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IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations for Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South. I land Will Be Found in 1 Brief Paragraphs Domestic. An appeal to the federal shiping i board to build, sell or lease oi an in- - stallment pilan a large fleet of barges to enable the Mississiplpi river to re lievo the ralilroads, all overtaxed, was voiced it the closing session of ilthe slxteenth annual convention of the Up. per M11115isipp)i imlirov emen assoe a lion at. Winona, M inn. Mayors throughout. the state of Ohio are preparing to seize coal to prevent suffering, which is becoming wide. spread in their communities. Some have already dlone so. John Francis Ieckwith of lilea, N. Y., whose love letters have cost va rious women in the United Slates $21, 000 and who has four wives in various parts of the country, has been sent enc ed by Federal Judge Ray to tifleen years in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., and to pay a total fine of ifteen thousand dollars. He pleaded guilty. Policeman W. H. McGray and Wal ter Clark, a negro, are dead, and six others wounded as the result of a gun battle at Danville, Va., in which Clark t had barricaded himself in his house s and held a crowd of nearly three I hou- a sand at bay for two hours. The negro d was killed by a volley as he tried to t escape after the house had been fired. c The executive committee of the Aero t Club of America has voted ten thou sand dollars to promote the efficiency n of American aviators in France. Some t of the important phases of the work h planned were outlined in a letter sent ( to President Wilson from the head- A Mayor ''homnas 13. Snith of l'hiladel- C phia is held undter ten thousand dollar e hail by Judge Irown in the muiinicipal court to awa)it. tle action of the grand lib jury on charges of having inported - t thugs and gunnten to intimnidate Volers 1I in the recent primary held in Phila delphia. S? Military authorities are said to lii I investigat inc an alleged plot, to poi- 10 son several huinred students at t1ho ti governulentat aerunautical school at Princeton. N. .. it The appcarane of kiilling teinpera- et tures in part of the western belt has 0l caused a further red uct ion of c('op 11 estimiatI es and a fuirlieth sharp advance t in the cotton market. Cohnitia University students fought one antlther in front of the library I steps when they a:sembled to discuss I the action of tlhe tils tees recently : in distnissing Ivoi profes-ors for th il i utteranceis in c~onnection with the war . (e1 Sinall investors, thise who are able in to buy $50 and $100 inls are to be the 1)nain obijicts oif Iton ctuinting activi tIes lin tie "ditve" to otin~h $1,500, 000,0ttio for the siconid iblerty '1 oan inI the Newv You k fedleral reserve district. " Thit.V ~l eican~)) governmenlt'tt troops' were killed atnd forty' caphturied when hannd it s,ca himing to be Villa followers, ei attacked a ftederatll mmand at San L~ Antonio Pas'.. ilppoisite Candelaria, nil 'Texas, actcrding to a retiort sent out b) fromi Presidlio, T1exais. --- ii Europenn, S A mi~utinyv amtong tile crews oft four0 batlt'lesips of un- G:ermianl toet ha iiicurred at W\itlhilhishavenct. One of these hattleshiis wvas the Westfalen, whlose captain was thrown overboard andt dro~wneid. 'The (crew~s landed. Ma rines refused to1 tire oni thieml, whlere 1upon) the solditirs surrounded the saIl-I iirs who surr')end~eredt. EmpIeror William)1 vIs ited WiIltlhl' I' shiaven ini complany with tile chancel-. lor a fteor thle mut iny of sailors had lai in su ppretssed. ilet is replortedi to c hve w antietdil on ut of ivery seven 'hlisj idetilint un the grtouiji t hat I titbforte lthe reichliag Only~ three 511 bg ini ant itlsiobt was so stml inl results, ha's paisiid. Init another . crisis is now imlalisng -thagt iofils aiffeci (1n in th niliy. :uond i td l hid thh, miay bei iiwd as a ltevir agats the party of the uxtmi left in1 the litIish c: i -a ie. reportedI fo-' a w.