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SCORES TIE KAISER PRESIDENT SAYS MILITARY MAS TERS DENIED U. S. RIGHT JO BE NEUTRAL. FILLED COUNTRY WITH SPIES Failed in Attempt to Coread Sedition -—German People in Grip of Same Sinister Power That Has Drawn Blood From Us. Washington, June 15.—President Wilson in a Flag day address deliv ered here on Thursday declared that we were forced into the world-wide war by the extraordinary insults and aggressions of the military masters of Germany. The president’s address in part is as follows: My Fellow Citizens: We meet to celebrate Flag Day because this Hag which we honor and under which we serve is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought and purpose as a nation. It has no other character than that whi'eh we give it from generation to generation. The choices are ours. It floats in majestic silence above the hosts that execute those choices, whether in peace or in war. Atd yet, though silent, it speaks to us—speaks to us of the past, of the men and wom en who went before us and of the rec ords they wrote upon it. We celebrate the day of its birth; and from its birth until now it has witnessed a great his tory, has floated on high the symbol of great events, of a great rlan of life worked out by a great people. We are about to carry it into battle, to lift it where it will draw the fire of our en emies. We are about to bid thousands, hundreds of thousands, it may be mil lions of our men, the young, the strong, the capable men of the nation, to go forth and die beneath it on fields of blood far away—for what? For some unaccustomed thing? For something for which it has never sought the fire before? American armies were never before sent across the seas. Why are they sent now? For some new pur pose, for which this great flag has nev er been carried before, or for some old, familiar, heroic purpose for which it has seen men, Its own men, die on ev ery battlefield upon which Americans have borne arms since the Revolution? These are questions which must be answered. We are Americans. We In our turn serve America, and can serve her with no private purpose. We must use her flag as she has always used it. We are accountable at the bar of his tory and must plead in utter frankness what purpose it is we seek to serve. United States Forced Into War. It is plain enough how we were forced into the war. The extraordi nary insults and aggressions of the im perial German government left us no self-respecting choice but to take up arms in defense of our rights as a free people and of our honor as a sovereign government. The military masters of Germany denied us the right to be neu tral. They filled our unsuspecting com munities with vicious spies and con spirators and sought to corrupt the opinion of our people in their own be half. Whea they found that they could not do that, their agents diligently spread sedition amongst us and sought to draw our own citizens from their allegiance, and some of those agents were men connected with the official emhassy of the German government it self here in our own capital. They sought by violence to destroy our in dustries and arrest our commerce. They tried to incite Mexico to take up arms against us and to draw Japan in to a hostile alliance with her —and that, not by Indirection, but by direct suggestion from the foreign office in Berlin. They impudently denied us the use of the high seas and repeated ly executed their threat that they would send to their death any of our people wno ventured to approach the coasts of Europe. And many of our own people were corrupted. Men be gan to look upon their own neighbors with suspicion and to wonder In their hot resentment and surprise whether there was any community In which hostile intrigue did not lurk. What great nation In such circumstances would not have taken up arms? Much as we had desired peace, It was denied us, and not of our own choice. This flag under which we serve would have been dishonored had we withheld our hand. No Emnity Toward German People. But that is only part of the story. We know now as clearly as we knew before we were ourselves engaged that we are not enemies of the German peo ple and that they axe not our enemies. They did not originate or desire this hideous war or wish that we should be drawn into it; and we are vaguely con scious that we are fighting their cause, as they will