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Wil I^KL !N<;. \V . V A . . MONDAY. J I' N E I 8 . 1917
PRICE ? T W 0 CENTS
Every Housewife Called lo Jhc Nation's Servicej
Hoover, United States Food Controller, Declares War's End j
Will Come Sooner With Ec onomy in American House
holds, and Surplus Products Given to the Allies.
WASHINGTON, June 17. ? Herbert C. Hoover outlined tonight I
his plans for enlisting the nation's housewives as actual members of'
the food administration and appealed to them to join him in the fight;
for conservation measures and the elimination of waste. The women
will ber enrolled during- a period of registration from July 1 to July IB, j
through the council of national defense and the state defense councils.!
Mr. Hoover is proceeding; at the direction of President Wilson, j
who, without waiting- for congress to enact the administration foodi
bills, directed him to proceed with the orgunization of the food admin- 1
istration, insofar as it contemplates assembling volunteer effort.
I IIS? PS.
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?\ ,\?r ! i i i >.v. i'. ' .. .Hiii'- ;i.? i
P.e'.giytu > ill i?* mission cami' ioi
Wa >hinuti*n !'?? ia> to express 1 1 grat* i
iUl'l" Tor ;?? II thai ih? I "nil ???! States 1
has <1ur?> in the past to r?*! i?-v-* the
; in:: of us people .:tu! to discuss ,
At.iericrti officials r he reparat ion
rhai i.. ro b- demanded of Germany ;
for hi r,viol?uvl t'aith a; the b'-ginniug |
oi' Ii" v/a-' and ihf internal ionai ?
v. hich hav followed it. j
Th? rrpre.-pniat ivo.'f ot' King Albo'i. ;
who hits c!mm- tenaciously for m-atl> ;
thro" } -^r> to ilir> hist free tritw of i
hi* country,. \i ??r?> received with ;?!! :
the rourlo?!0 i. and probably with'
dcf[>o? (??not ions than the official mi^- 1
sions of th" greater nations who nrej
coded t in rn. Secretary Lansing, j
t'ouivt'Sor Polk an i A-<tstan: Sec re- ?
tar> Phillips. of th ?? Stale Pepartmeiit. 1
greet. -d th'-m ?f the station. after'
w inch. o-?orrt 'I b;. two com panics of
caniiry. th'y motor' d to the home of
Larz Andersen. former minister of:
IP-iuinn. which is to b? their head ?
quart* rs.
H:;ron f.ttdorif i Monfhf tsV. **hi??f of
th ? political bureau of the Belgian for- !
olgn office. and for ei.ihi y?;ir.? minis- 1
'??r to iiiis '-oitntry. i the h? :??l of. the
r.ii.->ion. I" is understood h? expect* '
to I'onfin" bis efforts in the I " nil **il !
.States larsely to the ultimate peace j
questions ra:!"er i ban so immediate:
war needs. In tb?- latter he will find 1
? Hi wishes alread* met. for the I'nited |
S:ate>. short l> aft<"-r its entrance into
? be war. ion!-: over the entire cost (if
r'ne ciief it, ne'eium. Kach month the;
Trca>:irv I ?? p:rrt nient advances $7,-'
jlou iioii tor- this purpose. i ;
Th<- Ht'lui.?n coiutnissioners indeed
nri assured of the .-inipiesi work of
a'5 tlie missions which have visited;
:hi> iy?untr>. _ They will find no ne<-d ?
for explana-ion, for argument, or for!
negotiation. American officia'ls have ?
understock i hei.- ease fully from .the!
tir<t. and will spare no effort to render!
fullest honors to tin representatives ?
of th;:? nation. which did nor hesitate
to lose ?vr thi'ig ; o save its honor)
from the m-tle.-i fist.
The mission will he formally pre- i
seated t.i r*r?-~f.:?-?t!r Wilson, probably j
to-tiiojT.ow . "ill !;?:*??? he received by
:he Senate andiih- House. ?nd v.*ill he I
eii'. rfainert a. series of forma? r?j- j
i - ej ' Inn- .and (dinners. ?
dent," says his statement, "we |
ask every woman In the I'nlled 1
States engaged in the persoual \
control of food to register for ac
tual membership in the food ad
ministration. thus entering direct
ly into the national service.
