ERSHING PRAISES
HIS FIGHTING MEN
HE SAYS THEY LEAD CLEANER
LIVFS THAN EVER DID ANY
SIMILAR LODY OF MEN.
MOTHERS MAY REST ASSURED
'!ed Manufacturers and Dealers Must
Secure ICCnses by February 15
New Courses Added to Medical
Training Camps.
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our A r:'ra st 'Jii 'rs' inI 'rari''. ''ury
hat.' entered" th1 i : nr ith Ith i gh
lest de ti ''I ' 'Irny nil \5th1 tin ilher
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!ng rt iti and d tilrs I i enorsn grain
who ha~ve tilrnttoly been lltt''d' un~ds-r
food adottt it enlt'I'"n l:'(1.1s .
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l ''nIn ity f oll t ' nitllgen. trol duyrg
ment If the sCOr'I J.' rt rF i h-tOrll
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1 r1'"t 1 4 1' 1rry lootk I trU1n111g
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t('il Al~ ' tr a t eingeor~ sixeina t kI;
ber a . n it nrlader rnkr4 r n iilt r ('
Une-t hirawn* trnd.iluding.,1 ofi.r
nrl ,a to aa-r at h 1e nihlancl 1on
pi to l ie. r-s oi iti nd ho spy.1 f ia
oopriit wrkin the eted rVOetna ry'f
borp an ie notj'esI sube ticall un-'
sd 'ijhlyig wilfl be niged tot' inJ1111 u
vx~srinay hoias brand~ f other- pur
toss the orpevl. Servhie. oversea
Ton be exp~retind isht.dil rJoI
Thier esariculr detnan for. t
einry windb agiclturalo 3 studnts
ofarios pintsre July ot.r accun
trnse towdlingrs. At few'1" onf
othei f pint.cuainswl is
Eharonetill ok, rtypit ad Iuteno
ranufhrers. -htsar~e, lo
Pay tor enstd r ne and nont o
two sino'h stain, tlohing adrqur
tote. JAplifglon o ulnn canevilote
nead of e ouetosizef thl ne
dscctblised wrsrieecag
The overseas serv'e of the A
eIn n I A brary i st' 11it n11 1 lit t
1io11. l) Itho)u(ghl shon" ' Is exOt
la11ble aboaw4r'l Itranis[ ,iiti, they'
41.4- . I iit' il t 2.h 1414I lilt' ho
coIIlltIn of ho4l', which1 lare
1s <-Ir'ubilil)g Iilr isii 4 l (th
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III' Il ' 11111 11 ' l l i books 1e1
As a It4 '1111ns -11 ri 1 l-I' it'n lusi'
1illitl'y of 1uil'i 1114n uIg thll' 1 er'.'
for '1s, (11p11 11 11i4i11 sia1 s to 1
I h ill' oud In -rr hig t bo1o in 11h1is
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re c e te oe' I(0 .11 1 1 il l's
mine t "'f lli4' 1 r i ili III IS e fi r( h
p.lu4111 1 heh11 i nk4' 1 (o)1)uli he
1)lou (d 11n Ihhway con strut-tioln dlu
tii1- un:r:
" 1rl i It I sI I'g'sI 1pr4l4 le to (III
tltai d' parn ' -nt w11 il l i'g' 1144' In
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.tri wl4'i1; t114'10 1 c 11onsr 1 u lots atl4 I'
1 0i1 I th sI' highw wh'' h 2411'11
vitally ll i 1or la4I il-e tuiI i 1Se4 of i
lwaring 1 l upo1.1 I- uin' I'r siti 1111n or
t1f( fiov:e I t f I 1 41 11 li Ii ies
2lIistlrIe Of hi ghw ly ('nSt
'Ian r''l1a t 1'ly less I 'e11nital or?
