Renewed attempts have been made
to assassinate members of the Soviet
government In Russia, and as a re-;
suit there will be fresh measures in
reprisal, says a Moscow dispatch re
ceived at Amsterdam.
Declaring that production of petro
leum has reached a critical stags and
that the future supply is threatened
by the proposed war tax on petroleum
producers, Henry L. Doherty, chairman
of the taxation committee of the Na
tional Petroleum War Service Com
mission, has appealed for a further re
vision of the tax.
Three officers and twenty-seven cf
the crew of the American steamer
Buena Ventura have arrived &t Coron
na, Spain. Three boats with sixty-four
cf the crew are Elss'sg.
PREPARING FOR
DRAFT DRAWING
Lottery to Determine Order of
Calling New Registrants
to be Held Soon.
TO CALL 19-36 GLASS FIRST
Generar Crowder Expects Total Erv
rollment to Exceed Estimates
Nearly All States Have
Reported.
Washington, Sept 25w The national
lottery, which, in a measure, will de
termine the order of the calling ol
the 13,000,000 men between IS and
45 years of age who registered Sep
tember 12, probably will not be held
before next week.
Officials had hoped to fix a date
late this week, but this plan is under
stood to have been abandoned in or
der that additional time may be given
local beards to correct any errors
made in assigning serial numbers to
the registrants.
Since men between 19 and 36 are to
be the first called to the colors, the
drawing will have less effect upon de
termining the order of the call than
did that for the nearly 1.000,000 men.
who turned 21 before lasi June 5. Or
der numbers for all the 13,000,000 men
will be drawn, but youths of 18 and
men between 36 and 45 will not be
classified until the boards have given
classification to all the men between
19 and Z6, who are the first to receive
their Questionnaires. In the mean
time many of the 19 to 36 classes will
have been inducted into service
Reports received today by Provost
Marshal General Crowder from near
ly all states indicated that satisfac
tory progress is being made by local
boards in attaching serial numbers to
the registration cards, but in one or
two instances mistakes by local
boards have made necessary the re
numbering of the cards for all regis
trants under their jurisdiction. No
date for the drawing can be fixed un
til this work is completed and the
serial numbers posted, and while this
may be done this week, it is under
stood that General Crowder will al
low several days for the discovery of
any errors before holding the draw
ing. Only five states have now to report
the totals of the registration Unless
their returns show sharp decreases
under the official estimate, the total
registration will exceed the original
estimate of 12,778,000.
FOR RELIEF OF TEN MILLION
Herbert C. Hoover Announces Plans
to Feed People in German
Occupied Territory.
Washington, Sept 25. Ten million
inhabitants of the German-occupied
positions of Prance and Belgium will
be supplied with food during the next
twelve months by the commission for
the relief in Belgium, according to
announcement today by Herbert
Hoover, chairman. The carrying out
of this program will mean the ex
penditure of approximately 2 SO mil
ion dollars, which will be supplied
through the extension of credit to
France and Belgium to cover pur
chases of foodstuffs in the United
States.
To transport the needed foodstuffs,
in addition to the fleet of vessels con
trolled by the relief commission, the
United States and Allied governments,
Chairman Hoover announced, have
placed at the disposal of the commis
sion two hundred thousand tons oi
shipping recently obtained from the
Swedish government
WANTS ARMY SENT TO ITALY
Italian Press Emphasizes the Impon
tance of American Aid at the
Present Time There.
Washington, Sept 25. A telegram
from Rome, received in a diplomatic
quarter, states that the Italian press
emphasizes the Importance of the an
nouncement that the advisability of
sending an American Army to Italy
has been laid before President Wilson-
The Messaggere, according to
this dispatch, asserjts that generous
American participation in the war
fare against Austria-Hungary would
not only have military value, but the
highest political significance.
Administration officials here have
made no announcement relating to tha
probability of further American Army
participation in Italy, although tha
matter is known to have been under
consideration for some time. Ameri
can troops in limited number were
sent to Italy several months ago from
France by General Pershing.
British Bomb Metz Region.
London, Sept 24. Machines of the
British independent air force dropped
nearly sixteen tons of bombs on Ger
man airdromes and on blast furnaces
In the Metz region on Saturday night,
It was officially announced today.
One Plant Has Made 1 Million Rifles.
Washington, Sept 24. Josephu3
Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, left
here this morning to deliver a speech,
this -afternoon at the Eddystone plant,
a ear Philadelphia, in honor of its com
pletion of 1 million rifles in a year.
Marshall In Burning Hotel.
Washington, Sept 24. Fire early
this morning damaged the New Wil
lard Hotel and sent the thousand cr
more guests hurrying to the street in
scanty attire. In the hotel were Vice
President Marshall, several senators
and other government offlcials.
i
Fourth Loan Payment 10 Per Cent.
Washington, Sept 24. Ten per cent
cf the fourth Liberty Loan subscrip
tions will be required in application
la stead of 5 per cent as past Ioan3,
tie Treasury announced today.