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FURLOUGHS ARE TO HELP FARM WORI WAR DEPARTMENT INTENDS TC ( L ET ENLISTED MEN GO HOME TO SOW AND HARVEST. NOW TO MAKE APPLICATIO Many Drafted Men Have Been Ex. cused Under Vocation Provisions Trade Tests Used to Secure Skilled Workers ter Army. (From ('comnitr" on Prublic Information.) Washington.-- For Clhe purpose of augnentirg agricultural production it Is the intent on of the war depart ment to grant furliiughrs to enlisted men to enale th'tm to engage in farmi lig (uring the presert sea son. ('omr manrding otlicer s tmriy grant such fir loughs within prescrihed rules when ever it appeirs they will contribute to increased farm production. Furloughs may he given by coin manding otlic'ers of posts, antups, cnn tonnents, dIivisions, arid die lrtmients. They vll he for short periods., large ly for seeding il nil harvesting time They will not he granted to enlist'd men of or nhove the grade of iirt w'r giant, nor in iln orgainiztatni't tiht has been artired ti smime or is in transit fromt points ..f mobulilization or training to a port of 'at'ri::tioni. All furloughs granted w. , I rit'ared tdml the men orde'red' to th'-ir ernrgations when they have ri"cei ved pre pi gyratory orders for duty oversn':rs. Furloughs granted for fai rn work will be without pay and allownrices, except that enough pay will be re tained in each case to meet allotments in farce on the day of the order, war risk insurance, and pledges on Lib erty bonds. For specially qualified experts in agriculture furloughs may be granted by the secretary of war upon npplica tion by the secretary of agriculture, providing such furloughs are volun tnrily necepted by the persons for Whom ajpilcinttion is tmade. mdividua applleni ions for furloughs Nuhrnitted by reInti ves will ht on a form to he furnished by local draft hoards. Two sections arc to he made out and presented to the local hoard, which cri r omplit e lie form. If the furlough is gr'aned the a1ppi cation will Ie tiled by the c'ommaiund ing oficer and it cirtI tn te fiurnislied the soldier. If not granted, the aplili ention wiIi be returned with reasons for disarlitioval. If the soldier Initiated the applicn tion hie will gIve the nrme of the per son for whom he ilesires to wiork, from whorm will be ascertained the need for frm service. Fur'lourgh inry be granted en liloc to rien wvho ar' willing to nccept themn. upon requests iif t'riers. When t1i1e consumredl in triIi velirig fromr the post to the pinci' of itbor will not exceed 24 hours. In mkuing these a ppllcn tions farmi'rs will use a form of the provost marshal general's offlce, also going to theii T10'ri lioard-. I'Uder priFjslins of thre sieleictive service Taw ma oking speelfled vi('i lons5 a groirrnd for exemrpt ion or dischr'ge, apairt frorr thre "'nieceissary I ndlust ries"' dei'it wnith by the' district honrds, 67, 716 men werie excuised from military duty. Of the mien exi'mpt'd, 1 .6t65 were fed eral or state ofhicers ; neaisters, 3.,976; divinity strident s, 3.144-I; in the milItary CiuntIy andi miuiipa u ffielals numi hering SS9 we'ri disc'hrarge'd ;Custom house crks. 171: maril iemloy~ees, 1,476; rirsenal w orkmren, 2.3l5R fed eral emloiyee's desiguniated by the pi'es Ident, 1.777: lilTits. 1,772; marriners, 2,666. "The ailieni property custodian has been given power to sell, nt pivainte sale wit hiouti ad virt iserment. enemy owned live stock, fered or food stutffs, hides rind otheir nt ma priduc i(ts, agri ciiuurT tp'routs, i'rtilizi'rs, chem icals, dIrui.s- toinrniTl oils, lumber, cottori. tohbn 'i. urnI itue. books, glanss and enliuni werre. '....-aring aippare(l, jew el ry, piri'i'oui M ones. pitu'ttres, ornrn inen ts. birlc--r im. obu'ut s of art, raw or finishid t il~e mraterlals, trunks, bioxes, parit Illy or completely mnanufnetuired ioritalrs, fablrics, ruhher anid rilubr priducitts, iinrd all kinds of melrchanis. in iit' harvlng a market vanlue of niot moirue thin . 10.000.O Such sal is mayr be' Taiu' ant places and tinder miliohns prescribed by ther alien propeiirty custIoadian. Federal rese'rve' banks are to redis coumt notes s'cureidt by farm tract or5, rnecordr ig toi thre department of agri(urlture.' Inst ructlons have beer: issued to all fedeuranl re'serve banks aul thorizinig theta to rediscount tracto1 Paper pre'sentedt by any riembeir bank providled It has mtoturlty not e'xceeding six maonths rind tire t r'nutors are pur ehnsedi for augic'ulhtral pturposes., In Oklaihomir. county c (ouncis of dle fense are 5('('nring pledges fr'om autcr mobdle oiwners to fiurish tranlsportta tion to spea~ker's foir t'ommtuunity COlit elIls, IT' l'dge lir'ivbies that thi chaIrman of thbe emtyuli conneil mn:~ hire a car ait ITh'e' expese oif any slgne w'ho foils tri fur'nishi transportatlon n the time prisledr. Investigations biy thle department ( agrieultur'e ini 15 staites show that of total of 6,8316,492 sheep, 34,683 wver killed by (logs Ta One( year and wer paid for by the counties. To increase the accuracy of select Ing skilled workers amorig the enlist ed men a system of trade tests has been developed. E~xact and compre hensive definitions of the more than 600 dIfferent trates represented in the military organization have been brought together in a 300-page book, "Trade Speeifications." Tables have 1 been prepared shoving the detailed needs of each unit for skilled and semiskilled workers. Work has been done in refining methods of selecting and training men for special duties in the navy, special service regarding se lection of aviators, assistance to pro vost marshal general on the question naire, and assistance rendered the sur geon general for general intelligence tests for enlisted men and officers. The war-service exchange of the committee on classification of per sonnel answers inquiries of persons dhe siring to serve the army. It in forms the department of labor of the needs which the war department has for men. The committee on public information has made public editorial comment in the (ermann press on .the revelations in the Iteichstag main committee in ronnection with investigations of the I ialer Motor Works. It was shown that the Daimler company was earning 17,1 per cent, profit per annum, the ''ini tany's sworn statement placing the profits at 11 per cent, and while th" company was earning 400,000,000 marks monthly in excess of its peace tilme profits it had threatened to re dui'e output unless higher prices were paid. The Berliner Tageblatt (Lib eral), said: "Energetic action of the authorities and the Reichstag; is demanded. Such enterprises as the Daimler firm are not compelledl to submit books for in spection, while every little trader sell ing vegetables must show his profits. We demand government confiscation of illegal profits and, if necessary, state control." Vorwaerts (Government Socialist), said: "'ie Ialmler revelations will hardly occasion the same surprise in financial circles as among the masses. The Dainler company's purpose was not to deceive the financial world, but the authorities, so that its real profits might he kept from the public's knowl edge. The company reckoned upon the commercial ignorance of the gov ernment and this experience shows that such reliance is usually justified." Attention of fertilizer manufactur ers and dealers has again been called to the necessity of taking out federal lienses. All fertilizer manufacturers, includ ing mixers, even though their out put may be small, are required to take out lic'etses. Agents and dealers do ting exciluslvely a retail business, whose gross sales do not amount to more than $100,000 a year, are not re rliirei to take out licenses or to make :applications for blanks. However, any retail dealer or agent whose gross sales amount to more than $100,000 a1nd who does not apply for a license, is liahle under the provisions of the act of congress provikJng for the gov ernmental control of the industry. Application for license should he made to the iawv department, license avision, United States food adminis tration, Washington, D. C. American soldiers and sailors in Ger man prison camps prior to April 12, 1918, will not be deprived of their rights to wvar-risk insui'ance because of inability to make personal applica tion, provided such application is made in their behalf. According to a statement by the sec retary of the treasury, applications for insterance may he made in behalf of such prisoners by persons within the permitted class of beneficiaries un der the military and naval insurance lawv. This class incluides ifie, child. parent, birother, or sister'. Application should be made to the bureau of war rIsk insurance, at Washington, D. C. The health of troops in the United States continues v'ery good, according to a recent report to the surgeon gen eral of the army by the division of fld sanitation. Admission, nonef ~.'ctive and death rates are somewihat higher than last report, due chiefly to prevalence of influenza and bronchitis wvith complicating pneumonia, in many of our northern campsi. Nntiona~l Guard camps, as a group, continue with remarkably low rates. Very few new cases of measles and meningitis have occemered. National army camps continue to have high sick rates as compared wvith camps of other- groups, though the rates are lower than last report. Scat tering cases of measles are reported from all camps. Field and gardest seed are uncondi. tionally exempted from all embargoes, ,according to the department of agri culture. InstructIons are issued to all railroads to do everything possible to exped(ite the movement of seed. .Over 200,000 applications for insur ance by oficers and enlisted men of -the naval service had been filedl by -MSarch 31. The average amount of in surance on each policy was abouit $7,. y' :30, making a total of more than $1, r 500,000,000. Payments on w'ar-risk t allotments are nlow atbout $1,.000.000 a month. f Wednesday, April 3, was a peak day a in sales of' war savings stamps, when C $4,120,932 was recordted at the treas e uiry for the (lay's receipts from stamp ales. . t 1I f ~ /4~ / 1-Market square anl town hall Pershing inspected a detachment of in City Hall square, New York, at the NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK germans Divert Their Attack to Flanders, Again Failing to Break Through. BLOODY FIGHT AT GIVENCHY Kaiser Seeks to Annihilate British Army-Americans Now in Great Battle-Premier Lloyd George Proposes Conscription for Ireland. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. "They shall not pass." Not glossing over the increasing seriousness of the German offensive on the west front, not making vain boasts, but with unfaltering courage and dogged determination, all - the allies, French, British, Americans and Portuguese, in France and Belgium, have adopted the Verdun slogan and refuse to let the Huns break through their line. Weary and battered, drenched with gas and explosive shell, pushed back here and there by power ful attacks of massed infantry, greatly outnumbered all along the line, they cling as long as possible to every de fensive position and exact a terrible price for every yard of terrain they give up. Failing to push his way through to Amiens, the kaiser last week turned his attention to Flanders, and after three days of intensive bombardment attacked the British on a 25 itle front of which Armentieres was the center. In the three days of fierce infantry fighting that followed the Hunns shoved back the British and Portuguese line some five miles between Armentieres and Givenchy, and three miles at the north of the former city. On Thursday the British retired from Armentieres, which is of little importance as a strat egic point and is now but a heap of ruins. They also had abandoned sev eral villages but still dominated the battlefield from Messines ridge on the north and Givenchy on the south. The latter place was the scene of the blood iest fighting, being taken andl retaken several, times. The British were out numbered there more than four to one, but defended it splendidly and retain ed possession, of the town, wvhich Is situated on high ground. The losses of the Germans here as well as elsewhere were very heavy, and a considerable number of them were captured. Though the immedliate object of the Germans in this sector apparently is to take TBethune, an important center of British operations, and then by a wheeling movement push on to the Eng lish channel, their greater purpos~e, ac cording to prisoners and captured doc uiments, is notin'~g less than to annihi late the British army. It is expected that the kaiser will direct his full strength to the accomplishment of this aim and that the battle in Flanders will be considerably extended to the north and continued with desperation. On the southern front of the Ger man salient the French, at the begin ning of the week, withdrew to the wesi hank of the Aiyette river in the Cor. region, thereby 'rectifying their line.s and leaving to the Germans the marsh es of the Olse. Since then the enem. have been greatly harrassed by th( French ofiposts and have been unabit to carry on any operations in th~ swampy ground. A little further t the west Chauny hams been the centel of furious struggles but up to the timnt of writing the French had repulle' every attack, and were in possessiol of the towvn andl the nearby cemetery For the present, at least, Amien seems to be safe for, though the artil lery activity in that sector has beet continuous and violent, infant ry olp ations almost cfease (luring the week As has been saidt, the allies (10 no Iseek to minimize the menace in th~ successes the Hluns have gainedl hui their commanders are as confident a: ever that the kaiser cannot accompliia his aims. and the mna in the rankt of Arit s, whieh city the Germains tried his stalwart troops in France. 3-Guy opening of the cn1aipaign. hive no other thought than victory. The allies have ample supplies of guns 111(1 ammunition, but what they must have is more men, and that quickly. England is sending troops across the channt el vih speed not heretofore equalled, and America's fighters are being hurried over as fast as possible in response to the call. Secretary of War Baker, who is still in France, has learned his lesson, and it is understood he is urging the greatest expedition in getting our army across. Dlay by day the American troops are being hurried up to the fighting front and brigaded with the British and French, who greet their arrival with cheers. That they are now taking an active part in the great battle is evi denced by the lengthening casualty lists sent over by General Pershing. In their own sector the Americans continue to do fine work. On Wednes day, just northwest of Toul, they were subject to the strongest attack the Ger mans had made in that region, after three