"We shall later on ask various
classes of men likewise engaged
in food preparation and distribu
tion to also volunteer to the na
tional service in their various
branches.
Period of Sacrifice.
"We must enter a period of sac 1
rifice for our country and tor de
mocracy. Many must go Into bat
tle, but many van only remain at
home. The world's food supply Is
short and many must suffer. We
have the major burden of feed
ing the whole world. Food must
be managed and transported in
our own country ami to our allies
in such a way as to get the most
out of it. Those who remain at
home can also help and can "fight |
bv helping the fighter tight.' and j
can "serve by saving.'
"Since food will decide th>- war, ;
each American woman can do h J
real national service by protect
ing the food supply of the nation.
Ninety per cent, of American food |
consumption parses through the. j
hands of our women. In no other
field do small rhings when multi
plied by our hundred million peo
ple. count for so much. A single
pound of bread saved weekly for
each person will increase our ex
port surplus of wheat 100. 00ft. '?00
bushels, and an average saving
ot two cents on each meal every
day for eaeii person will save to
? the nation for war purposes S 2,
iitiiMMMt/ioo j?er annum.
Will Shorten the War.
"Th? proper assurance of the |
food to our allies will not only <m
couraue them; but it will main
tain i hem in war. Without a
larger margin from our abundant
food supply, only to be secured by
individual * effort and volunteer
sacrifice. th<? w?p wi" pro
longed. and thousands of lives, ?
not only: of men. but also of wo
men and children, needlessly lost.
The guiding hand of women in the
home can alone cdntrol this mat
ter
"Inasmuch as before legislation
is comph ted the food administra
tion has no representatives
i hreuahout the country, the Na- ,
:ionai Council of Defense is kindly
request ins all 'he State councils
of ileft-nse. ?vith t he assistance of
the women's votnmiuee of tin- Na
tional Counri! of Defense to un
.i-iertak" the registration. This reg
istration will hi-nin July 1st and
? will continue intensively for 15
? days, and will consist simply in
asiiins ??very woman in the coun
t'rv to volunteer in this important
set-, |ice by signinc and mailing to
the 'food administrator, conserva
tion division. Washington, the fol- j
lowing pledge;
The Fiedffe.
?? 'I am glad to 1o.ii yon in the
service of foocl conservation for our '
nation ??nd X hereby accept member- i
ship in the United States food ad
ministration. piedgl^flf myself to
carry out the directions and i
rice of the food administrator In
the conduct of my household, inso
far as my circumstances permisC'
"\\v nut "lily want the 11.11119 and
^.iiir-ss lull w?- want fh" nunib?-r of
...^rs.ivs in il-.- hous-li-dd, we want
to kri"\\ w liethf r tie- h"iis.hnld em
ploys f< i""k. \lh<-t>ier it lias a jtar-.
den. :iml iv> ? '.vam I" know I he ocou
..r tli<? br^ad w itue-r. 'I h?r?
:ir,- in- >'???>< r.r fllKS t>> be paid. Til"
['??nil ;i<1ininrst ration wishes now to
ha v.- :i s numbers .-ill el" those actu
ally l!? mil mc food in the home.
The Campaign's insignia,
"iin i t>t 'if tie pl^dxe wo will
s-mi "in preliminary instructions
|;<i ||OUS"llo|d I.IR.tO b" IllIIlR in
tli- window. _ I
"The insijrnia of the food admin- ]
isiratioti w ill consist ef the national ' <
(Continued on Pape Nine.)
WASHINGTON. li.'C.. June IT. ? f
Food control legislation now has. the*
right of waj in Congres.-.
In < onipliance with1 President Wil- '
son's urgent demands, both hou>v* to- 1
monow begin consideration ot the ad-'
ministration bill for control, of food:
and other necessaries during the war. j
Passage of the measure conferring |
comprehensive powers upon ihe Presi- 1
?lent :o conserve the supply and con- I
tiol the distribution of food and other;
necessaries by July 1 probably will be ,
released In the House and opposition j
' in i he Senate may cause delay there. 1
B> unanimous consent the bill will j
remain the House's unfinished btisi- i
ness until disposed of ? probably with-'
In a week or ten days, without a rule j
limiting debate. in the Senate, al- '
though given precedence over the war j
tax bill, the measure faces determined ?
