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THE EVENING MISSOURIAN TENTH YEAR COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1917, NUMBER 56 XK a I sl I k f if Shr MJ 40 ORGANIZE TO HELP IAN DEMOCRACY Branch of Society of De scendants of or Those From Fatherland Formed. MAX F. MEYER HEAD Club Here Is First in State Others Planned for Towns of Boone County. Forty men of German descent loined the local branch of the Friends of German Democracy yesterday. One Irishman became an honorary mem ber because he believes that by join ing the society he will be able to help the United States in the war. He is Sixty persons attended the meeting in the Y. M. C. a. auuuuwu.u jni day afternoon. The meeting was called by Prof. Max F. Meyer at a re nnet from the national headquarters of the society in New York City. J. W Schwabe, who presided at the meeting, told of the purpose of or ganizing the society. Prof. Max F. jlejer was elected president and F. V. Niedermeyer secretary. To Form Similar Societies In County. The first work of the Friends of German Democracy in Columbia will' be to organize similar societies in other towns in Boone County and among the farmers of the county. After that, the work of the organiza tion will be extended to neighboring counties. The national society is try ing in norfpct an organization in St. L Louis, but the one in Columbia is the first in Missouri. " There are still some persons of German descent hesitating to Join " the Friends of German Democracy be- cause they do not like to see people of the United States forming groups, according to the countries from ' which they came. In regard to this Tiew, Professor Meyer said today: There can be no objection to forming such societies as long as they devote themselves to legitimate purposes. Any one who is of German descent that does not Join the Friends of German Democracy only helps thereby to strengthen the illusion, which the German government Is try ing to give its people, that Americans of German descent are eager to have ithe German government come across the sea and establish Itself here. To dispel this illusion in the minds of the German people is one of the chief purposes of this society." Membership in the organization is not limited to persons with German names, if they are of German descent. Prof. Charles A. Ellwood. whose moth er was a German, said that though no one would suspect him of being a German, lie felt it was his duty to Join the society and help with the work it will do. SELLS A FARM FOR $20,000 Roy Creed Hnys 240-Acre Tract Near Hallsville. The largest real estate deal of the mouth, a $20,000 farm sale, was made today when C. A. Adams of Hallsville sold his 240-acre place near there to Roy Creed. ruriy uurca uiic umc nwi v .. land owned by E. B. Calvin were sold Saturday to P. M. Calvin lor jz.uuu. On the same day John S. Glascock transferred eighty acres one mile north of Wilton to Charles D. Nowlin. The consideration was ?1,200. C. D. Nowlin sold seventy-five acres to John S. Sapp for $2,500. The land Is located two miles north of Wilton. Stroher C. Wampler disposed of forty acres three miles east of Harris burg Saturday to W. R. Powell for $1. 140. Forty-three acres three miles southwest of Ashland, owned by John S. Sapp, were sold to E. L. McCarty for $1,600. FARM WOMEN AID RED CROSS Dew Park Circle Will Have Monthly Sale of Products Saturday. Good things to eat, direct from the farm, will be sold next Saturday at the headquarters of the Red Cross, In the Thilo Building, by the women of the Deer Park Circle. All the pro ceeds will be given to the Red Cross. Pies, cakes, vegetables, butter, eggs and chickens will be offered. The Deer Park Circle, which is one of the most active in Red Cross work in the county, has a monthly sale of products. Last month it cleared $30 In this way. FIVE U-BOATS ARE DESTROYED Premier Lloyd George Makes An nouncement In House of Commons. n7 Associated Press LONDON. Nov. 19. Five German submarines were destroyed on Satur day, Premier Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons today. Quail Plentiful This Season. Ten hunting licenses a day on the average have been Issued since the openlng of the quail season, November 10. The season will last until January L Quail are plentiful In Boone County this year, the hunters say. Three Negroes Fined for Gambling. Three negroes were