husId 1u (11 Inug or4 111in lt iil11ir i
ec'o4o)I ' ne('ds. TI' d a1ti nnit
pr'i rintg'I11} to suiggesi 10 the4 s4ta4t hi
Way w l) rl(('I'S (Xnients e il'ir I on 11141114
hifu1(! of 1o.( for tihll' rI' l 11(1
lrO jr-t for 1 'f 118 1lne 11t1( thi s I
IoI'Il r"ig4'UI) 15 IlIi 1 1(1(41 IiII 1111141
) t llw 1i'1110 e lSttes I vll uI Vi'4411 0111i
- x(' iedIt 1rre of 111br111 $31)o"Inul,01nu.
hil' dprtnnt (f 1)1br1 Is a1rra
A to Ib rig into 11e Ini'e tai
110.00(1 1:f ti s for r1ailroa1d l0 fi
'oik. fromn I ''r t ililo 111fo thl 'Ir,
lotnl,. ( '4' iri1 1 tI 1 l'5 . P
i" ('i 1 12':r: ol'' ()f thie d p'1 art11m
'I Inho"r.
r . Pl ost ecla'I'4 re'S there Is no nec
"Iti for linpo(rlting (011111l0n labhor fr
IIIxi o 1' hi1 . Porto lti'tl Is
IgriuluI/ l1 ti o1riyi a d1( 1 yiet hCs
(I :sity' of po lt 1 iOn l'XeIx 11d1d by (
b re'.' states. A consilrniie suri
f work (rs I xistS n th11 d il 1(ta.
'Oi furisl 100,00 larorers, a11111
Virgin Islands de1 sied tor10,00(1 l
Arrai nge'rne'ntS are being iInaUP
2:ring rver 50,0d toe s theonesy
Ii 'i4 O ( i )IP ()0fl l11 (IS ii411 1 tlgo
ng Is f ailed.
A '(I'n rI(' ort r1nld e by the Unit
;ta1tes (015u1 11n Ta'1s:1anian IIn Isht
't 'Ite of AII stra lia , in(1lu(es the fas11
"'1he ge'l sbh()'1 for the repia
I Iii '(f th'14111 t1)('4'1I'I i 11s(, it a n u o
'' t li 'nlf'1'I I'1c het w IIn thl rncll
" ''alth hint tlw sta te i ( uthorities,
' 1 y ir hat et 1re ch s tte w(J
hae:lr to fhun I lnd, while the C.
ruonweahh1Irt gove11"rnnent wtould adVii
(4 t :to $ 0.dInto toenprothe holdinI
'ath roeurd soldier and to proc
It in or stck and imrplene
Ii thie Stnte It was deemledn that
ro la1nds would prove too difl
'4 intre to attract returned
i ters, 1)n1 it was decided to pure
ar1;" 4''t111 s a' nd di vide them up
lrnni! (Hr11ns and to use the money
m11'od1.0 by the cornmonwealth go'
fI'nt for buildings, fences and t1
'111 h llIOnI(y e'xpen'ded by the stat
'urif sing the land, as well as
'u1y afvlaed by the cominilonw<
t'. li1n.rl o ir s tat, IL a244 l ien u o
piroeryi and mu~js be repa4id22, i
annualI paylnts.21tlt1h' It also2 de
iby the commonweralth to ad
'4-stre tof rent I land .21 Bils will, b
Fo uro' of operat' 2in rarb
intre iisions', as . follows:2
'f'th Ohio and Ptrne ri.r
diana-llinoi rtat lih a
ralrad in. a iln i extend' g l it
romu~J points1 1. a.st:~ of the dan;
I'o, the orfo ": &. W:a'rn
he I irg1yeunfan riuns 1I.g ri
Soutt'le rng~ iiron $.-! o l
...rmhit pwti al o fthn. e ft':.:i ed .5
j"'th oh 'e eh lihd E'r.11-1
''2 W" t r.4'.he \igi a a
'in.d nartm'.nit o' ag~te
11.1 4 n' hu Outh 'ii-t~ f the 0r
K4'ahi i~rier ond te ot.t cro
yer po rt cro wa the (l.-aris
pr -ue ra thosle 18 ..:t :..