*n-d probably [irntracterl opposition.!
From two :o four weeks of debate are '
generally predicted.
Representative Lever, of South Car- ;
oiina. chairman of the House agricul- ;
tural committee, who drafted the bill ;
after conference with Herbert I
Hoover, the President's food adminis- i
trator. and Department of Agriculture ;
officials, will begin to-morrow's dis- !
cussson in the House.
In the Senate. Senator ("Jnre; chair- 1
man df the Senate agricultural com- ;
mPtee. will seek to have the Lever ;
hill made the unfinished business, j
Senator Chamberlain, rankins: Demo- i
crat of the committee, will have!
charge of the mea3ure because of I
Senator Gore's opposition to various
sect iins. -j
Senate opposition is scheduled to J
begin with an effort b> Senator Hard- j
wick and others to return the bill to ;
the agricultural commiftee. Senator
Hardwick coot ends thru because of its '
provisions to raise revenue through I
regulation of grain exchanges and in 1
licensing food dealers, the bill cannot,
under the constitution, be initiated in
the Senate, but must first come from
the House. A ruling by Vice Pru
dent Marshall and a Senate vote upon
his decision probably will be the first
skirmish in a stubborn fight.. Senator
Chamberlain to-night said he believed
Senator Hardwick's contentions un
sound. but thaf if they prevailed, .in
order to gel the bill before the Senate
it .'could be reintroduced with the reve
nue raising provision eliminated. '
iAt. any rate, administration leaders .
in tin- Senate expect, by some means. '
to continue Senate debate of the food
measure for a. week, probably two -
weeks, and possibly until entirely .dis- ]
posed of. The war tax bill will re- (
quire at least a week or ten days
more in revision, and all leaders on I
both sid"s now are agreeable to post- :
ponement of its consideration until i
tb?* food bill is finished. 5
The finance committee this wcMt j
plans to comple'e the sections of tne
bill taxing incomes, excess profit? and 1
publishers, with prospects good for a 1
reconsideration and change of the fir? 1
per c?nt. profits tax upon publishers, i
agreed to Friday. ,<
NEW YORK. June 17.? Red
Cross week, officially proclaimed
by President Wilson as the period
in which the American Red Cross
should begin its campaign to raise
a war fund of $ 1 00, 000,000, vr?ll
open tomorrow throughout {he
United States.
The finance committee in New
York is prepared for its big
"drive" to raise $40,000,000 as Its
quota. Teams of men and women,
Including some of the most prom
inent residents of the city, have
been formed to solicit contribu
tions. At a banquet which will be
held tomorrow night, lists of po
tential subscribers will be given
to each team to aid In their work.
A speakers' bureau has been
; organized by Charles D. HIIIm
and 1 1 8 scope will be nation-wide.
Requests for speakers, It was an
nounced. have been about equally
divided between applications for
I persons of national prominence
and men and women who by
j actual experience can tell some
thing of the Importance and mag
j nltude of the task which con
fronts the American Red Cross.
Lull on Every
Baffle Front
Denman is Holding
Down Price of Steel
MINOR OPERATIONS
IN NORTHERN FRANCE j
Germans Seize French Posi-i
lions in Night Raid, but
Forced to Relinquish.
Another Zeppelin airship nnd
its entire crew has been account
ed for by a British aviator. Fly
ing high on a bomb-dropping raid
over the Kentish coast of Eng
land. the monster aircraft was set
on fire by ihe guns of a pilot of
the Royal Flying Corps, who went
up 10 give it battle, anil the Zep- j
pel in fell, a mass of flamed, to the j
ground. Another dirigible that ?
accompanied the raid"r made its ]
escape.
Little lighting, esdep' by the ar- {
tillery wings, Is taking place on !
any of the various war fronts. On I
ihe front iu France, held by the t
British, aside from the artillery j
duels, there have been only minor j
operations iu the nature of raids,
and a continuation of the aerial
activity that has been so pro- i
nounced for weeks past.
Near Hurtehise the Hermans, j
in a night attack, seized portions
of trenches held by the French.,
but later were forced to give back
most' of them in a counter-attack.
