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j PROPOSES HAGUE ! - CONFERENCE NOW ' j ' : T-abor Member of British Cabinet Suggests America Take Initiative. j MIGHT MAKE GERMANY RESPECT HER ATTITUDE ( f t I League of Nations Must In i ^ elude Nation of Seventy -0 Millions. London.?A suggestion that th I Cnited States might ask Holland to | take the initiative in calling upon the Allied governments to confer at The | Hague, not in substitution for, but , 1 a preliminary to the third Hagu * neace conference, was made by j George NicoJI Barnes, Labor member | of the war cabinet, without portifoli;>. j in discussing' tno queston of a league j of nations last night. He expressed j hope that another Hague peace conference would be held after the war. An Allied conference at The Hague ^ now, Mr. Barnes added, could he hold without slackening the efforts to beat the Germans, and "in fact might eve.i I induce Germany to respect her posi- j tion in the world." People everywhere ! are ready for such a meeting, he said j he believed. Mr. Barnes laid down the principle that .a league of nations must be bind. upon all powers and that all nations must agree to submit disputes; / to a world tribunal for settlement. Hoi declared there must be an agreement' on a reduction of armaments, the suppression of private capital in their manufacture, inauguration of son/* international machine by which offer t could be promptly given to international decrees. J . * fjL The inclusion of Germany in a league of nations, the speaker added, \should not be regarded as a favor to Germany, but rather as something to which she should be required to subscribe. It might well be one of the terms inposcd upon her at the peae? conference. ? Mr. Barnes asked how a peaceably ; disposed league of nations could re- j duce armaments, while a nation of > seventy millions was left outside to j ? form a rival league and again set th-' pace in the building of battleships j and in all the deviltry of war prepar- j ation. o Administrators' Notice. ' ! All persons holding claims against the estate of W. H. Lewis, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same duly attested, with the undersigned, within the time allowed and fixed by ; law; or else this notice will be set u;>! in bar of their recovery: And all | persons owing the said estate are hereby notified to make immediate payment to the undersigned adminis- < trators of his estate. E. T. Lewis, and Mary A. r Lewis, ?Qualified Administrators of the Personal Estate of W. R. Lewis, Dee'd. 0-1U-18?lit GERMANSSTRiVETO ' OVERCOME EFFECTS London.?Having* failed in attempts to blow up the two concreteladen ships sunk in the entrance to Bruges Canal at Zeebrugge, the Germans are now engaged in cutting a way the piers in an .attempt to out flank the obstruction. * The photographs taken three days ago by British naval airmen show '* jthis, and they also show how com' pletely the canal entrance has been , blocked. So the Germans have adopt ed the expedient of removing the piers on the west side of the canal in order to make a large enough channel for torpedo craft and other vessels larger than submarines to pass ^ out to sea. The photographs,, which have been viewed at the admiralty by the Associated Press, also show that German craft in the canal are headed westward, indicating, according to the admiralty, that they are cvident/ !y trying to pass out by way of Os^ lend, where the canal entrance is not blocked as completely as at Zee- i bruggc. It is doubtful, however, if there is J' enough water at the Ostend outlet for even the smaller boats to get to sea. Photographs made there by British airmen show that the depth of the water at Ostend varies, a depth j of as low as four feet being recorded r GERMANS HOPED TO SEE UPRISING New York.?Plans had beer made in 1914 for a revolution of Germans in the United Stater, in case this coun try should be drawn into the European war, according to testimony today at the State attorney general's investigation of reports of hidden munitions. Ivan Norody, vice president of the Russian-American Asiatic Corporation, who admitted he had sympathized with Russian revolutionists before the emperor was overthrown, attributed the revelation of plans for an uprising in the United States to Baron von Gersdorff, friend of the n ? 