fined $25 and costs this morning in police court for gambling. .THE CALENDAR Nor. 23. Debating mass meeting In T. M. C A. Auditorium at 7:30 p. m. Debates and speeches by mem. bers of University faculty. Nov. 20. Piano and violin recital by Miss Era Bence and Robert J. White, Christian College Auditorium at 8:15.p. m. Nov. 29. Missouri-Kansas football"' game on Rollins Field. Homecoming Day at the University. TELLS OF LIFE AT FUNSTON M. H. Brigluun Speaks at Morning herrtce at Baptist Church. Army life from the viewpoint of the drafted man was described by M. H. Brigham of Camp Funston, at the morning services of the Baptist Church yesterday. Mr. Brigham, who went with the first quota from Boone County, was a teacher In the depart ment of manual arts of the Univer sity. He said that the men were greatly Interested in their work. A few went unwillingly to the camp, but the spirit of the army soon gripped them. He praised the work of the Y. M. C. A. at the camp, saying that the assocla Hon furnished the greater part of the social life. GENERAL J1E DEAD English Commander of Mesopotamia Was Captor of Bagdad. Uy Associated Press LONDON. Nov. 19. General Maude, British commander of Mesopotamia, died yesterday. Major General Frederick Stanley Maude, the captor of. Bagdad, was rec ognized as one of the most brlllant commanders of the British army. After a series of British defeats in Mesopotamia, General Maude was placed in command last year and won an unbroken series of victories. Ad vancing from the Babylonian plains, he captured Kut-el-Amara. where General Townshend's army had been compelled to surrender. He continued his drive up the Tigris, advancing ninety miles in two weeks, and last March captured Bagdad. With the opening of the new cam paign this fall he pushed up the Ti gris 100 miles beyond Bagdad, his plan being to defeat the Turks in a decisive battle in the region north of Bagdad. .MAY NOT TAX M. U.-K. U. GAME Director Meanwell Gives Ue of Mon ey for Education as Reason. According to assurances which have been received by Dr. W. E. Meanwell, director of athletics, the spectators at the Thanksgiving game between Missouri and Kansas here will not be required to pay the war tax of 10 per cent on the admission, which was required at the Kansas Nebraska game Saturday. Doctor Meanwell expressed the the ory that the proceeds of the game are to be used for educational purposes. and for this reason the tax would not be collected. The question was raised that, If the tax is levied upon the gate receipts of the Kansas-Missouri game, would the athletic department be re quired to pay the tax on games played here previously since the war revenue bill has gone into effect. Doctor Meanwell declined to discuss the question. According to a ruling of the revenue collector for Kansas, the tax was col lected at the game there Saturday. It was also levied upon all of the games played at Lawrence since the bill went into effect November 1. If the gate receipts of the game here Thanksgiving amounted to $15,000, the war tax would be $1,500. GREEK ORDERS TO BE TAXED .Must Pay 10 Per Cent on Initiation Fees and Regular Dues. The war tax will hit the fraternities and sororities of the University, ac cording to notices which have been received by some of them. The mat ter has not yet come before the Pan Hellenic Council, but It is reported that there will be a tax of 10 per cent required on all initiation fees and regular dues paid by the fraternity men and sorority women. 2 SAMMIES KILLED NOVEMBER 13 Pershing Also Reports 3 Seriously and 3 Slightly Injured. By Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. General Pershing has reported to the War De partment that two men were killed in action November 13. Three men, the renort added, were severely wounded and three slightly wounded. 2S APPLY FOR TRAINING CAMP University Can Send 48 to Third Series of Officers' Schools. Twenty-eight applications have al ready been made to Major Craigle for the third Officers' Training Camp. The University of Missouri's quota is fnrtv-eieht. The training will start January 5 and continue to April 5. Lieutenant Hudson Visits Parents. Lieutenant Wilson Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.. A. Hudson, 11 Glen- wood avenue, is spending a few days a-ith his narents. Lieutenant Hudson has been transferred from Fort Sher idan to the Signal Corps Camp, Little Sliver. N. J. SENTRIES ON GUARD AT BIG jp FARM Precautions Taken by J. A. Hudson at Suggestion of Government. 