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BRITAIN CALLS MEN i ♦ — — HALF A MILLION TO BE SUM MONED FOR SERVICE b« MiAblished which would bu th« sure herald of .complate and tlhal ▼tctory. 7 THE FARMERS’ SHOT AT KAISERISM IS MAXIMUM CROPS C. A. Whittle, Farm Service Bureau, Atlanta, Ga. TO WAGE STOONG FI The naval personnel, said the minister, haa explained daring the war from 150,000 to 400,000. The army today had more than 4,000,- 0(H) men on the rolls. The com- ned air service had IncreaaM >m *AOOO to 1125,000. ^ The total enrollment in the arm ed forces had been 7,500,000. Eng land had contributed *>4,530,000; Scotland 620,000; Wales 280,000; STOP PEACE TALK BREST-LITOVSK CONFERENCE IS POSTPONED AGAIN NEED MANY WORKERS Voti BaUd SESSION ENDS IN ROW , Ireland Sir Auckland Geddew Tells of Eng- co ionieB 900,000. The remaining ^ 1*' - hind’s Utilization of Her Man . I German Rofu*, U. Kvacua* TVrTt- Declaring HuAsians Talk as 1,000,000 composed of native fight ing troops, labor corps, carriers and Power and Gives Deatils of Na- .similar workers were from India, Africa and other dependencies. tion’s Fighting Strength—Must - The minister declared that it v would be necessary to raise in this Uarry On Aggressive Mar Until country at once from 4 20,000 to .450,000 men from civil life, as an absolute minimum. More might be necessary during the coming year America’s Arm)* Can Arrive. lory, if “Victorious” ami Able to “Dic tate Conditions”—Trotxky He- fuses “Dewvwrative Phrase” of ‘Peace and FYien<Uhlp.” Upon those.whom the United States has not called from the farm, rests a great obligation of feeding and Clothing the liberty armies of the world. The greater the crops the ponsible plant breeder, harder the armies will be able to , 4. Make liberal use of fertilizers, •trike. and use manure whenever obtainable 2. Harrow, roll and pulverize the seed bed thoroughly before planting. 3. Use only the best possible seed, preferably pedigreed seed, from a re- Nearly half a million men from. ^ . . . Great Britain alone are to be re- He added that the governmen. a< cruited in the British army at .the decided not to introduce conscrip- earliest date possible and it is prob- t 1 ® 11 in Ireland for the presehUnor able that many more will be added change the military age, limi in to that number in the "coming Great Britain and the colonies^ The months. ' These * will comprise the government could not ^ve preferen- younger men, who up to the present treatment to any organ zatlon. have been exempt because of their Many, young men in essential indus- employment in industries essential tries, he said had acted as if they to the war services. • 1 held privileged position. They must Thig announcement was made in share the burden with the others the house of commons by Sir Auckland be replaced by older men. lund -Geddes, minister of national, Sir Auckland praised the spirit service, whose statement of the gov- shown by the labor leaders In the -ernment’s manpower proposals was negotiations* with the government, replete with interesting details of Efforts were being made by pad- J by a German concession to clear Plans for recruiting a volunteer reserve of 250,000 shipyard work- era ere announced by Chairman Hurley of the shipping board. The men will be’ enlisted with the aid of State councils of defense arid the labor department's employ ment agencies. They will be fed Into the yards as fast as their serv ices can be utilized. It is estimat- | ed that fully 100,000 will be placed within the next five months. | Approval by the senate commerce committee of a bill appropriating $80^000,0^)0 for, providing housing accommodations for shipyard work ers led shipping board official*- to beljeve that the entire reserve may be put to work before the end of the year. The committee also ap proved bills to authorize the board The peace parleys at Brest-Tdt* ovsk are reported semi-officlally to to commandeer trolley lines, If nec- Berlin to have been definitely brok- essary, to provide transportation for workmen and to