some day see It, as well as our own. They are themselves in the grip of the same sinister power that has now at last stretched its ugly tal ons out and drawn blood from us. The whole world Is in the grip of that pow er and Is trying out the great battle which sSmll determine whether it is to be brought under its mastery or fling itself frefc. The war was begun by the military masters of Germany, who proved to be also the masters of Austria-Hungary. These men have never regarded na tions as peoples, men, women, and children of like blood and frame as themselves, for whom governments ex isted and in whom governments had their life. They have regarded them merely as serviceable organizations which they could by force or intrigue bend or corrupt to their own purpose. ARMIES TO WORK AS UNIT Plan Which It Is Believed Will Add Effectiveness to Forces of the Allied Powers. Washington, June 15.—An Interna tional army staff and International navy staff for co-ordination of military and naval operations will be created by the allied powers. The organization of such bodies Is deemed absolutely essential lf the al lies are to win the war. The nations PUNS FOR MILITARY UNITY Offensive Conducted by the Allied Pow ers to Be Under Control of Single Body of Experts. London. June 15. —It is regarded as probable that in the future most of the German, Austro-Hungarian. Bulga rian and Turkish troops will be free to turn their attention solely to France, Italy, Great Britain and the Fnlted States. v The U responsible for as Ifcey hare regarded the smaller states, In particular, and the peoples who could be overwhelmed by force, as their natural tools and Instruments of domination. Their purpose has long been Avowed. The demands made by Austria upon Serbia -were a mere single step in a plan which compassed Europe and Asia, from Berlin to Bagdad. They hoped those demands might not arouse Europe, but they meant to press them whether they did or not, for they thoughi themselves ready for the final issue of arms. Vast Empirt Planned. *l'neir plan was to throw a broad belt of German military power and political control across the very center of Eu rope and beyond the Mediterranean in to the heart of Asia; and Austria-Hur gary was to be as much their tool and pawn as Serbia or Bulgaria or Turkey or the ponderous states of the East. The dream had its heart at Berlin. It could have had a heart nowhere else! It rejected the idea of solidarity of race entirely. The choice of peoples played no part In It at aIL They ar dently desired to direct their own af fairs, wouhj be satisfied only by undis puted independence. They could be kept quiet only by tl e presence or the constant threat of armed men. The German military statesmen had reck oned with all that and were ready to deal with it in their own way. And they have actually carried the greater part of that amazing plan Into execution! Look how things stand. Austria Is at their mercy. It has acted, not upon its own initiative or upon the choice of its own people, but at Ber lin’s dictation ever since the war be gan. Its people now desire peace, but cannot have it until leave Is granted from Berlin. The so-called central powers are in fact but a single power. Serbia Is at Its mercy, should its hands be but for a moment freed. From Hamburg to the Persian gulf the net Is spread. Why Berlin Seeks Peace. Is It not easy to understand the eag erness for peace that has been mani fested from Berlin ever since the snare was set and sprung? Peace, peace, peace has been the talk of her foreign office for now a year and more; not peace upon her own Initiative, but up on the initiative of the nations over which she now deems herself to hold the advantage. Through all sorts of channels it has come to me. and in all sorts of guises, but never with the terms disclosed which the German gov ernment would be willing to accept. That government still holds a valuable part of France, though with slowly re laxing and practically the whole of Belgium. It cannot go further; It dare not go back. It wishes to close its bargain before It is too late and it has little left to offer for the pound of flesh it will demand. The military masters under whom Germany is bleeding see very clearly to what point Fate has brought them. If they fall back or are forced back an inch, their power both abroad and at home will fall to pieces like a house of cards. If