---e". -
atnel,
have
It t
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1t I ,t .
the
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rin
rin i'
'on :t
(slit
for
nit
Is
gh- 1 I .vlutenatint i suman of Ile FI re nch a
t1 chine, wh"ich at shot t Irne' beffore h
sta HIIlf nfen of the Alrnerleatns w ho
uIii louts iuglin Ilut wias sta rIed'i
lilt h
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
AMERICA AND ALLIES ARE LAY
o ING PLANS FOR VICTORY
a BEFORE YEAR CLOSES.
rely
"; GERMAN STRIKES SPREADING
I Ili'
th4
)re.
to Workmen of Empire Demand Peace
on- Civil War Rages in Finland-Ital
tians Drive Back Austrians-Sec.
retary Baker's Excellent De
tei fense Checks Criticism.
id
- By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Wn_ \ashington correspondlents were
tes t-rrllited to say, last rilday, that the
re- lulted States anud the entente allies
re- are ma1turing plan1s of supreme Ilipor
u n nItlce whleh, it 1o hoped and helieved,
will bring the war to an end before
.ld ,.he close of this year. What the pro
et Is, cannot he stated, but it is
n known that this country is about to
O use Its mnen 1anil resources on a far
ure Lreater scale than has been considered
nt. l.ossible, and that there will be close
cult ('o-operatlon by all the lTpponenlts of
the central powers.
nsol In a message to American farmers,
to I'resident Wilson dleclared the eul
ntitittatIntg crsis of he struggle has
ad- I corno, ani] that we IIuit and shall
ern- wi. Ile ailiieel th~at victory or defeait
Jols. would he h-'i id, it this year.
e in
the - -
atlth Indusltriil; tlrnny at last scenms to
the he ri1ig in its strength. (elan tidIng
mnall thatt the war hie entled wuithout indemt
ance -ontion 'itof t he prol-tariat the itmprov
may ed. Ti '~Is reatllIy thle big anews of thle
e in- Jiast week, for if the hutndr'eds oif thou
tents sands (if sitrikintg wvorkment, b~ackedl by
at be le w'itrnen of thIe couttry, can gain a
Aus- the uippor o f at (onsiderablelr part of
the(.t'~t Gran artay thle autocrats atnd
mttlitarijsts runty hea drnivetn from piower
-oads oir fo re"(d to r-ee',fli grea tly from thtelr
laced lon-Gorna'na pi;rogam in Ir order to0 re
al tei r hiold ii n thle telins of gov
'nrn enit. I rlin'- i. I altianug. Kiel'
and t he 13 hrinnitz" inrlutri(al aditrictlt ofi
t 1anrd aill over ' t ernpire t here tire
erike"s. A c-rring ta to t he mnotger dls
t itIhies from (;errany11. thte sibli411
ud tri kers fouight in IthIt suburbs oif
I n anel t 14 sorne dle'aths resulterl,
"1t1 ' b .pg1 in sev'-ral inistaes ih'- s-i
3 t~l - .'fi edr t fare' (in the pieop le. The
iat~ ' fatins ailStre condu tc: tng
h ~ - e ar t i-*- stra t Ion, tand tnany3 oif
't-e h tr aid to hative biee'n ar
x i?- lijir(-ss'4l. MInister
-'' '1 ~ i Wfir ff refuased to hold
tthe dlele'gates (of the
r -oni~fflition of affaitre.
'Iton rtteant anything.
1~~- (1 icoresp'jontdet'tts In TIeil
ii whlre' wve-re duiiiouli.
'1'. 1 r. hlif hielle-ved the4 im
-.j~if E n1-'onTt had~ '-tirrr'd upj the
n.ert In the hope that it
-............ (nt(*nte countries andl
'r 'i r r, '-e-. or thtat It intendedl
- to u ' 9:nI tnt to bir'eak offI nego,
'I t - ,Moi bi;'e Ruisslana bolshievliki.
