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: . , PRESIDENT
IS OPPO8EO TO
PEACE UNTIL GERMANY IS
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WE MUST STAND TOGETHER
Appeals to Workingmen for Co-operation
lo Conduct of War?Victory
Cannot be Won Unless All Factions
' Are United.
Buffalo, N. Y.?President W-ilsou. In
h forceful address here before the
American Federation of I*abor. ap'
pealed to the workingmen of the United
States for co-operation in the conduct
of the war. mude It eniphntl'-al!*clear
that he opposes peace uuil this
war against Germany is won.
The president declared thut his
heart was with the "feeling of the
pacifists, but that my mind has a contempt
for them."
. "I want peace, hut I knou how to
?et It and they do not." he declared.
Col. E. M. House, head of the
American delegation to the. allied war
conference, the president Huid. had
been sent to take part in a conference
its to bow the war was to be wou. and
lie knows, as I know, that that is the'
w?y 10 get pence lr you want it I'or
more than a tew minutes.
The 450 delegates to the convention
and the several thousand persons
admitted to the liall to hear the president
speak, aroao and applauded this
declaration wHh a tremendous burst ot
cheers. Another demonstration of ap'
tfroval caoie when he said:
"We must stand together, night and
' ' day, until this Job is finished."
Por Foreign Consumption.
The president, while devoting his
address to problems for the people of
the United States. laid emphasis upon
the broaded phases of the world conflict
in a way that seemed to indicate
that his speech was possibly intended
aa a message to the people of
Germany, of Austria and of Russia, as
well as of the United States. He declared
his belief that were it not for
the Pan-Germans, the spirit of freedom
would find "as fine a welcome in {he
N& hearts ot Germans as it can find in any
' other heart.
"Power," he said, "cannot bo used
with concentrated forces against free
peoples, if it is to be used by free
people."
Speaking, probably of Austria, Mr.
Wilson referred to the intimations of
anxiety for peace that had come.
"from on? of the central powers' 'and
declared that K meant "that he i?eople
of that central power knew mat
if the war enda aa It stands, thoy will
in effect, themselves be vassals of Oerrn&ny,
notwithstanding * that they
V do not wlRh in their pride and proper
spirit of nationality to be absorbed and
dominated."
Of Russia, he said that he was 1
amazed that some group* in that
country could suppose that "any reform
plans In the interest of the people
can live in the presence of a Germany
powerful enough to undermine
or overthrow them by intrigue or
force."
"Patuons as the dreamers of Russia."
were those persons in this country.
he declared emphatically, who suppose
that "the free industry and enterprise
of the world can continue if
the pau-German plan is achieved und
the German power fastened upon the
world. x|
Germany Started War.
The President directly asserted that
Germany had started the war and
said he would leave confirmation of
this statement to the verdict of history.
Ht rydrrog to Germany's
giywth **. a 'place In the sun'.' and
asked why she was not satisfied when
she gained that position. In answer.
ihe described the German government's
methods of controlling the
competition of its industries and asserted
that "all the while there was
lying behind its thought. In Its dreams 1
for the future, a political control !
which would enable it In the long !
<a.i w uvuimain me moor ann trie |
Industry of the world.
Mr. Wilson cited in this connection I
\
the Berlln-to-Bagdad railway which he
A said, "was constructed to run the
H threat of force down the flank of the
U Industrial undertakings of half a do*
' i en other countries, so that when Ger;
\ \ naan competition came in it would
8 J-? not be resisted too far because
fc there was always the possibility of
^ getting German armies into the heart |
H of that ooutitry quicker than any oth Rfc
er armies could get there."
Bumming up, he said that Germany
Q Is determined that the political power
if the world shall belong to her.
K9 METHODISTS TO RAISE
K GREAT CAMPAIGN FUND
HH Pbltadelt hla.?The Methodist Eplsopal
boards of home and foreign mis HI
alone at a Joint conference approved
HHnB a recommendation that a campaign be
H | inaugurated to raise $80,000,000 in the
^^f^Haext ttve years, forty millions are
be raised by each board to spread
Hmj^HHMethodism to all corners of the earth |
D^HaAoM 1100 clergymen from all parts of J
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Brig. Gen. Francis J. Kernan is now
aulatant rtil?? n? .t<.?