On. various sectors artillery duels
are in progress. Considerable ac
tivitv continues fn Belgium in the
regions of Steenstraete and Het
Sa6. i, ... ,
Iu Macedonia the artillery du
els thai have been in progress for
several weeks are still going on,
hut the expected infantry attacks
have not vet developed. Mean
while. the" Knteute forces con
tinue to throw troops iuto Ihes
saly, the occupation of various
towns having been accomplished (
without untoward incident. The
French cavalry has now reached
1'harsala and Domokos, south of
Larissa. while DemirJi has been
occupied by the British.
Former King Constantine of
Greece is reported U> have ar
rived at. Messina, Sicily, on his
way to Switzerland.
Although quiet still prevails on
the Russian front, there seeming
ly is an indication that hostilities
soon will begin there. The Rus
sian Puma, at a secret session,
has passed a resolution calling for
an immediate offensive, and de- ,
claring that a separate peace with
Germany would he treason toward
Russia's allies.
A report received in New York
from an Incoming steamer says
that a German submarine has
sunk the French steamer Missis
sippi off the coasi of France. Ou?
member of the crew perished.
A reconstruction of the Italian
ministry is reported to have been
proposed to King Victor ICmtnan
uel by the premier, as a result of
the crisis which dev? loperl last
wopk.
LONDON*. -Inne 17.- "Portuguese ,
troops have repelled several German
raids during June." says the official
statement issued hero this afternoon, i
"We captured a number of prison
ers last night as a result of a raid
lorth of Gozeacourt. South of the
i'pres-Comines canal a hostile raiding
?artv, caught, in onr artillery harrace,
'ailed to reach our trenches."
PARIS. Jtnno 17. ? An attempted
>rman attack northeast of Corny, on
the Aisne front, was broken up by
[he French last night, -the war office
announces. Extremely violent artil
lery fighting occurred near Hurl?"-blse.
RUSSIA NOT FOR
SEPARATE PEACE;
OFFENSIVE SOON
PETROGHAD. via London. June IT.
?The announcement last week that
he cabinet had decided to suggest a
inference of the entente allies for
examination of treaties was followed
oday by the publication of the note
iont'lo the other governments in t|ue>
:ion. The note suggests a conference
o revise the agreements existing
imong the allies as to war aims with
he exception of the London agree
nent. which provides thai none of j iif?
signatory powers shall conclude a sep
irate peace.
PETROGRAH. via London. June 17.
?The duma in secret session has
passed a resolution for an imitiediate
Offensive by the Russian troops.
The resolution declares a separate
ieace with Germany or prolonged in
ictlvlty on the battle -from to be i tr
loble treason to Hussia's allies for
rhicli future generations never wouUl
lardon the Russia. of the present day.
"The duma therefore considers." tlie
esolntion adds, "that ihe safety of
Russia and the maintenance of the
iberti.es which have he^n obtained lie
n an immed'ato offensive in close cn
iperatlon with Russia's alli?s. '
DICTATOR Iff
RESTORE THE
iNd THRONE
PKKING. Friday, Juno 15.? General
Chang H,sun is now dictator. president
LI Yuang Hung being little more than
a figurehead. The insurgents are call
ing a convention at Tien Tsin fur the
purpose of forming a provisional gov
ernment, headed by the dictator, who
is expected to act as president and
premier.
General Chang llsunan's motives
are obscure, bin it is believed he is
attempt ins to obtain from the former
leaders of the Manchu dynsiy, an
agreement for restoration of the em
pire. He has urged the president toi
form a cabinet as soon as possible, j
suggesting that a provisional council
similar to that in Russia be establish-:
ed. and that a declaration of war
against Germany be t hen made.
Southern leaders who are congre
gating in Cauton assert the president
signed the mandate for dissolution of i
parliament under pressure. They say |
they will fight. for maintenance of con
stitutional rights.
GERMANS INTRIGUE
FOR SEPARATE PEACE
WITH THE RUSSIANS
CUI'KNHALIK.N. via Ixuidon, June
1 i. ? The tiernian jjovrrmnt nt . whl'ii
ha.s be*n endeavoring hv n> ana of
.-enu-otRcial communications. siau
nienis by the imperial chancellor. Or.
von Rethniann-I lollwcg, concerning
peace overtures.teleurams from Field
Marshal von Hindenburg to tite Coun
til of Workmen's and Soldiers' depu
ties; Socialist negotiators of the
Schcidemanu type, and in other ways,
to come to a separate arrangement for
peace, or an armistice with Russia.