20-FOOT FENCE BUILT All Buildings and Pens to Be Lighted at Night 501 Steers Here. To make safe the supply of beef which he is producing for American soldiers on his farm at McBaine at the rate of 1,500 pounds a day, J. A. Hudson is now constructing a barbed wire fence, I twenty feet high, around all his cattle lots and 'barns. Electricity will light all the buildings and pens at night, and armed sentries will be on guard. On the Hudson farm 501 sleek, red and black steers are taking on fat at the rate of three pounds a day to the steer. At this rate, about 157,000 pounds of beef will be produced on this one farm by the first of next March, when the owners expect to market the cattle. The cattle-feeding operations, con ducted by Mr. Hudson, and hi3 part ner, Thomas G. Clark, are of such proportions that the Government at Washington has written to Mr. Hudson recommending certain measures forj the protection of his hay, grain and livestock. The letter says In effect (hat all farm premises should 'be guarded" -against possible attack by German sympathizers; that armed sentries should be maintained at night on a farm as large as Mr. Hudson's, and that these sentries should be in structed to shoot to kill, if suspicious characters are seen. Mr. Clark says these suggestions are being com plied with. There is being constructed now a barbed wire fence around the feed lots and catle barns. At each of the two entrances to this enclosure, a guard house will be built, and here an arm-, ed sentry will keep watch day arid night. The entire set of farm build ings Including one new hay barn, capacity 700 tons? one new cattle barn 132 by 144 feet; another cattle barn 325 by 50 feet; one machinery shed and a livestock hospital will 'be electrically lighted at night. From the top ridge of the main cattle barn will blaze forth the rays of a high candle power searchlights r " Until these arrangements are com plete, no stranger will be allowed to walk through the cattle pens'. Every one who approaches the barns will be suspected. TENTH OF FOOD STOCK TO POOR Members of Chic League Wll Col lect Canned Foods Tomorrow. The members of the Civic League In Columbia have promised to give one-tenth of all of the canned fruit and vegetables that they have on hand to charity. When the league meets at the Y. M. C. A. Building tomorrow afternoon the food will be collected there and later distributed. This plan to help the poor in the city Is in no way connected with the plan to dis tribute baskets on Thanksgiving Day. The Civic League members want all women who are not members of the league to aid if they desire to do so. Any woman who can spare vegetables or fruit is urged to send them to the Y. M. C. A. Building tomorrow. The regular meeting of the league will begin at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs. W. E. Harshe will make a report on the meeting of the American Association of Civic Leagues. CRAIGIE IS A MAJOR NOW Commandant of Cadets Here Received Word of His Promotion Friday. President Hill, on returning to his office today, found word from the War Department at Washington to the ef fect that on November 7 Captain Wal lace M. Cralgie, commandant of cadets here, was advanced to the grade of major in the U. S. Army. Major Craigle received a notification Friday of his appointment, with the word that the official appointment was on the way. The document arrived today from Washington. Major Craigle thinks that he will not be called from his detail here as It is for four years. He expressed the hope this afternoon that he would be allowed by the authorities to remain at the University. ' ALIENS IN IV S. MUST REGISTER President's Proclamation Says They Must Have Permit to Travel. Ily Associated Press WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. All alien enemies are required to register and obtain permits for' travel, under the proclamation issued today by Presi dent Wilson. Enemies also are prohibited ap proaching within 100 yards of water fronts, docks, railroad terminals and storage houses and are forbidden to enter or reside in the District of Co lumbia. Two 31. U. Students Take Long Hike. Joe Moss and Lester Marsh, students In the University, walked to the Mis souri River above McBaine yesterday and