create military zones around shipyards, v Congress was asked by the ship ping board today for an appropria tion of $731,000,000 already author ized and in anticipation of which contracts already have been let. Workmen will be recruited from the ranks of those not now engaged in government work. Organization will be started Immediately. The four minute men of the committee en. No date has been fixed for their resumption. The last meeting is deweribed as having been marked by aertmoni- oils eiM'ounters between the Ger man and ItusMian delegate* and by defiant declarations by both skies not to yield on the point* iit issue*-—evacuation ami self-de termination. Only Monday night it had seemed M rwm 0 What can hinder the farmer from making maximum crops? WM1 it. be to supplement the fertilizers. i Give thorough and frequent cul- e lack of market end a good price? tivation to the tilled crops, preferably ■No, the market and price prospect# Are good. Will it be for lack of money or cred it with which to buy tools, seeds, fer tilisers or other necessary supplies? No. money is plentiful and credit is good !!** as much as the price of crops, and l shortage of labor is practically tbs only great obstacle the farmer has to meet in producing maximum crops If he could base abundance of labor be eould increase the cultivated acreage and by proper fertilisation be could bring in n very great crop Bat a flew of the lack of labor a but must be do? Ms can So tws Ibiapa la tbs labor sbsrtsps: First, Increase tbs •ppHcattsns of fertilisers, wbtcb will increase tbs yield without en > ^ - j the cultivated part age labor saving machinery Bat overcomlag the labor Is aot all that Is necessary to obtain maximum crops. Hers la a schedale of Important things that mast be by every farmer to get man shallow and frequrtit cultivation 4. Harvest savingly and protect the stored crops from pests. While It is true that everything the farmer has to buy is high in price. It is also true that whatever the farmer has to sell is also high in price. The fertiliser people figure out that their taPPMHmndaanaad Britain’s stYength in the struggle fists to stir up strife In munition into which she means to throw her factories, and young men were : full resources. ! threatening to hold up the output of The minister set forth the status ships and alrplarfes In order to force and needs of the British fighting the government to send the wound.- &.id munitioning 1 forces and the ed bark to the front and drag out measures th'e government is taking their fathers and stop the leave of after agreement with most of the the men at the front. . lalwr leaders for recruitment from l*n<sportlve demand' f«*r labor at 'the «lasses of skilled workmen who the munitions plants under the ad- ; were promised exemption when con- miiaity amount^ to 4:10,000 men as If an agreemnt had been reached on public information will assist In the recruiting by speaking in the theaters of the country. Dlans for forming the reserve out of Poland,' Lithuania and (’our- land, ptynided tUg, Russians would evacuate all Turkish lands now oc-! wer * outlined tonight iir a telegram cupled. ^ hut that again was “camouflage,” It developed. In referring to “all Russian territories,” the Germans manifestly did not include the bor- sen* by Chairman Hurley of the shipping board to the chairman of all State defense councils. Recrult- *111 1m* l« wholly to the defense councils and to employ ment agencies established recently der provinces. These they regard as sepaiatc and independent of Ru*-,®^ (he depai|ment of labor In many ^1,, * . * . - parts of the country scrlption was adopted. iiad IlfMHMo wonaew, continued the, The Wolff Bureau, the seml-offl-i ^ ll * b* P»l in th ^ y \ r ** The empire has enrolled 7*500.- mlnKier. ‘The appeal for labor for| rial news agency of Berlin, publishes V... 1 ?, >U - .***. immo righting ami labor battalion shipyards had met with a gratify-1 a Brest-Utovsk dispatch as follows:!