TJhe're we ritue-h un'nertainty as to
O t waos gaine (ir in Austrita. as thae
(4'tnsorsip wUt very active. Reports
ranin Vlentna were that the state grain
B risthe(r4 we-re' des-troyed hiv a ('(n-1
iL-fingration wh ie-h the~ revoluationaries
r. 'n atents'l o-f having startedl.
Frontf P'trtograd' camne the statement
hrt the workmen of Warsaw had
~trutck Ina protest against Von Kuehi
1. : nr n rt's de'nrid thait Russ-ia recognize
-. Pish~ governrnent protected by (;er
Iti J is interesting to learn that WVII
iarnb B. Thomprson, formerly head of
tOtthe Arnerls'an Red Cross mIssion to
Rtu'sia, Contribiuted a million dollars
or more to piromrote the spread of bol
'heviki propaganda in Germany and
~t'A ustria, believIng It would be the
mar- greatest~ instrument in the undermin
na rg of the milInarIst regimes in the
let central powers. ThIs Idea seems to be
ever av'ators have carried vast quantities
fully .justified by results. Thet Russian
r-_--.w, rVw w we rW w/ --wwww
'.'4
LEIl
v12 ialon 4II' corp l Nianding1 uneone1146'ned '4
rd fale Iro, aIII hight'l of 4'.'2 Ieea hii
were first al the fro11 In I-'rance. :l |
4)1 o III urtes' at l'.t Nil4'ar'k 1141 en4
of holshevik(I litera.ture' across the
lhwes, 1and4 tis, to)gethe'r with 11he y'"1
er11l 'i'llention 4)f i're26S#4l'4'i \1'ihlson''.
waV liII s ler111h'ess, hii s ad14 1 IIiIonent
lite cliii' Ell)th i n n ltbetwen Ith
'il'224'421(114'r 1121 1" hE'tlll hgiti %eI 1 2 1 "
hoverIm1ent of Ihait 1r' I(epubIlr 1n1'
Ilhy r'evoluttion1ists, wh~o Seek( to follow
the exathrple of their brethireni in itus
sit, hits re'1 su21o 'd iii so12e sharl light
lug. The so-called wbl4e gurrd. sup
porti0g the governm11ent in north('rn
Ila'n'i, defe tred 221ti rd gur2 1 de
spite the help given the littler by tus
tri soldiers, 1)1 then began a 1 reb
on the southern part of the voun try',
where the red guards were In contr.l.
A report tliht Sweden had intervened
hf behalf of the government was dle
nlied1.
Trhe tout nlais joned fori'es wi th1
the UkraInians under the co nd of
G.eneral Sterherb'atc"heff, whern1 the ho4)
sheviki declared 11an ou (t.w. aIni' d In vaid-(
('d Bessarabia, partly to restore order
there fndi ospeal'iI'ly to protet great
stores of supplies belonging to Itu
mania that had been rei' noved ther
at the tline of the ('rnIi invasion.
This move, added to other sources of
irritation, e aused the ussian goveri
me('nt to treak off al relations WI i
Itouanth('21 fr nel 1t ann1 'iro c that t i
would fight thell'khrin'. T'h( tr oop
of the rada got Into airton,22 a1 d in V-'4)
itynla they defeated hl e bish'viki.
taking possession of Lutsk.
On the othert haand. the I'kratin1ians
were forced to sr2rend2erl 1<1ir to till
bolsheviki roos.
Th e bolsheviki seem not t ha V
("4rn1e to anyt\ agre('lnenrt nts to the 144ne4'
negotiationts with G~ermlany. and it wa.'
rep tkorted the 1r24 ' ah'I betw' '2n the L('
nine and1 th)' '1Trotzky facetiOns Was wid.