days' heavy shelling. The Yan kees not only broke up the advancing ranks by their artillery fire, but promptly emerged from their slelters and chased the shattered Hun troops from the field. The German p'ess has ceased to sneer at American participation in the warfare and admits that this country will he a great factor in (let erinning the result and that it is preparing for a long conflict. The turn events have taken and President W\'ilson's power ful speech in Baltimore have convinced the Germans thai the result of the war is to be determined by force of arms. Count Czernin, Austro-Hlungariar foreign minister, finds his positioi shaken since Premier Clemenenau dis proved his assertions concernhi peact talks, and the Czech opposition o hin is increasing. In Germany th 'e i growing dissatisfaction with Chancel lor Von Hlertling and Foreign Secrec tary V'on Kuehimann, andl there is movement to make Dr, Von Helfl'ericl imperial chancellor, Germany's forces in Russia, uaftei capturing Kharkov, proceeded ~130 mi le! further to the northwest and occupiet Lgov. They then sent an ultimatunt demanding the surrendier of Kursk capital of the government of that name but the local soviet dlecidled to resist The Glermuans also are continuing theli operations in Finland, in aidl of the government andl the White guar-d, ani have compelled Russia to remove oi disarma Russian wartships in Finnisi: waters. Th'ie boisheviki govetrnme(nt of Russi w'as concerned mostly Inst week wviti1 the inanding of Japanese troops in Vladivostok, The press expr-essed th( fear that this was the first step in tie occupaRt Ion of Siberia. Rand the commRiS sioner's emR~anded that the Japaesi i(5 (depart, thr-eatenini lg other-wise to de claire wvar. If the Japanese really are on conquest bent, they would ask noth lng better than that. butt Amier''land Great lin iIn pr-obably stand1( itn the way for' they do not wish to1 hav',e lus sin thirow herself utterliy into the hantds of tihe Germanns. Indeed, thle foreigni consuls at Vladivostok promaisedl the lo enl authorities thle troops woul he Delayed di spatchies ft'oma Hain aidi S Ameleani~ ma~eri nes al so had been'R land ed at Vladlivestok ancd were in ('ontr1ol of the docks, wIle thle Japaneidse wer( guarding the rniiway and ammunillition depots., Tih' diet oef lRossa rabia, the Russianr provincee which borders Roumaania oli the Cest, Is reported to have voted in' favor of union with Rloumnania. Uk raine hats signed tl RI agreemen'Rt to fur tish to the central powers about (b3,. 000,00(X) ptounds of foodirst u ffs anRd deliv. eri es of gritin telrteadey htav~e begun.i George ('reei li. chirmean of thle ('0m1 mnit tee on ;plic in formation, bcroughi a stormi abioutt his hie'ad hby saeying, i a puitle addrite'ss, that he wouldl thani (tode to his dyinig chay that the Untiten State CS wias unpr elpaR'e'd whe'n it wenlt t( war.t herituse oilt'w Ise it w"ouldI hav< heen't false to its t rait ionis and policy Ta bothl iiou'e s of congr~ess lit wvas dle nouncRi(ed bitternly, the seanate seein gl.1 ov'(tIero kinti: lie fai t thalti only a feu daiys prmevi ousl-y it had- vl~ot ed to mtaki that state rf uinepariedniess plermanli etit by refuRing RtoR vote( for- uni versa Y _ ern Newspaper Union :o take from the British. 2-General Lmpey speaking for the Liberty loan rageous statement when acting as spokesman of the administration at a meeting of Liberty loan lecturers, and his dismissal from government employ was lenanded by the indignant con gressinen. On Wednesday the senate passed the amendment to the espionage hill, mak ing it the most drastic anti-sedition measure ever proposed in this country. It is designed to expedite punishment for disloyal acts and utterances, but was changed to permit of just critic ism with good motives. Fear of antag onizing loyal citizens of German de scent caused the elimination of a clause barring froni the mails publications in the German language. The senate had another exciting de bate over the conference report on the bill for punishing sabotage and wilful destruction of war material. As re ported, the measure provided that it should not be construed as making it unlawful for employees to agree to gether to strike or refuse to work for the purpose of securing better wages or working conditions. Senator Un derwood and others strongly criticised any such government inclorsenents of strikes (luring wartime. Next day the senate relected the conference report by a vote of 34 to 25. At the same time Samuel Gompers was wa-ning congressmen not to commit the "devil try and folly" of passing the proposed law to prohilbit strikes and lockouts. Too ninny of the laboring men of the country fail to recognize the fact that when they are working for the gov ernient on war tasks they are doubly working for themselves. Premier Lloyd George again h'as staked the political existence of him self and his cabinet on one measure, the new man power bill which