KERENSKY FLEES THE CAPITAL
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! GOVERNMENT FORCES ARE COMPELLED
TO SURRENDER WINTER
PALACE.
Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates are
In Complete Control of Petrograd.
Woman's Battalion Defending Palace
is Forced to Surrender.
Petrogrun.?Government forces holding
the winter palace were compelled
to capitulate under the Are of the
cruiser Aurora uud the cannon of the
St. Peter and St. Paul fortrerj across
the Neva river. The woman's battalion
which had been defending the winApr
ntlu nn anws?f*n/l??%?ii*l
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The workmen's and soldiers' delegates
are in complete control of tho
city.
Premier Kerensky was reported at
I?uga, 8G miles southwest of Petrograd.
After the government forces had
l>een driven into tho winter palace, the
place was besieged and a lively (Ire
of machine guns and rifles began. The
cruiaer Aurora, which was moored
at tho Nicolal bridge, moved up within
range, firing shrapnel.| Meanwhile
the guns of the St. Peter and St. Paul
fortress opened fire
There was spasmodic firing in other
parts of the city, but the workmen's
and soldiers' troops took every means
to protect ciizens, who were Offored to
their quarters. The bridges and the
Nevosky Prospokt. which were In the
hands of the government forces were
captured and held during the night by
the workmen's and Boldiers' troops.
Washington.?Discouragement felt
here ovor the news of the overthrow of
| the Keronaky government at Petrofpfl.fi
in tpinnoroH Kv knno a?
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tremp radicals who have seized the
capital may not be able to extentl
their control over the army or any
considerable part of the country. Howover.
it is feared that much blood may
be shed and the nation further demoralized
before any power arises above
the turmoil strong enough to control
the situation.
COTTON REPORT SHOWS
7,150,254 BALES GINNED
Washington- -Cotton ginned prior to
Novembor 1 amounted to 7.150.254
bales, counting round as half bales, and
including 133,170 round bales and
57.381 bales of sea island, the census
bureau announced.
Last* year 8,623.893 bales were
ginned prior to November 1. including
154,141 round bales and *0.727 bales of
sea Island.
Oinnin"" hv state* this year were:
Alahan' . 305.106; Arizona. 2.7G5;
Arkansas, 495,977; California, 11.614;
Florida. 34.176; Ooorxln. 1.205.506;
T 7\n(aiann iOO AOft. Ml l ? l *
, w.,u,cot,,*, ?Oi?, PllllMHMippi, *!IS,"
! 532; Missouri, 19,816; North Carolina.
; 277:963; Oklahoma. 523.367; South
Carolina. 783 513; Tennessee, 81,956;
Texas, 2,392.611; Virginia. 3.472; all
other atatea, 1,911.
Olnnlngs of aea Island by states:
Florida, 26,008; Ooorgla, 299,640. and
South Carolina. 1,833.
NEGRO SOLDIER8 MAKE
TROUBLE IN MONTGOMERY
Montgomery. Alu.?Quirk work by
the military police, aldrd by Major
John C. Fulton, commander of the
Tenth training battalion (negroes!,
probably prevented serious trouble
when some of the negro soldiers becam*
excited over the report that one
of their comrades had been captured
by a mob and was being taken out
to be lynched. For a tlmo It appeared
there was danger of a race riot, but
the military police prevented.
8UFFRAGI8TS END HUNGER
8TRIKE OF 72 HOURS
Washington.?Mies Alice Paul, head
of the woman's party, and Miss Rosn
OTi 1 a?
muniuw, nunger-Birimng in the district
Jan hospital, were fed by the Jail
authorities. Liquid food was given
them through rubber tubes, breaking
a faat of something over 72 hours.
Tietlier force was employed may
be always a matter of dispute. Dr.
J. A. Gannon, the Jail physician, said
it was not and that both women took
the nourishment without protest.