(rnling. The' lrm1 er('22t2. favoe d ( y"iel11in1
Thes nego1('titiinsi a li re 'i'22sLitvl.
ativesii of ~ I141 (211 w or l prletar ~iat." 2f21
alli mrl ists.'. 231ygul Trotzky was'4 (give12
at free ofn sin 11 ' daling with th 422 en
week at theI Aus'1tiin line o the est214
"Vrn Aiag i' l ae. Tu 10111h 15 dash1in Itl
tiIns took41' '. somei 21.5' f isoners' and('~
repul'sed4-i all eu nter-iil'ibattak A11, da4y6
thik te th of'illil i Mont di'ul (ai'el.'21IV
thnat ingl highV414t A21( thu2 n mort'(4
isonersi~ 1(1. 111any guns,114 an hirg'c Q'(ian
1tile (if 112ppliesi we(i~uri tAn Th
waer's12 tr 'tnl. but the tiaI nw o ha0
ad",'t is h hatteries (d T(' le stiltors
wer'i not 6 to4 be w1ithsto21od.a Thill loed
t.o 111121 terien emy h k ai nt to he i r
sflloper of he2sno-enverd1Alp.
pon' the westgfrot tIr~lhlre was4' ever
ou iyAtgarilar hatrivty butfno no
Incrthe poran olffe tllo(ldtos wast
ofeslayd.erhaps1( waliting for qIntternal
trubs mtorImmr w. The 2se2e212 ftor
hendany the Ameari ( f the subei't
to reqsueneif1 et s ecretg.an oni all
rurng trerh rai'.d was Tnne there.
Asthantneam shsfint here tirer
by numbercaf asuanthem. ngte e
inrgi~s of -tnrt . In. Th(;r
Ou h goveerlntmnt ofe the hp hradi
beeng naes tha iteen creat trand
of sodirg and Smerear ounte ofr
a ith b;:;;"h/:te in I rn rn
+'
.en during the. rog'fr,.%; f /.r; of
ly hlf du hHldien bin I nrrane unt
rui llo (I. 2 niun1 al r n ne win ilil b
;rnly turigo whefrog-ver rasor nlireonfi
tuin'vl I( olai ion e rese b cerai n ern(i -
lt:'cr Itrhes tI'nle h - ii itr y V owse(Ir"
AIsnerlea needllo gvel l1;riany(" nai tx
ully,~ beenus ti great nrorna-r hof iur
red roi gon vw n in er ~nt i-:n .
the u itrl , ('wrhap'is, by ("tt ii he uc sfu
niintk Iofhs111 thled vinltorsy ~,"' o f 0
hinir anel gthe fernlno il-, h
kliser's air forces 1nnde t wo big raiidIs
nrn snressive iii ghts on Londlon anid
southeast E-;nglndI. The bornbs
dri lilIed thv liby t (h first exipediion killed
97 1uersons, mnostly wornen anul chil
d (ron, and1( 1alllu one in the luetrop~olis,
(an 'lin'itred It ',onsiderable tin iin er.
'IThe seronld bunch of raiders inurde"red
o nly two.
For the first (itli)ne In 1 1 i n hs I'arl s
wasn. rided by5 en1e"ny Dylators. T1he"y
Ittaeked the 'ity in econSideraule nulrn
hiers anl killed 2(1 persons and1 wound
e1 50.
Siecretat ry 1 Rker, ut his Ow nI request,
aI lnerin"g a second tinme before the
senaIt (e l Irniittee iii inflitary aiffairs,
tide ino arbress that created Si excel
taiiniii) ile ssl ioe fun that inliuch of the
lritiels of linl andi( his ina nagenent
(if the wair depiarr122ent wais Silenice(.
Ile spoke frian kly at elo;gjquently, no
h7 ger st eking to rover up the faults
of the bureaus, but assertingt. that his
critics had nade it tlwasr that spe
lfi ( '1a5s("5 were ihcteristic of gen
('rall orlitions, whih Wai s n t true,
1nd that (ivery nsta(ke dis(sved wo had
w'en retiied ndu 1011i onf thern re
hu'nt'd. i s ii2 slan2in tin an1( di efense
of uiist of thelIP ev(it'lized aiitsT of fis
Ixadel 1rtinent i 1sss hud t cretinidn. 01nd1
he d222l ated 1, ili ternit Uer or i (Ifnts
Sity.