^”"™ nva loaWBa Of Koat force* during the war. according to ing response. Enemy aliens who had . ”A committee composed of Oer- * 1 11 i**** PJM the statement of the minister and not been Interned would have to; mans. Austro pungarlan* and Hus-. ,n • ,l "“Gey now pas more than 4.000,000 gn- undertake work k dd. By that time *« a matter of fact, cotloo. com. nsts, tobacco sod the like will buy more fertiliser now than ever. Which being true It follows that It will pay labor leaders have met the govem- of national itnpor-. sians. for the dispatch of teriitofial * utu * bousing system will have basil •titti 1 >»** rfJilL PP/l uuesilons, held three * long sittings B> * n > of the yards will n to extend school ! O®" rmrlm vemwr - ft wan pu^Uou UA PAL pu dimblo wrupwra II Ns own afloat the enemy until the It is ih * Intention, —- A me ib UU stiengib U available. hoy labor In the harvest'fields. The agreed that the first paragraph of He praised the spirit la which the number of women engaged In muni- [ the peare treaty should be a clause srrsnge- better now to use it than formerly, for the Increase for which they are re sponsible will be worth more. Another thing that the farmer must bear In mind if be would be sura to raise a bumper crop and that la. to placw bio orders surly for everyth Ins that la to be shipped by rail The railroads are bard put to It uicnt but regreted that the Amalga mated Hociety of Engineers had re malned outside the conference, add ing. however, that the Invitation ‘‘there bus buen no great difficult, was still open to the members of In obtaining sufficient numbers f< ter a three sMl eri Is planapd lion work had Increased from 2'27,-• animum ing that the state of war be-1 . ***** Dour Minute ■ peckers will im»0 In IPI4 to VT&.OO# last year. | tween the parties had been couclud- ■jj® ,w,> wr *** fo to way women b*** *4 fjonwmd** safd the minlstor. j “The Germans proponed a clause 1 nk ' 'i rounrii reading ‘That the contracting parties hate resolved henceforth to live In > V- ■ i nlng January kd. by then the ship- come than likely to bo too laU to bo dallv if would be n<> i.mg gained by Prices are not likely to ferttltsmu, aapoclully there la u I. B~«ak the laud deeply turning I Ity of materials and advanrlug prices, under all otaiba. stubble and Uttar pup* { making It or will be this aorftaty. He papl warm tribute the work required ' peace sad friendship to the work of the women and de Sir Auckland appealed particular- * Leon Trotsky, the Bolshevik! for dared that some of the young men ly to two classes first, men with elgn minister, refused to among the million exempted work- private means, who. with little In- this, declaring that It was ’a of p'-rapt ship era apparently considered themselves convenience and sacrifices small five phrase, which does set de ls. Orders placod lute are mors m privileged class and threatened to sompared with those made by the scribe the relations which lu the i bold ap by stribea the building of younger men In the army, could future will exist between the Bus airplanes and ships easily leave their homes f«»r work sian and German peoples * “If they do.” be eirlaimed. “they in the shipyards and munitions far-1 “U was confirmed that the evac will meet such a blast of hatred It tnriee or at timber on farms; see-. nation of ears will surprise them ” ond manual laborers over the mil- ( parties should take plara Sir Auckland prefaced bis re- tti'y age employed on non-essential >ts of full reciprocity, so that the marks on the government a man work, who should volunteer for pab- erscuatlon by the Centml powers of power proposals by the declaration lie work as the younger bad done Russian territory would synchronise I that nothing eoutd be mora mislead- for the army I with the regions In Anetria Hungary. 