%etk liutal l';,t0. Thie id; tight is iin iaain in Fla1 in ll l iard. D)ennias i ths tal ee.ii..4lt that thei td tog fuih SiiIi in ' h t a teduti i n1 Si:SIItlr c( oif fromti S to 7 il 1()! I have iuadt tlli :uilreme miilitary ef.I fort .ftir drau' ing heavily uptii thirl * nactive armi< s n thii east andt Catting - out thieir 1918 andli part of thle 1919 r eservis. Hlollanid ne0w pp as t hat> 5 3 111 Ger inany andtu Autst t 1~iIriawl 5 resent an Iothe1r Peace offer to thu allies carly in No. vemnber. The-Brn 1h1 andt tFrenchl ha~ve at last coOrdinatedl ill a drtive ill Flanders, the Objective beIng to destroy Ger m in~barine bases. Vice Admiral von ('A )el', Ii U Ger hIan minister of marine, has resigned. He was one of th' adntllinis trative di 'ectors of Ith' ministry of marine be fore the war. and had served as a ca(p-!t Lain it sea. III succ'eded A,1in I 'ai vol Tir'piIz. Aftc'r aecnsing (Ireat liriain of at lemtlling to bully Iloll tand by sto)ping 1111 conlnnercial cabler commun tlication witht lolald unli Tihe Netherlanids govenl'meni'Jii places an abtsolute restriic tion on I ranisit of 1tandi, gravel and Crap MIetal through Holland from (er nainy to lielgiuti, the influential or oan, The Iiandelsbad, of Amst'rdant, itterly dI'notunces the refusal of the 'tited States to give bunker coal to )u1th Ships as aln tnfriendtlly act and n1 ac"t of bad faith. Rteliable reports received in Londiion y Wily of Hlolland indicate the growlth f a strong disinclination on IIt part f Gerian sealmeni to serve on sibma rnes. This news, the authority of hieh is undotthted, is to tlte efftl 111 several satne n) alreidy have been hot for refusing to perform t-boat,. luty. 'l'h- mohilization of superfluous rooptt>s atftiched to the lRussian .1army s rtpoilted frosin l'etronaul to have he. :ilt. Th'ls men are beingll'll sent to th10ir Io~nw viillatges inl special trains, coml tiltee's at the various townls oil the fay assisting in their return. Nashi ngton. The r(qiuisifion by the A merican 'aerchant ma1rine' will inchude cargo hips of more than 2,500 tons dead v.eight capfaeity and passenger v(s els of nore than 2,500 gross tons r'eg ster. Tel' limiit will probably be low red to include craft of more than 1,500 MnS. Itepresentative Kahn of California, Ile Rlepublienn whod led Preside~nt WVil oil's forces in the house when the rmly dr'aft law passed, says at new raft act will have to be passed at te next Session of congress. It is ant emplhted to have evrt'y 11uan1 ho ween ft ages of an and 21. Secretary Lansing ha1s made public fore of Arnbassador IH'rnatorffra eachery. 'I'1Is timole it Is shown thnt e was engaged inl plots to blow up anad(iaI railroads and to use Irish Itericans in the United States for i'rying on sabotage on their own muntryme1(n. (tover'nntellt control of foodstutf"s has n extended to tako inl Virtually all it, essential articles of diet by a -t(!lamthiiion of the prt'sidlent. A fler November 1 the ilanuf't'Tr e, storage, importation 1 and distribui In of somne twenty odd prime cont. tdities will be licensed. Ilowtv'r, atny 51n1811 dealers will be ox mt.0 An agree~olnet between the war ia1 t1lries 1(oard and steel Imia nui fact ur s tixing tiuaxI iiii prices for steel oducts, about a third under existing arket prices, has been approved by it. president. The ('bargo on coal shipenlts to ah11t1 has been lifted by order 1'of the resident. England