T"ez rn' iedia tel reult wof tn mien
'nifne2lt hilf wais 'Il due on-1 lyt patriois
li die to' hlpl win teliL wor andin
. diinistrat1'jion 2''ir.1 Unker inlly~ i
itle fortEllneasure.(' bu4i\t'I aSe ttth
heiter he ssumired. It (r' was beiee that
ju if the Ilsititfinition12 dirctr 11(s"
creal'it hill bde fille y tor Satiltin
dus,' who already. Win the reoranzin,
hasi been ~24 intdeduveo reneral' ofi h
as puiisr2ain02 agent for t nnte
a21''lles i'een fit hdn peculiarlyt'c f41 o
the pol er 2(fsr*hu ~ d ti h
ifThe gioloi(I resu lts o h dieat in
122 esigtin 1nd11 of1 theyo gen! al erf!
115i irectedsi naient forlte fetes
fthe wa u-lrt en'sno'etnn
ar24 good re tly ofnd th efiprovn
p netnt tuy n 12( untf all e crit ie(s1
are lo 'a~ltisied t'x('epti thiee w ho hold
I that 22 profes-.ed In(ifist int the muan
fo r secreta12ry of wn r in wa11r time11.
twi''dliy that a21n: nerIe(2ment hadl been
(rrane by t he l'niteud StateOs.
1that Silujets of 41a1h coim-2- Ia fl.~
of the ithlers may2 return home;, withIn
Isixty day's for majitaryv "ervie. Ilnd if
they3 do no1 hyin e rfe1hr
The Brith-h' andl ('anna n recrul ther
muissio'ne In thn- litedl States, under
the ennulnni f c~mpetenzt and experi
en1(ed I:oer< who have al nl done their
hsit ntI the. fr-ont. haove been getting ren
5(onab1ly csord results in New~ Yorke
New i52 and Chi1enlgo. and many113 oth
er ecin of the country, and tihey
wiill hail With joy suhl a1 pnet as is
1a lined, for there are thlousnd(s of
trit ish subjects in tihe U'nited States
whol 11 nl need to heC pushed n lit the In
order to get them inito the armed serv
l0e of their COUntry.
i'Xiilosion1s andi tires In pliants that
are malking wanr 1m11t(r111 continue to
ble disgustIngly frequenlt. despie the
efforts of tile secret ser-vice to catch
tile spIes and1( ngents responlsile. One
of tile whorst of thlese occurrences was
a great exp'losIonl In tile naval torpedio
station nlt Newport News, Vn. Another
was a dlisastr'otli fire on oil barges that
threatened tile big government shIp
yard at 1l'ort New~ar'k. Federal agents
helleve ma~fny of these outrages are the
w'ork of pnltifsts who eni themselves
Amne-teann
GARFEILD ENDS
'IEATLESS DAYS
HEATLESS DAYS. HAVE, BEEN
ABANDONED IN EIGHT SOUTH
ERN STATES.
CONDITIONS ALMOST NORMAL
improvement In Weather Condition,
Causes Fuel Administrator Garfield
to Lift Order-Roads Moving
FreiUht.
WanhcI ini ot .' - ('ontlnued improve.
Ii l I is w it bc-r anid transsportation
-oielI cl)iict will barIng an end to the
hIeatei i1 Mii' oitiy prograi after itg
jIlforE',in lI lels Ji , Fuel Administra.
tor. (urici e:1# siin oune':ed.
Hliierena lno thr h': program immedi.
alely in ilyhI 8ou.hern I:..ates was an
hiohrzl#. by 1}r-tror Garfield after the
re(eipI. of re4port s howing tnat higher
t:In iaraturoi ha VI: r'iie' ':a the coal
nhort.age In Souli to tu:h an extent
that further :i'ming i. uns'r:ssary I
'Tjhe Mtir- Iar: Nr',ib ard Sruth (aro
hlna, T';nn: ''. f, "rgia. 4orida. Ala.
hauina .\1b-:inipjpi andi1 Lou . ana.