back again. This was a trip of about twenty-one miles. The only stop they made was for lunch. RUSSIA'S RULERS NOT i LEGAL SAYS KAISERl Germany Refuses to Discuss Peace With Soldiers and Workmen. MAY BE A NEUTRAL?, Present Government Reserves Rjght to Make Nation an Onlooker. By Associated Press PETROGRAD, Nov. 19. Germany has refused to treat for peace with the new Soldiers' and Workmen's Govern- jDfiut In response to a recent pro posal, according to the newspapers here, which publish this news as com ing from authentic sources. It is stated Emperor William an nounced in his reply that he would treat only with the legal successor to the Imperial Government or with the constituted assembly. In this connection, the Volia-Norlda aays that Information has already been received that the Soldiers' and Work men's Government, In the event of Its failure to receive replies from the belligerents, reserves the right to make peace on its own account, after which, it the war continues, Russia will keep a neutral position. 'Americans Out of Petrograd. Uy Associated Press i WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Ambassa dorTrancls at Petrograd reported to I the State Department in a message dated last Friday and received today that he had recommended that all un attached American women and men accompanied by women and children leave the city. Arrangements have been made for them to travel on the Trans-Siberian Railway In two special coaches. The ambassador reported conditions In the capital chaotic but comparatively quiet. J Police Confiscate a Large Quantity of Whisky and Beer. A raid, which netted more illegal liquor than has ever been confispated in Columbia before was made at noon today when Sheriff T. Fred Whitesides, Constable Fred Brown and William Miller entered the negro billiard hall conducted by Isora Jack son in the building immediately be hind the city Jail. Sixteen gallons of whisky, two eight-gallon kegs of beer and an empty slxteen-gallow keg were seized by the officers. Robert Wil liams, a negro, was the only person arrested but other arrests are ex pected. Sheriff Whitesides'said this afternoon that liquor has been sold Illegally in the blllard hall for some time. Ac cording to him Jackson first sold beer substitutes to the negroes. The whisky was found In a store room next to the blllard rooms. UNION TO HAVE SERVICE FLAG Will Contain More Than 1,000 Stars, Representing Former Students. A large service flag in honor of former students of the University of Missouri jiow. in military service will be floated in front of the Missouri Union Building Thanksgiving Day. According to H. H. Kinyon, it will contain more than 1,000 stars, repre senting men ranking all the way from private in the army to Provost Mar shal E. H. Crowder, and the builder of Camp Logan, Tex., S. B. Houx. It will be one of the largest service flags in the country. Mr. Kinyon said today that a list of the men and their branches of service would be published next week. He said that the aviation section was one of the most popular branches. The list will include about 500 persons who have enrolled in the Nation's In dustrial army. PRESIDENT MAY RUN RAILROADS Companies Decide to Turn Lines Over to Him if Necessary. Ily Associated Press WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. Formal announcement was made today that the railroads of the United States had decided,, if any crisis should arise, to place their Interests in the hands of President Wilson for pro tection and such disposition as he may deem necessary to prevent Inter ruption of transportation during the war. W. E. Ford Tislsts Here. W. E. Ford of the farm management extension department of the Colorado College of Agriculture is visiting D. C. Wood of the farm management de partment in the University today. Mr. Ford is a graduate of the College of Agriculture in 1913 and worked Tor the farm management department here In 19H. Jlember of Ambulance Unit Here. J. C Harris, a former student of Washington University, is a guest at the Phi Delta Theta house. Mr. Har ris has Just returned from France, where he drove an ambulances in the American unit. He will return to France shortly after Christmas. BIGGES LIQUOR I THE WEATHER Pnr rVilttmtifq nnA -iintt.. .