they can se cure peace now with the immense ad vantages still In their hands which they have up to this point apparently gained, they will have justified then* selv- s before the German people; they will have gained by force what they promised to gain by it: an immense expansion of German power, an im mense enlargement of German indus trial and commercial opportunities. If they fail, their people will thrust them aside; a government accountable to the people themselves will be set up In Germany as It has been In Englan.l, in the United States, in France, aud in all the great countries of the mod ern time except Germany. If they suc ceed they are safe and Germany and the world are undone; If they fail Gep many is saved and the world will be at peace. If they succeed, we and all the rest of the world must remain armed, as they will remain, and must make ready for the next step of ag gression; If they fall, the world may unite for peace, and Germany may be of the union. Seek to Deceive World. The present particular aim of the masters of Germany is to deceive all those who throughout the world stand for the rights of peoples and the self government of nations; for they see what immense strength the forces of Justice and of liberalism are gathering out of this war. The sinister intrigue Is being no less actively conducted In this country than fn Russia and in every country In Eu rope to which the agents and dupes of the Imperial German government can get access. United States In War for Freedom. The great fact that stands out above all the rest Is that this Is a People’s war, a war for freedom and Justice and self-government amongst all the na tions of *he world, a war to make the world safe for the peoples who live in it and have made it their own, the German people themselves included} and that with us rests the choice to break through all these hypocrisies and patent cheats and masks of brute force and help tet the world free, or else stand aside and let It be dominated a long age through by sheer weight of arms and the arbitrary choices of self constituted masters, by the nation which can maintain the biggest armies and the most irresistible armaments — a power to which the world has af forded no parallel and in the face of which political freedom must wither and perish. For us there is but one choice. We have made it. Woe be to the man or group of men that seeks to stand in our way in this day of high resolution when every principle we hold dearest is to be vindicated and made secure for the salvation of the nations. We are ready to plead at the bar of history, and our flag shall wear anew luster. fighting in league with Germany have practically surrendered their independ ence to Berlin. It is at the German headquarters that the moves are planned, not only, for the German fronts but for the Italian battlefields, the Balkans, Aslc Minor and Persia. This unity of com mand has resulted In movements tc hold vast be,-lies of enemy troops while a strenuous forward campaign was be ing conducted elsewhere. This scheme It is felt, must now be put in force bj the allies. attitule on the part of the allied cap itals to work as a unit, to co-ordlnat *ll the forces available, and to ust them in conjunction for the defeat of the enemy. No difficulty will be experienced ir France. Major General Pershing, wh< commands the first American erpedl tlon, will take his orders directly fron General Petain, the French commandei In chief. He will confer with Genera; Haig. British commander in chief, ant will act in accordance with their In struct! ons. THE WAYS TO SERVE ARE MANY INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. wu.lia*o * LIBERTY LOAN WINNER TREASURY OFFICIALS SEE BIG EXCESS IN REPORTS. Estimated That the Names of Three Million Subscribers Are on the Books. Washington, June 18.