will renew loans on Amterl n farmns. The letter from the lirit. h tt\ tilnment instructing BIritish ntal tnies to call one hundred million m'ortgagest has beten rescinders. The 011y was to have been used by thlt1 It credit th1lt'n.1,ited State,1 goe'iir.n Ifiets anly money14 lititih capbital tias vetsted in the U'niftedl States. WVith the swtnaring in of nine neCw hbinet mnemberis fthe miemiberst of the iberanl plarty wh'o see in comipulsor'y ilitary13 service thle only soluftion for 'iniging forthI tic' full st rengthb tf the omnin to (f Canada in t he Iprosecu i:m of tilt warl 11 imve joinied hands with r' Rotliert II i'rden, says an 0Ottawa, nt., dispatch. AdInoiral .\Iayt, comimandler-in-chiiet theii Atlant11ic iet, and his staff have turned from England, where tht'y tlr icipated in a naval confterence ith the allies. T1his announicemnltt o details of the conference, have r'en miadet public. A ftter four' spt in thle center' tof ur1ope'~s colossat struggle, Pleasanlt .Stovall, of Savannah, (Ga., Uitttt lared oin his arr'livat ''at an1 A~t~llic 1)rt'' tha11 t t'teconoii c situa11tiitn in t'rmany is lnist acuite anad thait hti ellemes ft' backbone of German r'o 1sftance0 has be'en bretn. Fotid jpltedge we'('k st for Oc0er~ 4 ''k of O ct ober '28 to Ntovembllert' ilby utest of the ttresidtltl, so tilaf it will oft conlflj('. withi fte 1final we'ek tof the Th'le 'ISuadorel 1an secre't ary otf ftor.' igni affaliris set'lf1 ahltgam tt t , Ainlster' tio l't'eru 111 anal F iu dor', D-i Ltent at Lima, wIll not he tofth r, t'ct' ed byI 1 t' l'ci~ ltdor'tean . , i 11ador1. Thllis lion11 is noI 1 sulrti t .itte by' the Amerlenn ple1 uw'tl h' mit under II governmlenI'lt ctrol by No iThe'iP foli adminidslgra tio annouvne wturersI and11 l dis ttrlI idtoso smee20 aIIon antd hoardting. ('ar shlor tagt' ltatds la bor troubles as I ( fator' in i'teducing thei country's coahl rulily. Thbe food admlliitratilon has held nio ess thtan two hundro ' conferenices, ndit it Is pioited out that if talk will etduce the high cost of living, the ountry has a monopoly en talk feats. tir -r+ v'o nnhi unir iy war lo. "shei t wor on ~ .the ha tlfih. +'Ai "free~t 1nrygnrtr"wihwl of the wa d i n t w icht h rt nans't I :14 NW RE I - (Lo1113i1131 1 3t'3.sigy Vitst 11w t. 3v31iC33 (('t1'3. --1: . '.SI fre N'4' t 'it3 g(1e ii'': 4 i,'' 'whichi \\III ' f thi \\. In hi ch1i( the( (4 3 333*03' tl( NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WVEEK1 German Peace Offered by the Kaiser Slowly Losing Its German Features. MICHAELIS PROVES A FAILURE Lloyd George Says England Will Fight Until France Regains Alsace-Lor raine-Allies Make Another Suc cessful Drive in Flanders-More of Bernstorff's Perfidy Is Re vealed by Lansing. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. f.niser WilheIhn re11inds one . of the old-fashioned peddiIler of ntions wio would keep) add1'ing' paeklges of heed les, watch es, ai even silver t 14i1, to his little l etiIl's of lart aitts until n Sale was effected. V iii northern F"Irancte a4.1i 1(no inlenntlities a3lre(I1y in1 his b argalin offterin g, the emnperor has dded IlIelgiutt-with conditions--1d1(1 tnow'' It is reported It and IEiperor Charles of Austria-iIungatry are pre pnred to throw in AIsaCe.', the price beig peace :nd1(1 the return of Ger ninny's colonies. In a word, the Ger man peace for which the kaiser shows ;u tonmi$31n31ig at desire is t'(' oing less (Gern(11 'very day, 31n(1 If the atllies just say nothing 111(1 saw wood-as They 'rob44ably will-it uiay finally take 11n all appearance that will warrant heir contixsder ti.onx. To be smt- , Chancellor Michaelis ythat 31:3peact' Is linpossible so long 35s Gerliiily's 4nentiies dI'e1inn anfy Jerinan4soil)or try3 