Is considering a new move, namely,
an o..eer of an armistice for the pe.
riod of the election to the Russian
const it in ion a! con vent ion.
The Associated Press lia> this in
formation from a reliable source. The
informant, who has just come from
Germany, say - the government agents
are desirous of reaching some such -ar
rangement. not only as a compliment
to the Russian council, and to further
the growth of pro-German sentiment,
hut also because Germany desires to
see some stable government establish
ed there, with which it would be pos
sible to enter negotiations. He cited
one of the best known German par
liamentarians as saying that t In* pres
ent authorities in Russia are not cap
able of negotiating, and that there is
littel hope nf peace so long as the pres
ent conditions in Russia continue.
CINCINNATI, i).. June 17. The
ca*e of the Wheeling Tract tor. com
pany of Wheeling, vs. the commission
ers of Relmon1 count \, it. and the
trustees of I'ultnev township, Itelmunt
county, ilecideii iiT-the Cnited States
nistrict court at ? Columbus. Judge
Sater presiding, has brought from the
district court there io the Cnited
States circuit court of appeals for the
Southern Ohio district, -iuing nej-e for
final adjudication.
The traction company, making the
move. appealeii from Judge Sater's
ruling, directing Mm* -pecifii perform
ance ti? it.- franchise contrai l with the
board of i ointuissioneri i Relnionf
c'ount y. b> grading its roadbed and
pavtrig with brick between' the rails
and one foot on each side of its tracks
from the north corporation line of Hel
la ire to the -on til line of Pease town
ship.
In its assignment of error the
Wheeling Traction company com
plains to th" higher court that the
lower court at Columbus erred in
holding that the company j- obliged
under its franchise to pave between
its tracks with brick, in view of a
modified agreement which names,
crushed limestone a< the material to
be maintained between the rails.
Record will be made of the appeal
here tomorrow.
PERSHING SPENDS
A BUSY MORNING
twill- t tine IT. Major ? 'ton^ral
IVrslnnp. ! h? \ niTii an ; iv>rnin.-jnr|/>r.
? f| 1 1 1 ? ' iM'irnuic atten.iing bu<--i
iioss iii ii!.? ??fTi.-c? it nil ii-jing i . . .-?? ? h
?i|i with hi- ii< . iie.iiljil. it rl>ri > ? | 1 ? 11. .-.
He I ? ill , ? 1 1 ?- < I :? V ?!?????! With M. \|\IHI1I.
muiist' i i ? f justice.
DECLARES MILLS
NAME LOW PRICE!
For Enormous Quantity of]
Metal Entering Into the !
. i
Construction of Ships.
WASHINGTON. June 17. ? Sugges- i
! lions that th* country's -? t ^ I mills j
will hold out for a price of $9f> a ton J
j for steel tliat gues into the great fleet I
j of merchant vessels 10 b" built by the
! government drew from Chairman Den
} man. of t he Shipping Hoard, the state
| men I tonight t-hat a price i ha t high
I would noi ho paid.
i "1 shall sign no contracts at thai '
j figure," said .Mr. IVninan. "The price;
| is absurd when the navy is parting'
! steel at ?::?? a mn less. ' j
i Although Major-General Gnet hals. j
. general manager Ml' i hi- shipping i
hoard's emergency flee; corporal ion. |
has ciitii'- charge uf ihc shipbuilding ?
program. Mr. Hcnman as president of (
! t In* corpora.! ion. signs all contracts.!
It became know n today that last week !
be declined Mo sign cotitraci> lor ten .
ships im be built b\ a Nov. York eon-'
[ rent bceau'-e of the high juice allowed .
i for steel. and that General Gotchals ,
| later seni tin- contracis back with I be;
J price reduced l.o a ton. '
In a statement yesterday General
Goethals said the price of sieel would
bi' left jo the committee on raw sup
plies of the Coum-il of National In
tense, anil contracts would be 'let with,
the understanding prices determined
on bv the <ommittee would govern
present co r,i tacts also.
Chairman Penman said today that
the eomniiitee \\otild act in an advis
ory capacitv.
ZEPPELIN BROUGHT
DOWN BY BRITISH
.i . .. ?