—American pa triotism, enthusiasm and momentum has assured an oversubscription of 51,000,000,000 to the $2,000,000,000 Lib erty Loan. The total subscription may reach $3,500,000,000. Had the time for applications been extended 24 hours, it is morally certain that Secretary McAdoo could have sold 53,500,000,000. “The Liberty Loan has been oversub scribed,” said Secretary McAdoo. ‘‘lt Is impossible to state the amount of oversubscription at the moment, but the exact figures will be given out as rapidly as the returns are received at the treasury department. “The success of this loan is a genu ine triumph for democracy. It is the unmistakable expression of America’s determination to carry this war for the protection of American rights and the re-establishment of peace and liberty throughout the world to a swift and successful conclusion. “I am deeply grateful to the bankers, the business men, the women of Amer ica, the patriotic organizations and the people generally, without whose cor dial co-operation and enthusiastic sup port success could’ not have been won.” Denominations of SSO and 5100 seemed in strong demand, indicating that the hopes of treasury officials for wide pojtular participation would be realized. It was estimated the number of subscribers would be nearly three million. FOR BIG U. S. AIR FLEET Hundred Thousand American Air planes Will Be Rushed to France . —President Approves. Washington, June 19.—Secretary of War Baker, in an interview, officially indorsed the plan to put an overwhelm ing force of American airplanes on the European battle front in the shortest possible time. It is understood the war department has prepared plans involving the ex penditure of $000,000,000 in the imme diate construction of a vast fleet of airplanes, and that estimates covering the plans will be forwarded to con gress shortly. The statement by Secretary Baker is regarded as doubly important so far as consummation of the gigantic plan to put upward of 100,000 air planes into action if necessary, be cause it shows that President Wilson himself is squarely behind the propo sition. U-BOAT DESTROYED BY JAPS Warships Send Submarine to the Bot tom During Engagement In the Mediterranean. London, June 20. —An offi<*lal state ment issued by the British admiralty on Monday says that a Teuton subma rine has probably been sunk by Jap anese warships in the Mediterranean. The statement follows: “The Japanese naval attache com municates that one of the Japanese flotillas in the Mediterranean, on the evening of June 12, encountered an enemy submarine and immediately at tacked it with, it is believed, good suc cess, and probably sank it.” Goethals Orders More Ships. Washington, June 20.—Contracts for ten more steel merchant ships com plete and for 24 additional wooden hulls were announced by Major Gen eral Goethals, general manager of the emergency fleet corporation. Coal Operators on Trial. New York, June 20.—The govern ment’s ease against 64 individuals and 108 corporations indicted on a charge of conspii\ig to restrain trade and fix prices in Virginia and West Virginia, was brought to trial here. Mob Lynches Negro. Oklahoma City, Okla., June 19. Henry Conly, a negro, was lynched by a mob near Holdenvllle, Okla., after, it is said, he had been identified by Mrs. -Tesse L. Burford. wife of a farmer, as the man who had assaulted her. Heavy Bail for Anarchists. New York. June 19.—Emma Gold man and Alexander Berkman. anar chists arrested for inciting anticon scription feeling, waived examination in federal court aud were remanded under $25,000 bail each. Twenty Killed ih Explosion. New York, June 16.—Twenty work men were killed and buried under parts of the walls of a mixing building of the American Sugar Defining com pany's plant in Brooklyn, which were ripped apart by an explosion. Japan to Send a Mission. Washington. June 16.—Japan :vtH send a mission to the United States. The mission will have broad powers, especially in diplomatic consultation, and is expected to leave Japan during the first part of July. WAUSAU PILOT GERMANS IN RETREAT BRITISH DRIVE FORCES FOE TO ABANDON IMPORTANT POSTS. Director of English Operations Says Messines Battle Was Great Vic tory for Allies. London, June 16. —Important sec tions of the German front between the Lys river and St. Yves have been abandoned by the Germans, it was an nounced officially on Thursday. British troops are reported as fol lowing the retreating Germans closely and have mude considerable progress east of Ploegsteert wood. The statement is as follows: “Our further advance east of Mes sines, combined with the pressure of our troops south of the front of our attack, has compelled the enemy to abandon important sections of his first line defensive system in the area be tween the River Lys and St. Yveft. Our troops have followed up the enemy closely and have made considerable progress east of Ploegsteert wood. * “We raided enemy trenches during the night north of