to dr3iv~e a wedge >'!tweeni te( Gernmn t'inper1or and his people)It, but3 theL chan31cllor ls hard >ressedl to save is ipolitical fortunes. Ie IC o 3331Vice Cha~ncellor Hleillerich are selnig hitterly attacked because of the iolicy otf fosterinig pan-Germanism in h~e coun31tr'y and the army and at the mme11 time mlaking Ipromhises of mild 1ess ini return for peace. Michaelis Vas t'omllevd to tell the reichstag hat he' did not stand for the extreme I(eman33ds of the patn-Germnanists, and 'or t' time1 being his opponents were ilshiedI ; but his failure as chancellor S pron~tounced. l'orelgn Secretary vonl Kuehilmannn is lit)re yielding than~ the chancellor, for hie told tile reichstag that there now exists "no imlpedimnent to peace, nio (luestions thait could not be settled by ne(gotiations, exceplt for the F~renchi d1em33d for i01 Alsa3ce-Lorra'3ine." lie addeId t hat Gierman~ly could( miake no con3cessions5 withi regar3d to those prov inces. Prem33ier. Lloyd George waIs quick to ta3ke up3 this challenge of Von Kuehi statenwnx'it is more'( calcuilated1 to pro lilng thle warii," hie said(. "Howecver "lutg th3e war13 mnay last, En~glandu In tendl) s ti stan b)31Iy F4ralnce util she has& redelnedttt heri 43ppressed0 children fromx thir 3 f'or4i gn yoke.'' Reasons Many and Plain. Ti xrr-n fori thle kaiser's in 4'rea3sin mo 33tderation. in demands are' no4 fax lto seek. They arie found i1 t' da i ill dipaItlihes recordinig the re I' a ltsC('essfulI thrus3ts of thle atille* I: itndes; the ad(vancWes of the Bit h in Ale3op1tonia an Afica; t h'''rtage 44f (h-r'3I333n she3tlls;ethe growV in33u3r34' in3the3arme forces of Ger' tIUay. r''ehim3' the stalge of mlutin1a n3 thec Ileet ; thle scarcIty otf food Ii hi 43) cetral tlionis, and,(1 perhaps3j) m330 'x atli, the' steady, i rreslstl ib Prge'ss of the Untit ed Staites towart3' ini I repara333tionh forl waitr tot a victorl Then.3, too, theI( kiiser sees added tI thei list (If his ('ne'niese more of th< fast dwiniing munbe114r of thlose n1( hithert314 4that131 r'oii tf honlor. .Thoug1 riden4I'It I rlgoyeni 33m3 zigedl to sta V t1I' wari'ike aictioni by Argentina, Pei 3341i lgtamy last week broke oIf dIII 14o3ma3tI( relations wvithl Germaniy aain sent tiway its ministers. iilimd plealds wvith America for feet esapec'~hy, with the open threat that I it is not sent, shle wviil have to slau1gh ter at least half her cattle and, has ing-no means of preserving the meal !y tai jsft raly taken ove byL." the g J. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A 1Cpedreorgnrlo h - i. '" . i osto n A r m e n niut ellit to er an . A seay{c:< for! the- orailly seeln wilein that segy shall co tiup e hie(or tra ene wit the In ," trl ber itn orerto obt conss and1 ryevefr hnorway ther istis nom great st saeh' i te ailedcontr. Thredr neutrlity has bee)pu n otey an chafn. Mu ii '.twelttny on Gemn Flet.e ae Thretn the Glis erwlingu thgh se ::rall weekstu ago, btrthe facth he just thre pwer hidr tai oeboard, down-11 ing n. ~hSee mutnd eers l land u ee fore owurrener tso golders. The rewol o the Nunerga seized te went t Wilhelmshaven hme and ners weso, but the chacsllav prs weted anvod nly the were oxecute Minis ter ofaMarin overonaped, oin fring the reitgo lthted bcur wree forced th srerluenden so-s app rva of the plotofnte rebel, tnd vsdtel an ofhlatedfr Noway, toure weu toa by order paryThe kleet we t to WS ilithormshyve hoimrelf. and and ored tnie in the ounsetry. mtih nees sholl it te hrnan lreaplo aesedand deis ened n euin t ee ih ais.t tht arne Caon dettl' not sfor the reichstag o ath-e othe ;hroslcuiiiont othe teputes ~~ilhe naedt ri itused he inpedent sokn-h c ialis dloepus if de o 11 l i cal and1 miticail of werlt of ndd ees, and sait ffe