The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, October 18, 1917, Image 2
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.
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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
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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. '