1 " uerman crown prince and a tormcr agent in Mexico. At a dinner at a New York hotel in the fall of 1912, Norody raid he met von Gersdarff, Captain Hans Tauscher, former Krupp agent in the United States ami another German who he knew as Lagen or Muck. Norody quoted von Hersdorff as saying: "The schutzenverein (German rifl clubs) have arrived in this country and in case of trouble with the United States they will side wth Germany. The rifles have come fi'oin Germany, and in case of war the Germans here v/ill assist the I. W. W. and the So cialists." Both von Gcrsdorff and Tau.vchor told Norody, the latter testified, th i the autocracy of Russia ought to be overthrown, and von Gersdorff offered to supply Norody with arms fre? so that revolutionists pi Rus.ua ccul.l seize the government and make a separate peace with Germany. No ody testified that he rejected tins plan from patriotic motives. Previous to this conversation he said, ho had been trying to buy rifles from Tauseber for the Russian army, but after being shown a quantity of arms in a New Jersey store house gave up bbe idea because ho realize! that lie was dealing with an enemy of his country and the arms, if purchased, might he sunk by the Germans on the way to Russia. The Germans, he said did not seem anxious to continue negotiations unless for the purpose of fomenting a revolution. The efforts of Deputy Attorney General Becker to learn the names of the owners of 1,000,000 Mauser r fles and 1,000,000,000 cartridges which va ri.ous brokers had testified were offered for sale in New York by Gustav Lussing, a German bom American citizen, proves futile when Lussing took the stand. He denied the testimony of various witnesses that ho had represented himself as the agent of the owners. 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Not all idlers, but all draft registrants engaged in what are held to be j non-useful occupations, are to be j haled before local boards and given the choice of a new job or the army. Gamblers, race track and bucket shop attendants and fortune tellers head the list, but those who will be reached by the now regulations also include waiters and bar tenders, theater ushers aod attendants, passenger j elevator operators and other attend- j ants of clubs, hotels, stores, etc., do- | mesuc anct clerks in stores. Del erred 1 valines i Deferred classification granted on account of dependents will be disregarded entirely in applying the rul?. | A man mav be at the bottom of class | one or even in class four, but if he i falls within the regulations and re- ' fuses to take useful employment will | be given a new number in class one j that will send h:.- into military j service forthwith. Local boards are | authorized to use discretion only \ where they find that enforced change of employment would result in disproportionate hardship upon his dependents. Wide Scope It has boon known, for some time that some form of "work or fight" plan had been submitted to President Wilson, bnt there had been no inti? i mation that it was so far-reaching in scope. Both military authorities and. d< partment of labor officials bel'eve that it will go a long way toward solv ing the labor problem for farmers, shipbuilders and munition workers, and will end, for the present at least, : talk of conscription of labor. The | announcement today gives notice I I significantly that the list of non-use-! | ful occupations will be extended froTm ! time to time as necessity requires, i The-statement of the provost mari shal general's office follows: ! "Provost Marshal General Crowdei j i today announced an amendment to | the sleeetive service regulations which ! j deals;with the great question of com- | ; polling men not engaged in a usofui J occupation immedidately to appl? | themselves to some form of labor, j contributing to the general good. The j idler, too, will find himself confronted with the alternative of finding t suitable employment or entering the army. "This regulation provides that after July 1, any registrant who is found by a local hoard to be a habitual idler, or not engaged in sonr useful occupation, shall be summono i before the board, given a chance to; j explain and, in the absence of a sat-; j isfactory explanation, to be inducted | I into the military service of the Unit' ed States. Any local board will be authorized J to take action, whether it has origi- j i nal jurisdiction of the registrant or j not; in other words any man loafing j . around a pool room in Chicago, may be hold to answer to Chicago board, ; I even though he may have registered in New York and lived there most of j his life. ( "The regulations which apply to < idle registrants will be deemed to ap- I ply also to gamblers of all descrip- 1 tions and employes attendants of ] bucket shops and race tracks, fortune ; i tellers, clairvoyants, palmists and the < j like, who, for the purpose of the < I regulations will be considered as idl- | ers. t "The new regulations will also af- j feet the following classes: ) "(a) Persons engaged in the serv- j ing of food