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MAUHINfcKT run zNII
DRAFT IN OPERATION
PRESIDENT WIL80N WR1TE%
FOREWOR DTO REGULATIONS
FOR 8ECOND CALL.
MAY BE MADE IN FEBRUARY
Regulation* and Question* Forwarded
to Local Boards?-Muit be Complete
Inventory of Qualifications of Each
Registrant.
Washington.?President Wilson formally
put the new machinery for the
currying the selective draft bill into
operation with the publication of the j
lurewora ne nas written to tne regula- |
tons under which the second call will !
be made. The regulations themselves I
and he questionaires which more than ;
9.000,000 registrants will bo required j
to fill out are being forwarded to local |
boards, but have hot yet been made
public.
War Department officials estimate 1
that the whole process cau be completed
within 00 days. This means
that nit second call will be made upon
the draft farces before the middle of
!next February, as the period of classification'will
not begin until December
16th.
The president describes the new
.plan of dividing all registered men not
already mobilized into five classes,
subject to military service by classes,
as being intended to produce "a mere ;
perfect organization of our manpower."
"The selective priuciple must be
scurried to its logical conclusion." the
President said, and he added # that
there must be made a complete inventory
of the qualifications of each
registrant in order to determine "the
place in the military, industrial or
agricultural ranks of the nation in
Iwhich his experience and training can
{beet be made to aerve the common
good."
The inquiry projected in the questlonaire
will go deep into the qualification
of each of nearly 10.000.000 men.
The aucceas of the plan and its completion
within the estimated time rests
absolutely upon the whole-hearted sup- 1
port given by the people especially by >
the doctors and lawyers of each community.
REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA
ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE
Troops Loyal to Kerensky Are March- 1
ing to Capital.
London.?The Rolsheviki revolution 1
in Petrograd is reported to be apapproaching
collapse. Regiments loyal 1
to Premier Kerensky are marching on I
the capital .and fighting is under way
in the city, according to reports reach* 1
lug here from Petrograd. An organization
which has adopted the name
of Ail-Russian committee for saving i
! the country and the revolution an- '
nounced that the defeat of the Bolshoviki
movement was a matter only of
days or hour*.
The town of Tsarkoe-Selo, 15 miles
south of Petrograd. where former Emperor
Nicholas lived much of the time.
is said to have been captured by loyal
forces, after which the rebels retired j
to Petrograd in disorderly mobs.
Paris.?A wireless dispatch from
Ilapurauda in Sweden, near the Finnish
border, pays that Premier Kerensky
has 200.000 men supporting him.
The wireless message, which escaped
the censorship of the Bolsheviki by
being sent from Haparanda, says Premier
Kerensky left Petrograd Tuesday
for general headquarters, being
concealed in the bottom of an automobile
ambulance. It is Understood
he was accompanied by General Alexieff.
former commander-in-chief, and
by Foreign Minister -Terestcheuko.
Premier Kerensky now has 200.000
|inou devoted to him." the dispatch continues.
"It is believed h is going to
Moscow to reestablish his government
there and march on Petrograd. This
pot ilbly may bo unnecessary as the i
latent news from Petrograd says a bat- j
tie is going on in the streets and that
I the (Vsuacks have joined the minimalists
a iu are mast Ting the maximal'
f st s."
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TO 8TANDARIZE BREAD
AND BRING DOWN PRICES
Washington.?Definite stops to stan- ;
dardlzo bread and lower its price were '
taken when President Wilson issued
a proclamation placing all bakeries
under government license Lereniber 10
and subjecting them to food adm'nfstration
rules prescribing ingredients I
and weights of loaves. Prices will not 9
be Axed, hut with the qtanrtnrdlzalon i i
It Is expected that natural competition j
and simplification of distribution will i
force down paices. ,
Fancy breads will be eliminated and
the multitude of sizes now produced \
will be reducod to conform with atan- ;
dard Ingredients. The weights wilt be I
ono pound, one and a half, two and i
four pounds. The loaves will have a I
crease in the middle to permit their'1
salo In halves. In baking only three ; t
pounds of sugar will he allowed for a i
barrel of (tour. Instead of ?.n average .?
of six pounds now used, and two ' f
pounds ot vegetable oil shortening.
must be used Instead of six pounds of (
iard or oil. The food administration t
expeci* t?> aave 100,000 00" pounds of '
sugar and the same amount of lard. ?