J)otor (arf'd wad :r'a re hpe-fu
ovcer the ge:rm'ral out' : than at as
tirne fojr work :.' .h :.ere :s dan
g(:r oaf fiorodt Iror. reia!.r~g snows anid
(onseg:qUeInt interfer':n' e With trn.r.
All plati(- hoj'i;ng wrk:ers who an
nern b rs of th: interna-:or.a: Ladies'
Garrun(rt W'orks-r:- T r n were '-x.
-rnpted frorm the ni'nay c:o .ng. Many
of thr.m are work.rag or. Cio:hing for
the army.
lhe first e(-tior. of the closing or.
der establishing a prefer:.niai list in
(-oil distrihutior1 ard section ten pro.
viding a penaity for non-c omp;arct
will continue to stand.
AMERICAN SHARPSHOOTERS
ARE GERMANS' MATC
Dr. Von Seydler. Austrian Prerre-,
Has Resigned.
American s arpshooters on the A
tor held by the United S:a-es fo
northwest of To on the w -
front have mat:a 1i +he7 mary.
ship and wits aga:nst the skhi a:.
experience of the Germar riear.
posed to them. an thus far have .
the advantage. Er.ezy sr2pers ha-e
been routed from their Fiding pia
among beshes in the hi y wo,
terrain or in she hole by the ex;.er:
fire of the Ameri:arts. and wher+
rifle proved ur.avarr there
brought into a.: 'c.- ma.:_a r
light artillery wh:ch d -: --.
German she ters a:. mare ca_.
of their occupar..
his yrabin:t t' ipn A - a
cordinrg to Vi-1 a crs e
the Austrian :a-i:a : ie--s-ar -
the cabirne:'s resirra--:c. is due to
opposition of Polish dep-earr
special debates and :he prvisi
budget. Dr. von Seydlecr infomrmec
bor de1+gations that it was the wi
of the 'rmperor to end the war at h
earliest poissible moment by an ho:.
able peace, and this declaration cf h
premier was instrumental in er.i~
the strikes in Vienr.r.
The Turkish foreign min~ister. Nc
simy Bey-. speaking in the Ottomar.:
chamber of deputies Thutrsday. -
sented that Turkey was in ful! acccr (
with the attitude of Germany a...d
Austria as outlined in the recert
speeches of the German chance:!rar
Count von Hiertling. and the Austria-.
foreign minister. Cournt ('zerrnin in
retard to the Dardanelles. Nessimv
Bey declared that the strait wou
remain open in the future to inte:
national traf'ic "as in the past arnd:
the same eonditions." This declara
tion is regarded as Turkey's reply- to
the provisionc in President Wilson's
anno-untcement of America's war aime~
which required that the Dardanelt
should be opened permnanenthv as a
free passage to the ships of all na
tIons.
PROPOSES TO STANDARDIZE
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
Washington.--Fxtnsive standardiz
Ing of railway equipment Is contemn
platedl by Director General McAdoo
under government operation. He ex
plained tha~t he expoets the division
of finance and purchase of the railroad
administratIon. headed by John Skel
ton WillIams, to wrok out a number of
reforms along this line In co-operntion
with railroad executives and mann
facturers of locomotives. cars and
other equipment.
I. W. W.'S PLANNED
TO PLAY HAVOC
Waahington.---Tndustrial Workers of
the World on the Pacific coast have
planned wholesale destruction of ini
dustries and shipping. and other inter
forence with prosecution of the war, it
was said at the department of justice.
The Indictments of 53 at Sacramento
by a federal grand jury is the result of
recent Invest igation of governmrenft
agents who discovered that leaders'
were Diotting Istemattc .sataffe. L