I .UN In >N, June 17. Two persons
were killed and sixteen injured in last
nights air raid during which a Zeppe
lin? was brought down. The follow
ing official repnri of the raid was
given out Itetv today;
"Last nights air raid whs carried out
by two enemy airships. One airship
crossed the Kentish coast at about -
a. m. and dropped six bombs on a
coast i own. According to the latest
police reports, two pcrs-ons were Kill
ed. sijH'en wit' injured and a large
number of bouses were damaged.
"The second raid attacked the r-ast
coast town <>i \W>t Anglia at about
2:2o a. tn She was heavily shelled
by guns of the anti-air craft defense
and driven off It is probable she
was damaged 'by gun fire. Shortly
afterward this raider, after -mopping
a number of bombs in open places
was engaged and brought down in
flames by a pilot nf the Ro\ a I Plying
corps. Tin- airship was destrojed.
"There were no casualties or dam
ages in \\'e.?t Anglia "
A dispatch from an fast cimM town
says thai thousand ot persons wit
nessed the destruction of the Zeppe
lin The attack by anti-aircraft guns'
on the dirigible lasted fully half an
hour and people issued from their
houses to watch the event.
When tit" black object drifting
across the y from the southeast to
the northwest' \v.i- seen to hurst into
(lames i lie spectators cheered tumul
tously. Pedestrians and cyclists
dashed off in the direction of the fallen
airship, but owing to the unexpectedly
long distance few succeeded in locat
ing I lie Zeppelin, which fell a few
milt* from ihe coast. It had been
first winged b\ a land gun and was
then finished by tin airplane, which
the Zeppelin fought to the last with
her guns.
Th- dirigible in a field of corn, far
fro in anv habitation, and was com
pleteh destroyed. All of the crew
were killed and their bodies badly
charred. Some of file iiii-ni appeared
to have jumped from the doomed air-'
ship. Doctors hurried to the spot, hut
their service were needless.
Commission to Russia
Have Busy Three Weeks
PKTROGRAP. June It: (via London. J
June 17.) .Members of the American j
commission devoted Saturday to in
formal conferences with prominent 1
Russians. L'lihu Hoot, head of the ?
mission, met Alexander J. Guchkoff,
chief of the munitions bureau. Am- '
ba ?sador Prancis is arranging other ^
small dinners and luncheons to enable |
th" members of the American mission j
to meet the Russian cabinet members. (
The Americans are arranging for (
visits to Moscow. Kiev and Odessa, ,
and possibly to Rumania. Rear Ad- J
miral Glenon and other naval officers ,
will visit the Russian naval centers ,
independent of . the commission's mem- (
ber?. Major General Scott and the
officials of his staff will make Inde- j
pendent visits to military place?. I
Indications are that the commission j
w . ! | remain in Russia three or four i
weeks.
APPROVAL OF
$600,000,000 WILL BE
SPENT BY UNCLE SAM;
To Be Ready to Drive Ger-[
mans From Skies Before
?' Coming Summer.
.VICW roiJIC. Jun?> IT. ? The
.Win Chili of America tuinmincc'1
loiiitfht Dial it 1 1 ml ?icl?l r?*?=?=o0 ft
lo't^r to Secretary of 111* Ti-chp
tiry MrA<ii><>. uiKiiiK I hat nil sub
-orlpilans to tln? I .Iborty I .nan to
..x,.,u? ,.f $ 3,11011, tlil(l,H(MI hrt
1<-<I tiii'l l hit I i Ik- surjrlus bo
usi'il lor tli.- ruction nf the
),UK" lb-el ?>f ulrplnnes "Vonslil
lT"ll llCCP.SMlt y lo nlltllitl a do
i-lsive victory l'or the Allies'."
WASHINGTON", D. C., June 17 ?
Full approval has been given. by the
War Department tu the air suprema
cy program at. the defense council's
aircraft board, and President Wilson
lias been asked to put the adminlst ra
tion's support behind the gVeat pro
ject. for which an appropriation of
S6i>U,i}UU,UU0 is sought. j!
Under the plan the United States ,
would become immediately a great el- 1
ementary i raining base for all the al
lies. and enormous numbers of train
ing machines would be turned out,
while the American plants are devel
oping a serviceable battle craft type.