and drink, or either, in , public places, including hotels and so- ( cial clubs. i "(b) Passenger elevator operators \ and attendants, doormen, footmen and < ether attendants, engaged and occupied in, and in connection with games ( sports and amusements, excepting ac- t tual performers in legitimate con- j certs, operas or theatrical pert'orn> ances. c "(d) Person- emp'cy ' er.io? .!? i \ ? * P. COMWAY, 8. O. BE ONE? >ple neglect colds every winter. ?then stubborn sickness sets in. ;r than it can be cured and if you a lew bottles of PI! igthened. It will fortify your hings 1 r blood against rheumatism. It is 1 ishment without alcohol or opiates. I; 'i-ooomwiim fodhyt er oil always used in Scott'a Faiultion to now iea which guurautees it free from impurities, roe. Bloom field. N. J. 17-17 DRASTIC REGULATION service. "(c) Sales clerks and other clerks empl >yed in stores and other mercantile establishments. "Men who are engaged as above, or who arc idlers, will not he permitted to seek relief because of the fact that they have drawn a late order numhi'i- nv 11-? 1 1 ?-..~^ . ?-? m v.auni" iiivy nave ooon placed in class 2, or 4 on the grounds of dependency. The fact that he is not usefully employed will outwciglit both of the above conditions. "It is expected that the list of nonuseful occupations will be extended Lroin time to time as necessity will require, so as to include per. ons in other employments. "Temporary absences from regular employment not to exceed one week, unless such temporary absences are habitual or frequent, shall not be considered as idleness. Regular vacations will not be considered as absences in this connection. "The regulation throws a further safeguaul around men not usefully employed, by providing that where there are 'compelling domestic circum stances' thait would not permit change of employment by the registrant with cut disproportionate hardship to his dependants, or where a, change from non-useful to useful employment or occupation would necessitate a removal of the registrant or his family, local boards may give consideration to the circumstances. The regulation funtther provides that where such a change of employment under the circumstances which a board might dtrem unsuitable for such employ- i of women, the board may take siucn circumstances into consideration HI llti (incision. Explaining- the new regulation and the necessity for it, General Crowder said: i "The war has so far disorganized the normal adjustment of industrial man- j power as to prevent the enormous j industrial output and national organi- j zation necessary to success. "There is a popular demand for or- I ganization of manpower, but no direct draft could be imposed at present. "Steps to prohibit idleness and noneffective occupation will be welcomed by our people. "We shall give the idlers and men not effectively employed the choice between military service and effective employment. Eevery man in the draft age, at least, must work or fight. "This is not alone a war of jnilitary maneuver. It is a deadly contest of industries and mechanics. "It is enough to ask what would happen if every man in the nation turned his - and to effective work. How is this to be done? "The answer is plain. The first step toward the solution of the iiffi-I culty is to prohibit engagement by | able-bodied men in the field or hurt- j 1 u 1 employment, idleness or ineffcc-J tual employment, and thus induce and persuade the vast, wasted fields. "One of the unanswerable criti- ' I cisms of the draft has been that it | takes men from the farms and from ; all useful employments and marches ibem past crowds of idlers and loafers away from the army. The remedy is simple?to couple the industrial basis with other grounds for exemp lion and to require that any man pleading' exemption on any grounds diall also show that he is eotribut'ng effectively in 4he industrial welfare jf the nation. "The regulation itself makes plain die determination of the War Department. The great organization of ocal and district boards which has llready accomplished a notable work i nay be relied upon to catch the spirit 1 >f the movement and sorely needed < nanpower will be flowing into the < 'ields of useful endeavor or into the i ithcr direction of military strength." I Theatrical ucrformerr. were rxmini '<1 from the regulations at the direr- \ ion of Secretory of War Baker, who j s said to feel that the people cannot < lo without all amusement in war time 1 ird that the other amusement could ns.cd with more readily. ITALY TO STAND UP TO HER TASK London.?Italy will not flinch from the task of fighting shoulder to shoulder with her allies for satisfying | and promoting the civilization of the world, declared the Italian ambassador in answer to a toast to Italy, at a luncheon here to celebrate the anniversary of Italy's entrance into the war. Italy, he added, was a warm advocate of the principle of national- . ity and would fight for it to the bit- j' tc r :id. The ambassador recalled the visit I of King Victor Emanuel to London in 1855 and said that sentiments of friendship toward England then ex- J pressed were those that animated the Italy of today. Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, who spoke for Foreign Secretary Balfour, said that Italy had come out of the trials of the war with clearer unity and self-confidence, if possible, greater courage than she i had before. Italy had shown herself L ready to extend to the Poles, Czechs. Slovaks, Rumanians and Jugo-Slavs ; the principle on which her own uni- j fication was founded and on which to go forward to a great future. Lord Robert Cecil's speech is mad' j the theme of the general editcriu' j comment in the morning's newspapers. The Morning Po?st c?tes It dy as an example of the national cohesion caused by the war. It continues: "What is true of Italy is true o h"ranee, the United States and Croat ! Britain and the longer war continues i the more powerful becomes the integ- ' .... 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Mother's Friend makes il possible for you to do so, and should be used regularly, without fail, eight and morning. WOMHN LAHOK ON FARMS! In all towns aiul films adjacent to agricultural regions there are many men of farm experience who can lie spared for a day at a time or a week at a time, as the case may be, to help, the farmers with their most pressing tasks. In many such towns and cities la ' 1 year men were spared from ordinary business and industry, from offices and shops, and crops wore cultivated ( and harvested which otherwise might have suffered serious loss. Such ad justments must be made this year, and undoubtedly will be made when the communities affected come into [ a full realization of the necessities of the case. In releasing the men of farm ex- | nni'innon in ? x' ' rv. .v.in. die ciucn it>r tjirm ihdoi* j many women can be utilized to take j their places for a few clays at a time | 3r for a whole season. Generally speaking, it will become more and more necessary for women to take the places of men in all occupations. In addition to relieving men in :owns and cities women can actually perform many farm tasks, such as) dairying, vegetable cultivation, fiuit gathering, etc. I CI A I ... I ItlM IK e WUMt'V, | Asst. Sec. of Agriculture. | -til - 1 ADVISES CONCRETE FOR WAREHOUSES ? ? Major Gen. Goethals Believes Storage Depots Should Be Permanent DUTLINES PLAN TO RELIEVE CONGESTION ksk Allies to Use Ports Other Than New York. ? j AV asliington.?Major General Goothals, in charge of embarkation and other tasks of the quartermaster general's office, told the House military committee that it was economy to make the buildings housing storage depots of a permanent character. It costs onl\ four or five cents a cubic foot to build them of oncrete than U put up temporary structures. Kor construction of these depots, General Goethuls explained, the appropriations committee already has allowed $Jtf>0,000.000. while- a little less than that hugs amount still was necessary. After General vi d'.als outlined the plan to concentrate sixty per cv nt of freight shipment.-', for the army overseas at New York, .10 per cent at Norfolk, 10 per cent at Baltimore. and 5 per cent each at Charles ton, Now Orleans, Boston and Philadelphia, Representative Anthony, of Kansas, asked if this would not cause congestion at New York. General Goolhals replied that congestion at New York had been caused by freight for the Allies, and it was contemplated to ask them to u o ether p rts as much as possible. I William M. Black, chief of engineers, told the committee that $23,I 000,000 was necessary for cantonment construction abroad and $250,000,000 more was required for supplies, I u The committee svill report tho. army bill substantially as esiVtViat* d, totalling nearly eleven billion dollars, besides three billion nior1 fcr heavy ordnance and forti Peat ms. -? ? 0 ~ OBITUARY. M-oUng of my lust appointment at Valley Kurd en third Sunday and Saturday before <>.' May, 1 met with the sad I'athu r and mother, Mr. and Mrs. ,1. lb Hardy, with th many relatives and friends o'' the deceased, Minnie Bell hardy, born Aug1 20, 191(5; died May 7. at 11 o'clock P. j\l. 1918; was buried at Pleasant Union church May 9,. N.ow at rest in the Savior's core waiting the coming ol relatives and Trends. 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