Bullecourt and south of Hooge ail captured a few prisoners in each case.” TheMessines offensive was the most successful attack which the British have yet made, every single objective that was marked in the preliminary plans having been attained, said Maj. Gen. F. B. Maurice, chief director of military operations at the war office, in his weekly talk. WAR TAX BILL CUT $9,000,000 Senate Finance Committee Takes Tar iff Off Athletic Goods, Patent Medicines. Washington, June 16. —The house war tax bill was decreased about $9,- 000,000 more when the senate finance committee on Thursday decided to re duce the manufacturers’ tax on ath letic goods, patent medicines, per fumeries and cosmetics from 5 to 2 per cent. Rates of distilled spirits, malt liquors, wines and soft drinks, raising an aggregate of about $166,000,000, were approved virtually as drafted by the house. Reduction of the tax on patent medi cines involves a revenue loss of more than $5,000,000, and at the new rate of 2 per cent will include about $3,400,* 000 instead of 8,500,000. The reduction in the rate of athletic goods will reduce prospective revenues from that source from $2,000,000 to SBOO,OOO. BRITISH WIN IN RECORD TIME General Haig’s Troops Capture Ger. man Positions in Fight That Lasts Two Minutes. British Headquarters in France, June 19.—The war’s latest develop ment is a two-minute battle. It took the British just that long to capture three-quarters of a mile of trenches on Infantry hill, east of Mon chy Le Preux. The time for “going over the top” was set for 7:25 and at 7:27 rockets signaled the fact all along the line attacked that the objectives had’been taken. The British stole out of their trenches in broad daylight without a single shot of artillery preparation having been fired, rushed across No Man’s Land, surprised the German gar rison at breakfast and took three offi cers and 175 other prisoners Russ Navy Commander Quits. Petrograd, June 19. —Admiral Madi moff, commander of the Black sea fleet, has left his post and will be re placed by Bear Admiral Verdervski. General Yudevitch has been replaced by General Prjevalsky. Diver Sinks Big Transport. Paris, June 19.—The transport An nam was torpedoed in the lonian sea on June 11 while proceeding under es cort. Bombs were at once thrown in the track of the submarine, which did not mtppear. Smoot Resolution Adopted. Washington, June 18.—The senate on Friday adopted the Smoot resolu tion calling on the secretary of war to state whether the Enfield rifle has been ndpoted for array use in place of the Springfield rifle. Liberty Bonds Above Par. New York. Jime 18.—Initial' trans actions in Liberty bonds, trading in which began on the New York stock exchange at noon Friday, were above par. A lot of SIO,OOO sold at par and 1-50. Few Papers Not Keeping Faith Washington. June 16.—'"Ninety-nine per cent of the newspapers of the Unit ed States are keeping the faith One per cent are undoing the work done by all the rest.” This was the statement of the committee on public information. Jai! for Brussels Official Stockholm. June 16.—The chief mag istrate of Brussels has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment and M Jaegmain. a city councilman, in charge of educational affairs, has been sen tenced to month Imprisonment RUSS ARMY TO FI6HT DUMA DEMANDS TROOPS TAKE THE OFFENSIVE AGAINBT GERMANS AT ONCE. PEACE AGENTS ARE EXPELLED Congress of Workmen and Sold ers In dorses Expulsion of Envoys—For eign Minister Says Slavs Will Continue War. Petrograd, June 19.—A resolution, calling for an immediate offensive by Russian troops, has been adopted by the duma in secret session. This information was made public at about the same time that notice was given that the pan-Russian con gress of all councils of workmen’s and soldiers’ delegates had ratified the ac tion of the provisional government in expelling from Russia Robert Grimm, the Swiss Socialist, reported to be the medium through which the Ger mans attempted to grange a separate peace with Russia. The duma statement declares a sep arate peace with Germany or pro longed Inactivity on the battle front to be ignoble treason toward Russia’s allies, for which future generations never would pardon the Russia of the present day. “The duma therefore considers,” the resolution adds, “that the safety of Russia and the maintenance of the liberties which have been obtained lie In an