an of the r ajs o ret syiuctlit jine the idependens. hi Te mutiny on tera Fleet.lae tohe elo n the g ue td ihve moeet aainst lmli'etr orad.lc s~* Inue te aoe, hutrtnied t story ut tVe re ivoled anbed as oe othe2 ml otecuaigsin fteya and itwas el that f suchl dissats fac the eist11n t erant, tia forc h ehi T he nutees he btd twer foseve tmsurmner toe odir. ohie rmo thIt nudnhebrg ekind the ewee and ste f torwayssit Peremtl~irb Kerestkyrhav i kvirtuer wetie th deliati engress anp odered aonew cltofnr z cabllt the deand sIur thee nar exd toe newiingth igt'iglpower of the occur. Ke~lrenk and lievel of thes rlleaue wentit the font to the r pas be fure tohoey oders, a ly~ seemed hpfl gai igtifsportejtae 1141 liesite the Vonpositio oft the couni dof oie ars andt workmen. he Voaiul .workers wnt askn tikerlhs but p oidnt o te u the ope'ratoion of1 the miltarys liraialds andg t lterwee partlyitt wpesen thea huufer ofi pinreased ' wage det Vaito- work hrdfo ai unvad theace,) sit howst no intentoon of h anoit In tlits allinces th thdepfoes. Gr e munyednsdy t nyngeet e"wlils le(ed I itshoe lorngectedinavalor ovteiermnt cgase of 'tr heralle t dfnd the lidcount r th pe svory o te evot as heconqus on er r ofh motenoating andgner oft(lit yea facton eth wil fthe Grmn !ussia." for ies whiw Dive in land ubeted Atoher sede amnerbla the rl hraNw GonentFor ussi.ko Tlelday the icritih condrss lpnc aptine in cneunco.In ist o p ltigto reistorm re in' then repu lice in auwpe frnrchy and torh nw the ghvingstfer cflhe and y.e Kereounry aind eealo i lleagueh wet sevton glerond. tow theriplnse - forethe soldiersanckd semn dhoperful ot'gnng th ei thppor deominteinh -i helibu ol th ounci -of toldirs ane wrkten. Th ralh wokstl e nti on triet gret posedntt.t~ i tthe era tion the iiarync rlonth, 111e(1 flaero vethe parlyi ui~edb man a o~tt rinareabe. as.owrdnrn 1he noew goverliapd sh of ternfor t work harthort, prcng tei- enman linet thow adeth intnon and one-ort mgites alin egaitglnwih thef i greatiy.lIt isue af crion tho \vntr -fent erecedniesday, treitlg wor andl otinu mral ridgmlever andl veri tes tie; tros rushI ed11 with sruc k resnt E. rI tIsI tank corps whlh Is doing sch(" seln. who lis 41'red tlhe governitnent a hiinsl5 of a F"iiel Iilsfactory, tyiplent c(h I hey iet rn t. ible spirit that they swept everything beforei thei. So swift wats the attack that un ent Ire Gerinu division which was jutsi relieving anuother at the front wss in ught by surprise and declinnted. TIe n'ltire ground over which the Brit ish alndl French advneed was thickly littered with dead Germians and heaps of e(uinent. A few nore such drives in lhlsiiiders and the Germans will be coinpelled to retire to the east and south, nihandon ing the suhininies on the Belgian coast. This would ilean the almost utter c(olutpse of the U-boat cainpaign, which already hias been greatly weak etted. There are strong indicntions that the allies sre preparing for vigorous offensive niloveilents In the near fu ture in hoth ltoumania and Macedonin. The positions of the central powers on both I hose fronts have been subjected of lite to heavy bomnbardnments. It was snounced last week that the ar niles of (reece were about ready to take an active part in the warfare. More of Bernstorff's Perfidy. Secretary. Lansing reached into the upper left-halnd pigeon-hole of his delk last week nid pulled out another neat little expose of German methods. This one lilt Von Bernstorff agnin, rounding olt IIe revelations of the eount.'s per fidy while this country a1d (Gersinniy were still technically on friendly ternms. Three telegra ins were inado public, two from the German foreign oflice to Von Bernstorff Instructing lilin to start a big prograin of sahotage