By next spring the board proposes to (
have the allies ready to literally drive,
the (jermuns from the air. j
"The War Department is behind ;
I lie plans with every ounce of energy .
and enthusiasm ai its command." Sec-'
retary Baker said lo-day.
"The program seems by all means j
i he most effective way in which to
i'X?*rt America's force at once in toll- j
ing fashion.
"We can train thousands of avia- !
tors and build ihousands of machines I
without interfering in the slightest |
with the plans for hui.lding up our ar- .
mies and for supplying the allies with i
food and munitions. To train and j
e^uip our armies and send them i
abroad will take time, however, and 1
in tlie meanwhile we fan be devoting,
to this most important service vast i
quantities ' of productive machinery j
and skilled labor which otherwise ?
could not be contributed to the na- 1
lion's cause in full proportion to its |
capacity.
"All through rhe coming year we
shall have to reckon with ihe .shipping)
problem, and whatever aid we send !
abroad, whether in men or in supplies, i
must be calculated for securing as ef- !
fieient a use as possible of available i
tonnage. |
"The aircraft plan meets the dp- j
mands of the situation. According to1
the best obtainable information there j
are abom T.fiOfl.Of'fi men on' the west-'
ern front to-day. The addition of a]
few infantrv units, while of great mor- j
al value, would count for little in
forcing ft decision. A few thousand '
trained aviators, however, with t he {
machines for their it?" may spell the !
whole differences between victor*' and '
defeat."
RUTH LAW MAKES i
RED CROSS TALKS i
BEFORE HER FLIGHTS
?
CLARKSBURG. W. Va.. .bine 1 7. ? '
With thousands lookine on. Ruth Law.j
famous av iator made sensational air i
flights this afternoon at Norwood;
park. lb-re. While passing over the1
city and. its suburbs, she dropped!
circulars coniaining President Wil
son's Red Cross week proclamation,!
and urpinp support of the movement. |
.Mist before her flights, she made pa-j
triotic addressee at the park, calling :
upon the people to help along the Red I
Cross this week.
German Merchantman j
Sunk by a Submarine |
AMSTERDAM. June 17 (via Lon
don. June 17.) According: to the Tele-j
graaf the Herman steamship Turin, j
which was reported lo have struck a I
mine off the Dutch coast while bound!
lor Amsterdam from Sweden, in real-j
ity was torpedoed bv a submarine, i
She remained afloat.
LIBERT! LOAN i
TOTAL If BE
{2,111 ,010, lit
CLEVELAND DISTRICT
REACHES $379,000,000
Official Final Figures Are Not
Expected to Be Available
Before Monday NigKt.
WASHINGTON, D. c, June 17.?
With thr*?e Federal reserve districts'
totals complete, and the work of tabu*
Inline the returns In the other nln? ?
n paring its end. Indications were to- "?
night. that the Liberty .Loan subscrlp- ?
hons would total In the final count ap
proximately $2,800,000,000, and that '
the total would be definitely known,
subject to minor revisions, late to
morrow. " . ?
K1 rial tabulation;? were reported to
day by the Philadelphia and Cleveland
reserve banks. Although Atlanta's to
tal of $52,500,000 was completed ves
terday, no official report had been re- '
celved at the Treasury Department to
day. fhe Philadelphia and Cleveland < r
figures were not announced here, but
they were known to approximate in '
round numbers J229, 000,000 and 1278
000,000, respectively.
Treasury officials are desirous of re
ceiving official returns at the earliest
practicable moment In order that the
mammoth task of making allotment!
soon may be commenced. To place
these figures at their disposal, the re
serve bank forces worked to-day, in
some instances, in the hope that all'
letups would be in the department's
hands not later than to-morrow night.
To facilitate the allotments the
banks are making their returns at the
request of the Treasury officials in de
nominational groups, forwarding tha
totals of small denominations firaL .
.subscribers to the small denomina
tions, it is exppcted, will number more ?
than 50 per cent, of the total. It is
possible that all subscribers up to $10
000 will receive their allotments in-'
full, thus restricting the pro-rating of
allotments to subscriptions in excesa- ,
? run? in brine'nfi: the total down
to $_.n0M,U(>0.00rt. in accordance with' ?