-, slightly warmer tonight and Tuesday freezing point. For Missouri: Fair tonight and Tuesday warmer Tnpflflv and nn.. . .' night.; iM""uu io- .J?hIp.Prs' Forcast: Within a radius of JOO miles of Columbia the lowest tempera- ,?1r.w,U near frerataB weat and north, slightly above east and south. Weather Conditions. The weather this morning is unsettled In southern Canada, and In the southern part of the United States; precipitation, however, has been confined to the eastern half of Texas, southern Oklahoma, south ern .Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Fine weather obtains through out the Rocky Mountains, across middle Mississippi Valley and thence up the Ohio Temperatures approximate the seasonal average In northern and western sections, and are somewhat below normal in the south. In Columbia fair moderate weather will prevail over Tuesday. lrfcal Data. The highest temperature In Columbia yesterday was 53 degrees and the lowest last night was 30; precipitation 0.00; relative humidity 2 p. m. yesterday TO per cent. A year ago yesterday the highest temperature was 07 and the lowest 'i; precipitation 0.00 inch. The Temperatures Today. T a. m ? :U) 11 n m fo. a a. m L.14 10 a. in. 37 S a. m 30 12 m 42 1 D. m 2 p. m 40 PANTS FACTORY HERE? Labor Problem Solved Out come Depends Upon Meet ing Tonight. Two hundred and twenty-five wom en and girls have expressed their de sire to work in the proposed pants factory here, according to H. S. Jacks, secretary of the Commercial Club. The survey for possible labor has been .completed, and the next thing in order is the submitting of Columbia's possibilities as a factory site to theMarx-Haas Clothing Com pany. "It's up to the citizens of this city as to whether or not they want the factory," said Mr. Jacks. "The Com mercial Club has done all It can; the rest depends, upon Columbians." A meeting, at which Mr. Jacks urges all to be present, will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight for arranging all de tails'and discussing the possible loca tion of the factory. All Columbia Is able to do and offer in the way of in ducements will be drafted In a peti tion which will be submitted to the clothing company tomorrow. "At present,' Mr. Jacks said, "the possibility of-Columbia securing the factory looks favorable." The result, though, will depend entirely upon the outcome of the meeting tonight, he emphatically declared. KEVIVAL CROWDS CHURCH Many Turned Away From Wilkes Boulevard Services. Not more than one-half of those who went to the Wilkes Boulevard Metho dist Church last night were able to get into the building to attend the re vival services. The church, with all of the seating accommodations available, will seat 2,400. The Rev. A. B. Coffman, pastor, estimates that that number attended last night's services and that an equal number were turned away. In the audience- were many who came from the country, some driving as far as nine miles. The revival has been In progress a week and the first call for new members to the church was Is sued last night. There were five re sponses. The Reverend Mr. Coffman says that the enthusiasm at the meetings has been marked; The music, under the direction of Prof. Ernest Lunsford. he says, has attracted much attention. The revival will continue two weeks. R. II. JlcDANIEL ASKS DIVORCE Alleged That He Found Unwashed Dishes Instead of Food. Because, he alleges, his wife re mained from home all day so that whpn he returned home from work at night he found the breakfast dishes on the table and nothing to eat for supper, Benjamin H. McDaniel has filed petition for a divorce from his wife, Sarah J. McDaniel. He also mentions other Indignities in the peti tinn Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel were married in January. 1915, and sepa rated in March of this year. CITY ASKS 452 TO PAY TAX Police Court Awaits Those Who Do 'ot Respond. Vntlre were mailed today to the 452 p'ersons who have failed to obey the city's tax ordinances on venicies and dogs. Should any one fail to pay up. Mayor J. E. Boggs says, a warrant will be issued and the offender brought into police court A nronprtv census reveaieu mat $839.50 was due the city from un licensed vehicles and dogs. Billiard Match at Boodle's. A nocket billiard match between Orville Nelson of Kansas City and W. D. Rickets of this city was played at Booche's Billiard Parlors tnis ait ernoon. A second match will be played at 8:15 o'clock tonight Fraternity Pledges Play Tomorrow. tJip. will be a