in Amnericnn tunnitions factories and to finaunce plans for the destruetion of the Canadian Pacific railway, and the third from the then stnbassador to the fol igni office at Berlin last September stating thnt the Anerleian eilurgo conference needed the fur ther support of the German govern snenst for the purpose of conductiing a cnmpaign to win a majority of coni gress favorable to Germuany in thie sip pwrnchinsg c*ongressionl andis presidleni tii elect ions. Th'ie hesavy hand of the federatl gov' erninient fell oni Dantiel H1. WVallauce, idat ant organizer an sd heaid of a pael fist soeiety, last Th'lursdasy when ai judge in Iowna sentenced hiusn to 20 years' in iison for seditious speaking. The coniunittee named to investigate the chasrges of disloyailty uigalnst Hen af or La lFohlette and pass on the de nimads for hIs expulsion frotn the seni ate had no (1111e to performii its dluties before congress sadjourned andl~ so will repor't 01t lie niext sesshion. It will not go beyond~ or oultside Of the sennitor's speechl In St. Paul before the Noui Pasrtisani league and there are pre dictions that the inquiry wiill be ai fizzle. Food Control Extended. In ordler to pirevenlt the tnkIng of excessIve piroftits ansd to) stop hionrding, the governmient's control of foodstuffs wIll be s'x lnded on Noviembier 1 to inu a b 114soiit sall the essentlial aicl es oif dIet. ly orde0r of thle president. thle inanutfneture, imiportaition, !storalge andis distibuii~ti of someis twent~y pirime 4(oiInhloditIes5 ill be4 lileensed( b~y the food stdsnlstrations. lFarmsers, gatrden er5siand smany of thle smInnlier dirs's 1and4 iiinnufiiet ure'rs will be e'xpIIt. TIhie baidng indulstr was liSIeft out 01f hIs arra'nssgelunent , buti Mr. IIliover wiill be readly to) regiulate It as soon) as lhe has stainardlzed bakinig iloiur, bakinig intgredients 'aniid eitIher t he asze or the14 prlice or ie lons . S e'4r*(inrsy liIcke issuied a slttemen't rsng s highly .thie wiork of 111e man1 Sy ssasnufntetarngsj~ pilants tisi a sre miiIcng c'lotlinsg siad0 oter suplies( for Ilhe struel'Ilon ofi thosse eniin'si1 begani I nly 3 shsipped's to thesi. Ini(i lhesr IiunrIters' t here Is mulh tauhlk of thle great shiortl igeof i worllla-s la snieh wair lan sts 51iplan1 sando msonsil os' factoiis, steel msilils, na21vy yardl4 1( and in/s. sisrl it is said (lint conscripitlon l' mI illilons of wvorkmsesn Is be4 ig seriousl y conasi1dered b y 'lhe'isi ushin isitatlont. Induhsstrnial Ox lisiont andio the' withdrsawsal jaf nhoeuit 1 .fi(It,000h( meni fromt: thelir s('eijt los for' thle ssrtnui4'l sericesO.' n55e biel re spoible4 for 'I n'i' oilIlt bns. isIn ihe ni ''i ri fsact ories thlousanuds of women are to hie givenI emlIoymen'tt. Owing 1(o thle lsresenst denmndis for gaesol ine, the~ St asidard Oil company lias deelded to pe'rmsit iurestrhctedl uso oif its Iturf on prIocesa of' refining, by whleh~ almsost I w.ien' ais mluchl gasoline is ob~tined fr'omi cruide tll as by other nroennen. WILSON NAMES WIT. 24TH LIEERTY -DV APPEAL COMES FROM WI, , tHOUSEi FOR LIBERTY LO, SUBSCRIPTIONS. URGE PEOPLE TO ASSEN:v.D President Males Stirring Appea People to Pledge to Support Gc . ment.-.Special Word to Sub tion Workers. Washington. - resident wis behalf of the liberty loan issue )roclamiation setting aside Octob. as liberty day and urging the p, of the nation to assemble on that in their respective contnlnnities "pledge to one another and to the erntent that represents them the est measure of inancial support." The President's proclamation lows: "By the President of the Ur States of America, a procimatto. The second liberty loan gives people of the United Staets ano'i opportunty.to lend theler funds to t - government to sustain their coms at war. The might of the Un States is being mobilized and orga ed to strike a mortal blow at auto cy in defense of outraged Aneri rights and - of the cause of libe Billions of dollars are required arm, feed and clothe the brave n who are going forth to fight our cot.