Secretary McAdoo's announcement' .?*]
GERMAN SUB GETS -?>
THE MISSISSIPPI, A i
1 GREAT FRENCH tMEIt -
I ui
NEW YORK, June 17. N>ws of th? -
dh'S'r \r^?-n ttie bip French steam- V
ship .Mississippi by a German subma
rine, with a loss of one of the mer
chantman s crew, was brought here to- >V
day by oft icers of a British freight ves- -4
sei ihat arrived from a French port
The Mississippi, of 6,677 tons gross.
was torpedoed and sunk about 145
miles out from the port of Brest. ->
!? ranee, on June 12, according to offi-'
cers of the British ship, which rescued
?I, officers and seamen from open ?
boats. They had been afloat only a
short time. * -
The British officers refused to dis
close details of the sinking as related '
to them by the I-rench crew. The onlv
sailor lost was drowned while the crew
was taking to the boats. The British 4
ship landed the survivors at Faval
Azores. '
The Mississippi, owned by the Gen
era Transatlantic Steamship company
of Havre, was last reported in marine '
records as having arrived at New Or^ *S
leans on March 31 from Havre. She
wa.* in regular trade between those r
two ports.
A news dispatch received by wjro
i>SSi-'n York last November from
berlm alluded to reports declared to
have been published in French news
papers to the effect that the Missis
sippi had sighted and fired upon a
German submarine without scoring a -
hit in 'he English channel on Novem
ber S, while on a voyage from Ne* '
Orleans. The Berlin dispatch said j
that the I'-boat neither before nor- af
ter the attack attempted to moleat \
the liner, and the incident was cited -I
by fiermany as furnishing contradio 1
tion to the affirmation of the entente I
covernments that the armaments of '4?
merchantmen are for defensive our* 'i
poses.
At that time the United States gov
ernment was considering the status of
entente armed marchantmen in rela
tion to their right to enter American 1
ports. I
raa wnATHnt.
WASKItiGTOK, Ju, 1 rpraml 1 ?
W??t Virginia, ? Pair and wanner am I
Monday; Tueeday probably f*tr.
Ohio and Western Titf^
and warmer Monday; TbmIat snbtki*
local thunder .torm/ 7 prop*?V
STRANGE WS OF THE FRENCH j
NDVELTY IB AMERICAN TROOPSl
? I
PARIS. June lO.?The American
enlisted m?-n who came tn France
with .Major General. Pershing are hav
ing experience with foreign habits, lan
guages and rations. which indicate
what the main body of American
iroops will find when if arrives. The
Americans are quartered at ihe P<*pi
liere barracks, a huge quadrilatoral
in Place Si. August in, one of the crn
iral locations of Paris. There are
loused troops from all the entente al
it'd nations, including Russians, Ser
bians. Belgians. Rumanians. Can;f
liams. Australians and New Zealand
's. with sixty American troopers, en
jineers and automobile drivers among
he latest arrivals The vast central
rourt presents a strange sight in the
nlnpling of the uniforms and flags of
hp various nations.
Each contingent has its own drills
md its own living and eating quarters,
int. when they are oft' duty the court
s crowded with th<* soldiers speak
ng many languages and attempting to
nake ihcmsclve.3 understood by signs.
i The American troops .are on FrencBT/"
I military rations, which they like
iter than American or British ratioi?K
! for in addition to an abundance <4(3
j well-cooked food they embrace tkf! '
i French allowance of wine, which,
'however, may be disrontinued when
1 1 American rations are established,
j The chief novelty for the Americans
| is tin- continental breakfast, restrict*
led to bread and coffee. Lunch and
(dinner are served in courses,
plenty of moat, and vegetables. Th#:
meatless days do not apply to the mlUrtj
| tarv. as the French policy is to limit tlMK -
j restrictions on meat, sugar, etc., -to .'i?
I civilians. In order that the flghtinjf J
! forces may he ? kept up to the
J measure of energy.
, The sleeping: quarters are plain an4V>
; comfortable, with good be da, clean,
? sheets and ample sanitary arrange* r
ments. The Americans are on a refu
lar schedule, with reveille at 6 o'clock
in the morning, breakfast at 7,.inspeo .',j
lion at 10 and a round of duties, COD *
eluding Willi ups at |0 p. m, ? ^