1 lug than tba suggestion that the Ills plans for national service were Turkey and Persia man power problem rould be solved only to gnlde all men and women In-1 l^ter. Persia was struck out. as — - party end the chairman will bava bad tlma to or ganise for receiving the volunteers. “Hurt organising nt onca” Mr. Ilnrlay wired tba chairman • Nam# captains for the plants where tba highly skillad man wo nguf prepared Appeal at OOce to IbO yard managers In your aortion Us loin together In agreement that them will bo no more diverting of labor pled territory by both Ube place on the bn- Children Cry for Fletcher's fol- lljr to channels where the energy of the not being a belligerent nation was most needed I Trotsky proposed to Three posftlbltftlee for Increasing lc wing the army, said the mla'ster. had been ; ” *Rus«la undertakes ronvtdered: i as possible to remove her t FiCftt. lowering of the military j from neutral Persia.* ace The German* wore taking bo>a “Ho said bo bad ao to take stops against the of IT, but the fighting vnlue of the for this than a deslro to emphasise i It will bo -a tlmt which average youth of IN was not common the rrjrtng wrong committed by the former Russian government against by a dramatic stroko. It was the central problem of tbo war. “It means ovorytblng.** bo sold, “ships, armlee. munitions, food. Ilgbl. bent and root. At tbo moment the most an nous problem la not the supply of men for the arm* Hot we have time wb I believe is not far dietant.” Going Into the details bf Ibe situ 1 m. ih I <2 mmmmm u • !I!*ut V.m Kavo Ahray* \ hlrh has been tu umi ft?r o}'- r *tua borne t!io sbrnuturo of ■ r -- ' IPCpr— - \ i^:A AUpvi ilFlim sinew Its lufunr y /# ;:*»vt ro one to dees Ire yem In this. . All Cot .* , !;*• and “JitfttHUMffOod ** nrc l»i:t Ilipt*’lai'Hr < I'li.t V v. J.h end mdanrer tlio hrnltU cf JuIonU iuid CLiUlrcu—llxi>ci'it‘.uce against HgperlmenU ■g^int is CASTORIA Caster!^ Is a barmlra^ Fnbstifiit© for Castor Oil* Pare- i* ; '...I l >« iLLr: S; rr.f»s. It L» pleaaant. i’.inti.lrrs ficdlicr Oiiuin, Ulorphino nc^r other Nareotlo it Kw a'?c 1.4 ilk ^rarantec. It d» stroyM Worms r nl .l.?ys FeverL.hnexs. For more tlian thirty years L, I:''i in eotiKtaut use for the relief oi Constipation* I I V. iin’v Colic, all Teethlnsr Troubles and 1-I.jv;-!i«;*a, !t leirulates the Stomach and l>ow< ls 9 « sinil!:iteg fho F kmI, irivintr healthy and natural bleep. The CMIdrcu’d Panacea—The blather’s Friend* GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYC i Bears the Signature of thkt star said la part: fact d » not - support i arc melting for lack < reriuiting h.i-- of rnrults and t broken down. “The government has examined in detail th* position of (ha allle'i on ihe Ka».tcin front and Hie revn’ts surnlc with his value In civil life. Second, raising Ibe avc limits Ans- trta-llungary had railed the gfjd to 55 yeara. while the Br|t|«h limit was practically 43. Third. rfMnpula'nn for Ireland. The govemment has cv»ns*d**re«t th** v«-\*mI questi«in carcfullv avid wa* a neutral country.** * , I The Wolff Burwan report covers ! nearly five thousand words and I shows that the dlcusaion concerning 1 the date of the evacuation was broken off by the parties falling to mgree. A long dis* uealon concern* satisfied that the reasona which ex- ing wbl'h parts of the occupied ter- il»*i1e«l Ireland from the first com- ritoiy should be evacuated also ro of future Imately !•.••• shipyards ala months day there are about 145 So# A unleer army of 2&•.*## men. ' In reeerve. curb man ready to bis whole bonri lino the work called, will give naouraneo that situation of tbo future will bo I “Every skilled workman uateera must feel that ke ed tke military forme of Ai A full day’s work In tke yards Is equivalent to tnktnc a trench Employers can k kelpful In facilitating tke of skltled workmen wko desire to volunteer for the se*vl« e W itk a reserve of 2&k,kaa we will for every seed.