Immediate offensive in close co operation with Russia’s allies.” “The Russian people consider war Inevitable and will continue it. The Russians have no imperialistic wishes. We know that you have none. > We shall fight together to secure liberty, freedom and happiness for all the world. I am happy to say that I do not see any moral idea or factor between America and Russia to divide us. “We two people—Russia fighting tyranny and America standing as the oldest democracy—hand in hand will show the way of happiness to nations, great and small.” These ringing words, expressing the attitude of the Russian government toward America and the American mission headed by Elihu Root, were voiced by M. Tereschtenko, minister of foreign affairs, responding for the council of ministers to Mr. Root’s ad dress of sympathy and good will. U. S. SHIP SUNK IN FIGHT Three Hundred and Fifty Shots Fired During Engagement—Four Amer icans Are Killed. Washington, June 18.—The Ameri can tank steamer Moreni was sunk by a German submarine June 12 after a running fight of two hours. Four ot the crew lost their lives. The story is told in this statement by the state department: “The department of state is informed of the sinking of the American tank steamer Moreni about six o’clock on the morning of June 12 after a two hour running fight with a German sub marine. “The vessel was first fired upon from an estimated distance of 8,000 yards at four o’clock. The steamer, which was armed and carried a gun crew, re turned the shots asd attempted to es cape. There was a light breeze and smooth sea. The submarine was hard ly visible. After 150 shots in reply to some 200 shots fired by the submarine, the crew abandoned the vessel, which was all ablaze, taking to the lifeboats in a fiery sea. “Half an hour after the vessel was sunk the crew was picked up by a pass ing steamer. Forty-three of the origi nal crew of forty-seven were landed. Six of these were slightly hurt and placed in a hospital. All the gunners were saved.” ATHENS SEIZED BY ALLIES Entente Troops Land at Piraeus and Castella and March on Capital- Kaiser Grieves for Greece. Athens, June 16. The entente forces are now landing at Piraecus and Castella. Some of the troops are oc cupying the heights near Phalerum bay and others are marching on Ath ens. The former king sailed on a British warship on Thursday. “Obeying the necessity of fulfilling my duty toward Greece, I am depart ing from my beloved country with the heir to the throne and am leaving my son Alexander my crown. I beg you to accept my decision with calm, as the slightest incident may lead to a great catastrophe.” The Hague, June 16. —A Cologne dispatch says that the news of King Constantine’s abdication created a painful impression at German head quarters. The emperor expressed great Chagrin and sent his brother-in-law and Queen Sophia a message of sym pathy. Judson C. Clements Dead. Washington, June 20. —Commission- er Judson C. Clements of the inter state commerce commission died here on Monday. He had served on the rate-making body since 1892 and once had been chairman. Sinn Feiner Freed. Dublin, Ireland, June 20.—Count Plunkett, member of parliament and Sinn Feiner, and the other members of the Sinn Fein who were arrested on June 9, were released from prison on Alonday afternoon. French Freighter Is Sunk. New York, June 19. —News of the destruction of the big French freight steamship Mississippi by a German submarine, with a loss of one of the merchantman's crew, was brought here by officers of a British freight vessel. $500,000 for Red Cross. Chicago, June 19. —The honor of be ing the first Chicago subscriber to the §100,000.000 Red Cross war fund has gone to J. Ogden Armour, who donated $500,000. Armour’s is conditional on Chicago’s subscription of $8,000,000. John D. Aids University. St. Louis, June 18. —The general ed ucation board, founded by John D. Rockefeller, has written its check for $1,000,000 and will mail it in a few days to Washington university for use in financing research in surgery. Fix Income Tax Exemption. Washington, June 18.