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S C.. THUS8DAY. NOVSM
'IAMES M^OLUNS
James H. Collins, for 15 years a
widely known writer on business subjects.
has charge of the rood administration's
publicity handled through j
trade?papers .
WAS 9.400,000 SUBSCRIBERS
TOVAL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO SECOND
LIBERTY LOAN AMOUNTED
TO $4,917,532,300.
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Minimum Oversubscribed By 54 Per I
Cent, and Only $383,000,000 Less j
TV..- M Ann Ann nnn < ? ? '
ii?iTi <furvvvi|UW|Wu minimum r IX6Q
by th? Treasury Department.
Washington.-?American* responded
to the call for a second war liberty
loan by subscribing $4?17,532.300, an
over-aubecriptioii by 54 per cent of the
$3,000,000,000 asked, and only $383,000,000
less than the $5,000,000,000 maximum
Axed by the treasury.
Tabulations completed eleven days
after the close of the nation-wide bond
selling campaign, showed that every
federal reserve district exceeded its
quota and $9,400,000 persons subscribed
in the big war financing operation
which Secretary McAdoo described as
the greatest ever attempted by any
government.
Half of the over-eubscribad sum
will be accepted, making the actual
total of bonds to be issued $3,80 ,766.150.
Ninety-nine per cent of the hu!>scribens
will receive the amount for j
which they bargained, all subscrip-1
tions for $60,000 or less being allotted
In full, and those above that amount
being pared down in varying proportions,
ranging from a 60 per cent al
lowance on subscriptions between
$50^000 and $100,000 to 40 per cent
for the largest single subscription of
$50,000,000.
"The success of the second liberty
loan, like that of the first. Is a distinct
triumph for the people of the
United States," said Secretary McA.doo.
announcing the loan results. "It
not only demonstrated their ability,
patriotism and resources but augurs
the certain success of any future loans j
that may be offered by the govern- j
rnent
No Loan in January.
The secretary added a denial of (
reports that the third loan would be ,
solicited in January. 1918. "In view
of the large over subscription of the {
3econd liberty loan," he aaid, "I am j
triad to state that this will not be nee- j
888ary." It has been generally under- |
stood that the third loan would be j
sought probably in late February or I
sarly March neat year.
The New York federal reserve dlsrict
subscribed nearly three times as
much has the second district on the
list, Chicago. The results In each district
follow:
Mew York *1.550,453.450
Chicago 585.853 350
Cleveland 486,106,800 i
iloston 476.950,050
Philadelphia .. 380.350.250
3an Francisco 292,671.150
Richmond 201 212.500 ,
3t. Louis 184,280,750 1
Kansas City 150,125,750
Minneapolis 140,932.650 '
Atlanta 90,695,750 ^
Dallas 77,899 950
SUFFRAGE W1N3 IN NEW YORK
OTHE * ELECTION RETURNS
rn* outstanding feature* of the eloc>'.ons
In the United 9tate& was the
apparent assured victory for woman
?uffra(?n in New York state by a majority
of approximately 40,000. I
Two states. Ohio and New Mexioo, ;
roted on pr?Mbtion.
FIFTEEN EARS FOR
EVADING THE DRAFT
Tamp DodRft. Iowa?ttrteen year* i
it hard labor In a federal penitentiary
vas the sentence plven Otto Wango- '
In. of St. Paul. Minn., a draft law 1
>wder. In the first conviction by pen- '
*ral conrt martial at this cantonment. 1
J. O. Stiver*. of Caaonovia. II!.. a 1
nnnber of forapany A. 349th lnfanrv.
ha? been sentenced to five years '
n the federal prison for thoft of 91G, U
ilso was made known. 1
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BEE 15, 1917
cadorna relieved
ihauan command
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A PERMANENT INTER-ALLIED
MILITARY COMMITTEE HAS
BEEN APPOINTED.