* try's battles and to assist the natic. with whom we are making comn cause against a common foe. To a. scribe to the liberty loan is to perfo-r a service of patriotism. "Now, therefore, I, Woodrow W o p son, President of the United States America, do appoint Wednesday, i twenty-fourth of October, as libe. day, and urge and advise the peo to assemble in their respective c< munities and pledge to one anotl and to the government that represe". them the fullest measure of finant support. On the afternoon of that d I request that "patriotic meetings held in every city, town and ham throughout the land, under the gene direction of the secretary of the tre. ury and the immediate direction the liberty loan committees wli have been organized by the fede reserve banks. The people respond nobly to the call of the first liber loan with an over-subscription of mo than 50 per cent. Let the response the second loan be even greater at let thA amount be so large that will serve as an assurance of unequt: led suppo1rt. ;, t' artcn t'.ie men wIe are to face the fire of battle for u Let the result be so impressive at emphatic that. it will echo throughot. the empire of our enemy as an inde) of what America intends to (10 t( bring this war to a victorious conclu sion. "For the purpose of ivirticipating ir liberty day celebrations all employet of the federal gov.ernment through out the country whose services ean hi spared, may be excusedl at 12 o'clock Wednesdlay, the twenty-fourth of Oc tobor. "In witness whereof. I have here unto set my hand and caused the sea of the United States t~o ho0 affixedl. "Done in the District of C"olumbia. this 12th (lay of October in the yea of our Lord, one thousand ninn hutr dred and seventeen andi of the inde lpendence of the 'nited States o' America the one hundredi aid fort3 second. (Signed) "WVOiT)Ww WILTJSON." "'By the Presidernt. (Signed) ilOlET'~ LANSING. "Secretary~ of State." TRADING WITH THE ENEMEY ACT: I8 PUT INTO OPERATIOI Proclamation by President Confer .Authority to OfficIals. Washington.-B1road war' powers cot fotrred upon the presidlent by the trae' ing-with-ithe-enemy act wvere Put int' operaltion under an executive order in stued delegating the authority undr the olaw to 'various governmer~t de partmonts end to a newly created wit. iradle oboard. IThe board Is composed of the men hers of the exports admiralstrativ hoard. wvhielj it will r"eplace withi tbh addition of a reipresentativye of fl1 trantry dlepaThrtment . D wIll 'ottntm to license (exports4. Trading or c'ommercial deali ngs< anty natuore wvith an enemy 1'ompiar. or aigora it this ('ounttry ot' a broad Dorbiddent. ix'.' nt under-1 cie rte of 11 war hoard wich1 also is ant horize ~o li'nse a ene('1 my or "ally of entemy 'Ompanaiies. d1ointg husiness in lthe Ur ted Stat es, e'xcepting Insurance coy 1ai es, whoso5 Superv'ision) 14 ent ru i'd to the ( treasury. C"ensorshlip of malls, enlies. radI' antd telegrapht mesages Passing out the Ur.ited States Is placed in I ' 'hands of a censorship hoard cons'sti of representaitives o l the wvar, nit andl positoffico departmnt, th board trade andl of Neorge Cr * chairman of the neommittec on pn~f in formation. To the-treasury is assigned the re'* lation if transactions mn foreeign '.x charage and exportation of goldl or A vor coin und(er license, the enfor'u-" ment of the elaw's .provisiOti. agai transmisslotn to the enemy of infer~ ~Meion by any other means. '