— An income tax exemption allowance of S2OO for each dependent child of a taxable par ent and reduction of the tax on bank checks to 1 cent were decisions reached by the senate finance body. SEIZE FUELSUPPLIES PRICES ON COAL AND OIL FOR U. S. NAVY TO BE FIXED BY TRADE BODY. FAIR PROFIT FOR DEALERS Steel Also Is Commandeered for the Building of Vessels Reported That Companies Planned to Make Enormous Profits. Washington, June 20. —Secretary Daniels has ordered coal and oil pro ducers to supply the enormous quanti ties needed by the navy at prices to be fixed later by the president when the federal trade commission has deter mined a fair rate. The navy will use 1,750,000 tons of coal and 50,000,000 barrels of oil purchased under this application of the authorities grauted by congress. Similarly steel for the entire navy building program is being bought at a rate fixed when Secretary Daniels re jected the proposals of the steel makers as too high. Secretary Daniels said that the coal operators proposed to furnish navy coal at a rate of $2.95 a ton at the mine. The navy has been paying $2.88 a ton delivered. The secretary di rected the companies to ship Immedi ately, the orders being prorated among the producers, agreeing to pay a ten tative price of $2.88 at the mines pend ing a report from the federal trade commission. If the commission de termines a higher rate is justified be cause of increased cost of production, the department will equalize payments at the rate fixed. Oil quotations submitted, Mr. Dan iels said, ranged from $1.58 to $1.86 a barrel, delivered at Port Arthur, al though the present rate is 89 cents a barrel at that point. The department directed the producers to fill its or ders for 50,000,000 barrels, leaving the question of price to be ’ by the trade commission. The arrangement regarding steel or ders, the secretary said, leaves a “handsome profit” for the producers. Reports have beeu in circulation that steel companies had boosted prices and planned to make enormous profits on contracts with the govern ment. A final price will be determined by the shipping hoard and the fleet cor poration with the advice of the raw materials committee of the council of national defense. If the steel mills re fuse to furnish their product at the price decided on the president will be asked to exercise his power to com mandeer their output. FOOD SPECULATION TO STOP President Orders Congress to Rush Bill Through—Lever Hits at Gamblers. Washington, June 20. —The food bills were pushed to the front in both houses of congress and, with the per sonal influence of President Wilson pressing for their immediate passage, it was considered more than likely that nothing else would be done until they were disposed of. While the bill was being explained to the house by Representative Lever as a measure which would harm no hon est business man, but would drag “crooks” and speculators into the sun light, a letter fro*i President Wilson to Representative Borland was made public, In which the president warned opponents of the bills that should they defeat them they must be prepared to take the responsibility for food condi tions and prices which were predicted to follow. “A certain disservice,” the president wrote, “has been done the measure by speaking of it as the food control bill. The object of the measure is not to control the food of the country, but to release it from the control of specula tors and other persons who will seek to make inordinate profits out of It, and to protect the people against the extortions which would result.” 63 DIE ON BRITISH TRANSPORT British Steamer Cameronian Torpedoed by U-Boat—Vessel Carried Small Number of Troops. London, June 20.—The British trans port Cameronian, with a small num ber of troops on board, was torpedoed and sunk in the eastern Mediterranean the night of June 2, It was announced officially cn Monday. Sixty-three per sons, including the captain of the transport, are presumed to have died. The Cameronian, recorded as belong ing to F. Leyland & Cos., Liverpool, was a vessel of 5.861 tons. It was originally the Kamerun, a Hamburg-American liner, and ivas one of the interned Ger man steamers taken over by the Brit ish and renamed. Boy Scouts Sell $20,000,000. New York, .Tune 20. —The four-day Campaign of the Boy Scouts of Amer ica for the Liberty loan last week re sulted In estimated sales of more than $20,000,000, it was announced at the organization’s national headquarters. Is Only “Slackerless” Town. Decatur, 111., June 20. —Decatur laid claim to the title of “only slackerless town in Illinois.” The police and sheriff’s forces have searched diligent ly to find any young men who failed to register, but without avail. * Armed British Ship Sunk. London, June 18. —The British armed merchant cruiser Avenger was torpe doed and sunk in the North sea on Wednesday night. All but one of the crew were saved. Several Norwegian sihps were sunk o* Friday. British Capture 100,000. London, June 18.