includes the consriptIon of all men between the ages of 18 andl 50 years. and which furthermore extends coascr-iption to Treland. The latter feature of course put the Irish Nationalist members in a rage at once and the premier was warned that any attempt to enforce the di aft in Ireland wvould result in civil war ;that it would take an army to raise a regiment. He stood fim, how ever, declaring the time had conme wheo Ireland must be treated like the rest of Great Britain in the matter of mil itary service, andl that if the bill was defeated his government wvould give way to another. The measure passed its preliminary readings by a large majority, but the press aind people of England are dlecelely anxious abou* its success should it become law. Suibma rine stinkings as repor-tedl by the Bitlish admiralty showed a great fallinig off in number, only six vessels being listed as lost, but bo0th heie and abroad there is a feeling that thisn presages a concerted movement of the U-boat iigainst the ti-ansports that ar e now eni-rying Aner-lean troops tc. France in great numblers. H~owever, the convoy system has been so ncr fected and so many warships are amvul able for it that no grave apprehension is felt for the safety of those trains ports. The Dutch have quiietedl down con. cerning the se-izure of their vessels by Amer-ien and Great British, but Minis ter Phillips has left Washington for home, ostensibly on account of Ill health. P'residhent Wilson last week (comt mandleeredl the Clyde, Mallory, Mer chants anid Miners and Southern steamship lines and turned them over to Director General McAdoo. This added'( (13 (-oastwise vessels to the '18 already under government manage me(nt. Three Russian ships in a Pa ciffie port also were taken over- by the shipping board. General Allenhy's forces in Palestine are still puishing forwa-d north of JTerusalem, despite stubborn resistance ced by German troops. in BerlIn there is a belief that thle Hol1y ('ity wIll be recaptured, hut t his Is based on false lideas of the liri tish actIon in falling back a fter euttii ng thle ranilw~ay at E Salt. T1he I~lherty L~ohnt campaign was most1 suceissfuli durming the week. Iown lead thme niation, subscribing it~s quot'e YOUR SICK CHILD IS CONSTIPATEDI LOOK AT TONGUE HURRY, MOTHER! REMOVE POI SONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH, LIVER, BOWELS. GIVE "CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF F9S" IF CROSS, BILIOUS fR FEVERISH. aV )No matter what ails your child, a gentle, thorough laxative should al ways be the first treatment given. If your little one is Out of sorts, half-sick, isn't resting, eating and act ing naturally-ok, Mother ! see if tongue is coated. This is a sure sign that the little stomach, liver and bow els are clogged with waste. When cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or has stomach-ache, diar rhen, sore throat, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the con stipated poison, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of the lit tle bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless "fruit laxative," because it never fails to cleanse the little one's liver and bowels and sweeten the stom ach and they dearly love its pleasant taste. Full directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "Cal ifornia Syrup of Figs;" then see that it is made by the "c'allfornia Fig Syrup Compa ny."---A iv. The Last to Use Them. "Started you gai',rilen yet ?". No. m,, see I hamvi' t(" wait un til tin' imIiglhlbrs get through using my gatrden tools." FOODS TASTE BETTER COOKED -TOBACCO TASTES BETTER TOASTED Since the day of the caveman, who liked his meat raw, civilization has learned a lot about the scientific treat ment of the things we eat. Naturally none of us would now prefer to have our meat raw, our po tatoes as they come from the griound, our coffee unroasted. And naturally follows the great dis covery recently made by The Ameri can Tobacco Co.-that tobacco tastes better TOASTED! This wonderful new idea-simple like all great inventions-was first used in producing the famous LUCKY STRIKE Cigarette-made of toasted Burley tobacco. Burley has a mellow flavor, entirely different from the tobacco usually used for cigarettes. It is a pipe to bacco and LUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes taste like a pipe. Adv. Naturally. "DI.o you remienither thle thnei~ whent. thlere was such ai riage for red lilrY-'' "Oh, red hair is dyed ot."' SEND FOR FREE BOOKLETI ON THE CURE OF PILES Offered to lbe sent to any adldress, this little booklet, easily under-stand able by anyone, will be beneilcial in ex plaining the cause anud cure of piles without the use of the do(!tor's knife or the need of a physician while being treated. Send a postal today to the Reed Ils N. J., makers of the 20-year famous Eagle Ple Remedy. A copy should be in the hands of every sufferer. 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