** ibr>, 'Exci^dpf^ vntrtrur hsd »«( —i. tiu , Uoui in a dla^grccmcnt. • ^ • dehatk arose over the are nut unsautif Ytu* 4ia and Ttoum.inia the allies have tency. The govcmnient had di*tcr-1 A prolonged Rim^jnoMal nopoHaaily Id flgiMlOg number of y«>un^ m**n <*nracr<l In question of admitting represents- estu ntlal indu*trl«*« ahd a’so to take j then of Poland. Courland and Uth- *»tcps to maintain the Industries af , lrin | a t„ the neg(»tiations. and on ter the young men were withdrawn J The discussion became embittered .Mo*e than l.nno.nnn m»*n now r ere f nn( j t|, e only result was a protest exempted on ore it nation a I rronnds ' py General Hoffman, of the German The government had-divided their essential industries, roiigjilv. Into three classes. From the first it would take no men: from the sec ond about half of the fit men. and and ration strength over the central pow*ers. From a statistical stand point the strength of the enemy gives no cause for anxiety. PLAN STRICT FOOD LAW The u itluh aw.'il of Itii'-lu meiins that not h*'* than l.ftiMMMHl men will In* made available on the Western front. \«;&v HliMaiHLng Russia’s deflection, ine resource* of tt c all es and Annudea i* suffi cient to assure victory and nothin;' but at pliyschologicad catastrophe can wave the central powers. from the third class about one third. * The Origin of Klmki. A writer tells m> of the origin of “Every day the hitting fqrce of khaki, an d the story duns like this: Britain becomes of greater Mmpor- delexatlon. against the tone of the Russian delegation, which, he said, "speaks as if it stood victorious In our countries and could dictate con ditions.” General Hoffman reminded . the delegates that the Bolshevik! au thority, as much as the German, was founded on force as instanced by what he termed the attempts to | suppress the w hite Russia and the thnee to the alliance Russia no ^ ar up in not so man >' y ears Ukrainian attempts at self determin- . ' .. f * , ,, ago, ah ody of English troops grew i General Hoffman finallv do- longer strikes for freedom; France " v n , ! a . ,ion . ” frnmn _ f ' nM " > ' " H . .i .i weary of exposing themselves In has poured forth her strength In he whUe rot(on un)formB t0 the f , re o{ Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You .Have Always Bought TH a C K NTAU n COMNANV, IM K W YOWK CITY, WINDOW KILLS BOY s Hash llrcaks Nock as Youth Uravyls . Into House Jr ~ James/A. Bowick, Jr., nine-yea x old son of Mr. and.Mrs. James A. Bowfck. of Charleston, was killed Wednesday afternoon about 5.30 when a sash fell upon the* back of hit neck, while he wax in the act of crawling through tbo wtaAour til (IIT” , open a door to that bis brother f,tn might get into the house, which' was locked, aa their mother bad gone to a neighbor** bonne. : The bora who bad been Ing n motion picture show, home finding the house was locked decided to get in through a window. James raised a window’ on the porch and was crawling through when the sash fell as he failed to fasten it up. sash struck him in the back of the neck breaking It. He fell to the piazza^, and his. little brother waiting for him to open the door from the inside ran up to him and failing to get him to talk noti fied neighbors who called a physi cian. James died just as the physi- * War Savings Sumps are not tell ing ga teal as they ought Beth buy yours today struggle, and can not sustain the sniners So thev adonted full burden indefinitely; America is P ® a la t ^ not yet in the field and months must elapse before she can advance with full stride; Italy has suffered grave misfortune. “On Britain and on the skill with which in the months to come everything depends. At sea we must bb supreme; in the air we must win supremacy and on land we must do the best we can to fill the gap Russia has until America can take her place. And all the time we have to keep our vital industries going.” While the enemy possesses the ad vantage of an interior position, With a good railway system, continued the'nrinistf-r. they possessed no COT- by • immersing the piece of responding advantage in stability woven material in a bath of khaki and solidarity of public opinion. ..dye and then cutting up the fabric Discussing the age question ^ made into uniofrms. said that the Germans were using regulation color is purely and hoys of 18 on the Russian Dont and R j m ply the result of the. skillful that Austria has raised the limit blending of wools. No fewer than to 55 years. j _ • eight distinct colors enter Into the Sir Auckland assured the house p re p ara (| on . 