—More than 100,- 000 prisoners have been taken by the British during the war, James lan MacPherson, parliamentary secretary to the war office, announced on Friday In the house of commons. More Money for Britain. Washington, June 10. —An additional $25,000,000 was loaned by the govern ment to Great Britain, bringing the total British loan up to $500,000,000 and the total for all the allies up to $948,000,000. Harvard Unit Is In France. Cambridge. Mass., June 16. —The Harvard unit of the American field service has arrived safely In Bordeaux, according to a cablegram received here. The unit started Immediately for Paris. DENTISTS C. W. CHUBBUCK j Dentist Offices—Lawrence Block, Noe. 515-517 Third Btreet ii DR. CONLIN Dentist Office Over NATIONAL GERMAN AMERI CAN BANK Telephone 1711. P. A. RIEBE 1 Dentist Office Paff Block, 216 Third Street. DR. G. G. ANDERSON Dentist Office Over Mueller’s Jewelry Store. DR. A. H. LEMKE Dentist Office—3l2 South First Avenue, over Albers’ west side drug store. GREEN BROS. Proprietors City ’Bus and Baggage Line Cor. Second and Jefferson Sts. WAUSAU, WIS. Th Onlj Transfer Companj in the Citj Telephone 1022. Neai Brown L. A Pradt C. S. Gilbert ABSTRACTS We have the only abstract of Mara thou county. We have a thoroughly qualified abstractor, and make ab stracts at reasonable prices. We are responsible for all abstracts made by us and guarantee that they show the condition of the title properly ft* it appears on record. An abstract of title Is useful Lf you desire to sell or mortgage your prop erty, and is very valuable in ascertain ing defects in your title that can be easily remedied, and yet might be suf ficient to spoil a sale. If you desire an abstract of the title to your prop erty, call and see us. Wausau Law & Land Association FORTHE B— DO YOU know of anyone who is old enough to read, who has not sejn that sign at a railroad crossing? If everyone has seen it at some time or other, then why doesn't the railroad let the sign rot away ? Why doea the railroad company continue to keep those signs at every crossing 1 Maybe yon think, Mr. Merchant, “Most everybody knows my store, I don't have to advertise." 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WEGNER * Largest General Store in Wausan Groceries, Clothing, Crockery, Hay, Feed, Flour, Produce, Etc. i tkd if Fi’*k Ib*. tall* mi fcm tub* ilnj m W BUSINESS DIRECTORY ATTORNEYS Neal Brown L. A. Pradt Fred Gsarlck BROWN, PRADT t GENRICH LAWYERS Practlae In all court*, Loana, At tract! and Collections. Offices ovsr First National Bank. KREUTZER, BIRD, OKONESKI i PUCHNER ATTORNEYS AT LAW, comer Fourth and Scott street,, in Wisconsin Valley Trust building. Money to loan in large or small amounts. Collections a specialty. EDGAR & JOHNSON ATTORNEYS McCrossen Block, Rooms 1-2-3 Phona 3123 WAUSAU. WISCONSIN RYAN & SWEET ATTORNEYS AT' LAW Office In Hrtt Nat'l Bank Bldg. Tel. lA3O IREGNER & RINGLE ATTORNEYS AT I AW. Loan, and ™l e T lk : n8 . a Offlca >O6 Third street. | FRED GENRICH (Attorney at Law. Office in Flrat National Bank Building. (SMITH & LEICHT ATTORNEYS AT LAW 612 Third St. Phone 17SS PHYSICIANS : Dr. Harriet A. Whitehead < OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Fourteen Years’ Experience Twelve Years In Wausau Hours 9 a. m. to I2; 2to 5 p. m. Spencer Blag;.. 606 I*2 Third Street Telephoue 1660 MRS. CLARA BOETTCHER OBSTETRIX Night Calls Attended To 620 McClellan St. Phone 1567 Dr. D. Sauerhering Office 402 First Street First Door North of Public Library Telephone No. 1684 Architect Telephone 3229 A. PARSONS ARCHITECT 612 Weston Ave. Wausau, Wla. DRAY LINE C. H. Wegner, Prop. All kinds of light and heavy dray Ing, household goods moved, freight delivered, etc. Rates the Lowest and Service Prompt. We Are Here to Serve You== I A. M. I | PETERSEN | Onadfcrikikiifflg y j SPfcteraFrnimism| |g 307 Jefferson St. Opposite Court Hoose I PHONE 1912 Counting Your will occupy your entire time when you become a regular advertiser In THIS PAPER. Unless you have an antipathy for labor of this kind, call us up and we'll be glad to come and talk over our proposition. DO IT NOW