8ENERAL DIAZ SUCCEEDS HIM
. Rated a* one of the Ablest Men in the
Italian Army?Allies Aroused to
neceitny ot Closest union in Naming
Committee.
Italian Army Headquarters ? The
conference of Britiali. Preach and Italian
representative# has resulted in ths
creation of a permanent inter-allied
military committee. New leadership
I for the Italian, army Jias heou provided.
General Cadoraa. who has been in
|supreme Command of the Italian army
! since the beginning of the war,, has
! been given a place on the new com
! mittee.
I( General Diaz has been appointed
I first In command with General Hadogllo
second und General Grandino third.
General Foeh, chief of staff of the
French war ministry, and General Wilson.
sub-chief of tne British general
stalT, will serve cm the interallied committee
with General Cadorna.
Among military officers the decision
i <?f the allies to create a permanent
military committee has caused great
satisfaction. It is accepted as evident
[that the allies have awakened to the
necessity for the closest union of the
whole length of the western front for
the apolitical and military conduct of
the war.
General Diaz is rated as one of the
ablest Italian military loaders. For
years he waa connected with the general
staff Ha Innk norl In tliu I IK?.?
war. serving as a colonel and was
woundtM ?o severely that he asked to
be wrapped In a flag, feeling that death
wan at hand.
General Badoglio is a northerner. In
the war he has been in command of
a brigade of Bersoglieri, whose heroic
deeds have done much to decrease the
gravity of the disaster.
RUSSIAN WORKMEN'S-SOLDIERS'
COUNCIL MAY SEEK ARMISTICE
Armistice of Three Months is Maximalist
Leadere's Proposal.
Petrograd.?"We plan to offer aq
immediate armistice of three monthB,
during which elected representatives
from all nations and not the diplomats.
are to settle the questions of
peace." said Nikolai Lenlne, the Miximalist
leader, in a speech before' the
workmen's and soldiers' congress.
"We offer these terms," M. Lenine
added, "but we earo willing to consider
any proposals for pcuce, no matter
iruui wmcn sine. wo offer & just
peace, but will not accept unjust
terms."
The congress of soldiers' and workmen's
delegates appealed to the Russian
army to stand Arm and to protect
the recvlutlon against imperialistic
attempts until the new government
had obtainod a democratic peace.
The proclamation further declares
that the soldiers' and workmens congress
will propose an armistice to
tome into force at once on all fronts."
The congress of the soldiers' and
workmen's delegates in its proclamation
announces that it has taken over
governmental authority and says:
"We appeal to the soldiers in the ;
trenches to be vigilant and firm. The '
congress expects the revolutionary
army will protect the revolution
against all imperialist attempts until
the new government has obtained, a
democratic peace which it will propose
directly to all the peoples.
"The new government will take
adequate measures to assure to the
amy all necessaries and by onergetic :
requisitions from the upper classes it
will also ameliorate the economic sit- j
uatlon of soldiers' families.
"The power of the^ soldiers' and
workmen's delegates will assure the
free return of all private, state and
ot.nn.n,inuiui iuiiuh 10 me. pasants'
committees. ** * It will guaranty*
to all nationalities inhabiting Rur- |
aia the right of their 90ns to organize
their own future."
CAMPAIGN 13 STARTED TO
MAKE METROPOLIS J'DRY"
I
New York.?A campaign to make
New York City "dry" through women's
votes is under way. Opponents of the
liquor traffic unnounced few (fays ago
that at New Year's eve wuto.h sorvlcos j
in New York churches, women qualified
as voters by the ratification of
the state suffrage amendment in last j
Tuesday's election will slyn petitions
calling for a refereneduui on local
option nozt April.
ATTITUDE OF UNITED STATES
WILL NOT BE CHANGED ,
Washington?Rnaala'l latest upheaval
will not change the attitude of the
American ' government toward measures
under way for the relief of economic
conditions in th* demoralized
country. This statement, applying particularly
to' contracts placed with
money borrowed from the United
States for vast quantities of shoes and
clothing for the civilian popnnlatlon
was the only authorised commsnt at
lbs state edepartment
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V
IMES
ITALIANS HOLDING
PANE RIVER LINE
AUSTRO-GERMANS MIGHTY AOVANCE
HAS NOW BEEN
* -CHECKED.