0 f , our khaki, some of that the forces of the a!’ * at p’es- w hlch*when seen Individually, have ent. In number and morale. wfWe a tinge, auch aa a bill- equal -to the forcaa «f_lba enemy jj int r ^j #|J< | m bright orange. It Is opposed to them, and with the ner- ^ cul u,| n g combination of these ****** which woul! eo| * r# mhich produces tba nHlanU be found during the year, foald fica mu d.tone * •ny^ additional force which tba nan- > iy'rould bring. Whan tbo fail fares of imp lata piny a anteriority would *** nature’s good old law of protective coloring and daubed their uniforms with mud from the. banks of one of the sluggish streams. Those that direct the affairs of she handles her man nower ,he army ln Indla h, ‘ ar<1 of thls if.hini. camouflage and proceeded to make some interesting experiments. What }they discovered evidently pleased them, ior ‘eventually a uniform of this color as a standard was dapot- ed for all the_troops in active serv ice in the East. Khaki, the name given the color of the new uniforms • is the Hindu word for muddy. While x the original khaki was cotton, the soldiers campaigning In France wear wool of this muddy gray-brown col- or. The mud-colored tinge is not 6b- clafv**! (bat the (ierman HupmtM* ar my command must refuse to evalu ate ('onHand, Lithuania, Riga and the island* in the Gulf of Riga. YOUNG MEN DRAFTED 7 d Aabt at fir was |M1 Government Plans to Enroll Those Who Become Twenty-One The government has decided on draft registration of all young men as fast as they become 21 years of age. as the means of keeping fill ed the ranks of the w^r army. It was decided against raising the draft age limit above 31 years. An Administration bill was intro duced at the request of the war de partment by Chairman Chamberlain of the senate jnilitary committee to register for draft all men who have- reached 21 since June 5, 1917, when the draft law became effective. - Registration of men who ^ave be come of age since the draft law urns enacted, was the recommendation in the recent report of Provost Mar shal General Crowder as one of the means by which a supply of men for the National Army could be obtained w ithout taking those who have other dependents on them. It could be done also. General ’Crowder pointed oat, by extending the age limit* above the pr»-*p*t Uae of g| # The war department ban adopted the first suggaiflan It la —limited flat It will add about Tea tea mm to the draft a tail able aa*b year Hoover to (’ompel WheaileM MeotlriM Da)» Everywhere Stricter economy of food ia to be required of the American people by new laws put In the making la congress. Food Administrator Hoover hma approved them and they are expect ed to pans promptly aa supplemental to the present food control act. Wheatless and meatless days and other economies necessary that America may help sustain her co- belligerents Would become manda tory by law instead of voluntary. Such new law’s, the food administra tion holds ard* necessary to protect the millions of loyal Americans co operating in food saving against the wastefulness of a few individuals and of public eating houses which are said to handle probably 50 per cent of the food supply. In the senate, the administration bill was introduced by Senator Pom- erene. In the house it was introduc ed by Chairman Lever of the agri culture committea. . MUTINY AT KIEL ♦ Thirty-Eight Officers Killed By Sab in aHne Crews u A mutiny among submarine crews at the German naval base of Kiel on January *7, is reported In an ex change Telegraph dispatch from Geneva. Thirty-eight officers ore said to have been killed. The Geneva dispatch quotes ad vice* received there from Basel giv ing details concerning the mutiny. It Is said to have been begun by submarine crews and later to have spread to portions of the crews of cruisers stated at Kiel. Some of the men who jolnod tbo attack on tbe officers tod| part tbe earlier mutiny at patch, reports It adds: tbe mutiny was local. It German aaval men «