football game be- ttroon thp fmbman teams of the Delta Tau Delta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon on Rollins Field. ITALIAHS ANNIHILATE E Austrian Troops Who Force Way Into Fager Are Driv en Into Water. COMBAT WITH HANDS Dead Bodies Line Banks Like Seaweeds, Observer Says. Hy Associated Press ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY. Nov. 19. The Austrians, who forced their way across the Piave River above Zensnn 'have been thrown into the river, . drowned, bayoneted, killed or captured I until now not an enemy remains on the west bank at the threatened pofnt. The wounded were so numer ous that many have not yet received aid. The enemy, had staked everything on getting to the west bank of the river and the Italians staked everything on keeping him on the eastern bank. Several circumstances induced the enemy to pass. They chase a place where a sandbar runs in midstream, giving them a landing and dividing the main stream Into two shallow canals. This was about 5 o'clock in the morn ing, and in the mist of that hour they came across the channel in two places. Enemy Successful In Surprise Rush. In their first surprise rush they swept past four Italian machine gun batteries, capturing the guns and driving the Italians back into the vil lage of Fager. Here the real figur ing began. It was a hand-to-hand fight through the streets of the town with no place for artillery or machine guns. The Italians used bayonets, hand grenades, knives and gelatine torpedoes. The Austrians tried to throw a line around the town and succeeded in part until the Italian artillery on the north of the village got the range of the line and assisted the Italians on that side to advance and force out the invader. Austrians Unable to Hold Line. The enemy held the line at first but finally broke as the Italians swarmed back into the town, some of the Austrians plunging Into the' river and others trying to re-coss the stream at the points they used in the morning. ' Most sL the enemjf fell alqns..ihe water's edge and an observer says the bodies on the river 'bank and In the water reminded him of seaweed after the tide had gone out. Further down the river where the artillery fire had done effective work, after the fight which lasted late Into the day, the shores were lined with Austrian dead. Italians Begin Offensive. Iiy Associated Press ROME, Nov. 19. Italian forces have begun an offensive on the Asiago plateau and have occupied advanced elements of trenches, the war office announced today. Further attempts of Austro-German troops to cross the Piave River have been stopped. On the front west of the Piave and south of the Quero great numbers of Austro-German troops are attacking the Monte Monfenera and Monte Tomba lines. 3IRS. CHARLES TURNER DEAD Fnneral Serrices Will Be Held at Hickory Grove Church Tomorrow. M?s. Charles Turner, who lived Zyi miles east of Hallsville, died at Park er Memorial Hospital at 2 o'clock this morning. She was operated on last Thursday. Besides her husband and three children, Mrs. Turner leaves her father, S. R. Craighead, who lives south of Centralia; four brothers, D. G. Craighead of Browns, OUIe Craig head of Callaway County, Ray Craig head, Camp Funston; Will Craighead, who lives south of Centralia; and a sister, Mrs. T. A. Faucett of Callaway County. Mrs. Turner attended Wil liam Woods College at Fulton before, her marriage. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Hickory Grove Church, by the Rev. C. E. Dunkleberger. MINISTER MAY (JO TO FRANCE Rev. J. H. George Doing Y. M. C. A. Work In Chicago Now. The Rev. James H. George, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church, left for Chicago last night to take a four weeks' training course in Y. M. C. A. war work, after which he expects to go to France. His family will remain In Columbia. Mr. George did not decide to go until Saturday night, and no definite ar rangements to fill hlB place in the pulpit have yet been made. Journalism Student to XeeL A meeting of all students In the School of Journalism, Including the pre-Journalists, will be held at 7:1a o'clock Wednesday night In the Mis souri Union Building. J. J. Douglass Weds Miss Roddy. James Joseph Douglass of Hunts dale and Miss Susan B. Roddy of Mc Baine were married this afternoon by the Rev. A. B. Coffman at his home on Stewart road. ENEMY AL Pi Jjkk - . ,s683(a,.