! HEAVY SHELLING IN PROGRESS
t
{ Italians Arc Entrenched on Weat Bank
bl River. Which la From One-Half
\ to One Mila Wide?Reports Favor]
able.
Italian llna.l. ~ <- ?'
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Italy.?The Italians are holding the
Austro-German advance on the Plave
Una. Reports from the front were favorable.
.
Heavy shelling is in progress all
along the now front.
The Italians are entrenched back of
the west bank of the Plave river and
the Austro-German force now is tak- |
irig the place of the advanced guard
on the east bunk. -The Htrip of water
between the opposing lines Is about
, half a mile, widening at some points
to u mile.
An observer just back from a toualong
the line told the correspondent
that the cannonade hud become continuous.
The Austrlans ate using 6- j
Inch guns, not yot having brought up j
many of their heaviest pieces. The
enemy is turning his Are against th? {
high campanille bell towers of small j
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prevent the Italian artillery from using
them as observation posts. The
Italian artillery reply is spirited from
a considerable 'number of guns that
they succeeded In bringing back from
the old front.
The battle frynt has two main sec- I
tors. The lower extends from Feltre |
to' the sea and the upper from Keltre j
westward.
LLOYD GEORGE'S FAITH IN
FINAL OUTCOME IS FIRM
"Single Front, Single Army, Single
Nation, Is Program Requiaito
for Victory."
Paris.?"A single front, a single
army, a single nut ion- - that is the program
requisite for future victory,"
said Premier Painleve at a luncheon
in honor of David Lloyd George,, the
British prime minister, who has just
returned from the Italian war zone,
and Signor Harenini. Italian minister
of education. "If after 40 months of
wpr, after all the lessons the war was
taught us, the allies were not capable
of that sacred international union, |
then In spite of their sacrifices they
would not be worthy of victory."
In discussing the manner of accom
plishment of this fusion, to which the
allies have long a*plred. M. Painleve
said:
"The enemies' alliance realized
unity of effort by brutal discipline,
one of the peoples among them hav- ,
ing mastered the others and rendered
them serviceable. Iiut we are free <
peoples. We do not admit of subjection
to other peoples in time of war.
That independence is at the same
time a source of strength and weakness,
of strength because of their capacity
for resistance which *is unknown
to subject peoples, and weak- j
ness because It renders more difficult
co-ordination of military operations. |
To reconcile this independence with
the need for unity of direction which
Is required to achieve an efficacious*
war policy will be the work of the
lnter-allied war committee or of the
superior war council Just created by
the allien."
Premier Lloyd George, alluding to |
a centralized direction of the allied ;
efTorta, said:
"Unfortunately we did not have
time to consult the United States or
Russia before creating this council.
The Italian disaster necessitated acion
without delay to repair it.
"But, in order to assure the com- ,
plete success of this great experiment,
which I believe is essential to the vietAPW
nf Alts Aa.tOA 4 ...ill ho tiAAAiionstf
/ vi uui vouon, iv wm i/u uuwnnui/
that all our great allies bo represented
In the deliberations. I aia
persuaded that we shall /ibtain the
consent of these two great countries,
and their co-operation."
RUSSIAN FACTIONS REPORTED
IN BLOODY ENCOUNTER
Stockholm.?A bloody encounter has
taken placo near Gatcnina between
soldiers from the front headed by Premler
Kerensky and Bolshevik! forces
from Petrograd, according to advices
which hav? reached Ira Nelson Morris,
the American minister, from reliable
sources. ,
In Finland the travelers are report
en an saying fne situation i? deeperate
Anarchy Ik on the increase and
acts of violence and even murder.
Bakeries Under License System.
Washington.?Ail bakeries in the
United States, including those of hotels,
restaurants and clubs and excepting
qnly the smaller maker of bread
who u 168 less than ten barrels of
(lour per month, are required to come
under federal license after December
10 by a proclamation issued by President
Wilson. All "persons, firms, corporations
and associations who.manufacture
for sale bread in any form
ake, crackers, biscuits, pastry or oth>r
bakery products" are directed to
ake/out licenses.
$L2S Par Tear.
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WILSON ISSUES
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PROCLAMATION
Washington.?President Wilson Issued
his 1017 Thanksgiving proclamation.
railing upon the nation, even in
the midst of the sorrow and great
peril of a wortd shaken by war. to
thiyik God for blessings that are better
than mere peace of mind and prosperity
of enterprise.
The proclamation, fixing Thursday.
November 20. as Thanksgiving Day.
follows:
"THANKSGIVING?1917.
"By the President of 7he United
States of America
"A Proclamation.
"It has long been the honored
t-ustom of out people to turn in
the fruitful autumn of the year in
praise and thanksgiving to Almighty
God for Ills many bless
ings and mercies to tie as a nation.
That custom we can follow '
even now in the midst of the tragedy
of a world shAken by war and
immeasurable disaster, in the
midst of sorrow and great peril,
because oven amidst the darkness
that has gathered about us we can
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stowed upon us. blessings that are
better than mere peace of mind
and prosperity of enterprise.
"We have been glveu the op
portunity to serve mankind ms we
once served ourselves In the great
day of our Declaration of Independence,
by taking up arms
against a tryranny that threatened
to master and debase men everywhere.
and joining with other free
poeples In demanding for all the
uatlons of the world what we
then demanded and obtained for
ourselves. Iu this day of the revelation
of our duty not only to defend
our own rights as a nation, ~
but to defend also the rights of
free men throughout the world,
there has been vouchsafed us in
full und inspiring measure the
resolution and spirit of united action.
We have been brought to
une mind and purpose. A new
vigor of common council and common
action has been revealed In
us. We should especially thank
God that In such circumstances.
In the midst of the greatest enterprise
the spirit of men have
entered upon, we hare, if we but
observe a reasonable and pructlcaable
economy, abundance with
which to supply the needs of those
associated with us as well as our
own. A new iight shines about
us. The great duties of a new
duv awaken a new and greater
national spirit in us. We shall
never again be divided or wonder
what stuff we are made of.
"And while wo render tlionlre
for those things, let us pray Almighty
God that in all humbleness
of spirit we may look always
to Him for guidance; that we may
be kept constant In the spirit and
purpose of service; that by His
grace in our minds may be direoted
and our hands strengthened; and
that in His good time liberty and
security and peace and the comradeship
of a common Justice may
be vouchsafed all the nations of
the earth.
"Wherefore, I, Wood row Wilson.
President of the United
States of America, do hereby designate
Thursday, the twentyninth
day of November, next, as
a duy of thanksgiving and prayer
and Invito the people throughout
the land to cease upon that day
and in their several homes and
and places of worship to render
thanks to God. the great ruler of
nations. '
"In witness whereof. I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal cf the United States to
to be affixed.
"Dono in the District of Columbia,
this seventh day of November,
in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen, and of the independence
of tho United States of
America the one hundred and
forty-Beeond.
"WOODKOW WILSON."
"By the Wesldent:
"ROBERT LAN8ING,
"Secretary of State."
ENEMY ALIENS ARE
TAKEN TO OGLETHORPE
Baltimore.?A train from Boston
passed through this city on Its way to
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., with 50 alien
enemies under guard for internmeni
Three Germnns arrested here recently
Joined the train and were welcomed
on board by the others, who burst Into
the chorns of "Die Wacht Am Rheln."
SERUM FOR TREATMENT
OF 8CARLCT FEVER
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Stockholm. ? Announcement wa?
made at a meeting of the Swedish
Medical society by Dr. Carl Kllng. A
bacteriologist at the Carolinian Institute,
of the discovery of a serum for
he treatment of scarlet fever. It was
dated that the use of the serum had
-educed the mortality In the most severe
cases to 17 3-6 per cent as com ared
with a mortality of over 70 per
ent In equally severe cases which
ere not ireat??d with the servm. H