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POLICIES O THE WWR LABOR BOARD RIGHT OF UNIONIZED WORKERS TO BARGAIN WITH EMPLOYERS IS UPHELD BY IT. BETTER CONDITIONS SOUGHT Great Ctorage Lumber Depot Opened at Gilmerton, Va.-Conservation of Kerosene Is Urged-Allies' Bombing Planes Now Work in Squadrons. (Frome n nmitteet no, 1't" If r" r ration I V1'~~ashington.-Thel uur4 :4" I hiho p tic's l iaril h:is nin:dfe ino rui.::;s. It is annlOnneeid. iuaIkin It ii ssible to ehM 0- r'ltes oif wigeis or woirk ing coniditoris in irlustry dOring the stanrtlidizationi of suli fray an(d con ditions for uiar' work. 'Tfhe board loes not seek to inie rest rictions on labor, but Is strivingz to ietter conditions that will uiake for satisfaction and greater etlh-tene}y. Euiiiniriiting ifs prinliples the war labor policies lon rd is comrnitted to the right of workers to organize into trade union:is lut to ili rga in collec tively with their etnployers; continr once of existiuig ilion standtrds iftli the right of the worlotrs to obtain het ter eoiiditiois, xn.- iril lours uitnle' decisions of till- na:tiotiatl war Tabor ho rtid, ('( 1u 1 fIa1 I i' 4-41i1:1 a w !I'k. W110141h er irtnill'I by run or by worn-t (11n; rveoui l iull of th- b ei ight -hour day where i liw retilire. it but settle rlelnt of :|il 41i1t 2te isl of huin'rs iof work vitl dilt' rega'id to gu ivernllei t t1I'('4 - allies and the welfari' of the workrs; t ntmaintenanw of" the ntxitnuua of pro duction; ulie reardi for hlior stand ards. wages 1iui1 other conditions in particular loealities ; tih' right of a1l wrork ers to a living wnge. Insuring health 1aind reasnaitle com' forts. Felix -rankkfurti. ehirniatn of the war lihor poliieles hoard. runkes this further e xplani Ion of the resoltin4) of the board setting forth its prinli pies: "Innsmui.. chi 11s wage stability was recognized as the essenutial need] by labor and by the goverunwnt the irl pose of the resohutIon was to prevent changes in tile standards wleh had been creat e]i ther through an aii djust ment boord such as the labor wage atd justiment hoard of the einergency fleet corporation, or the arsenal aind navy yard standards, or the standards whilet govern the cantlni1 ent auistinent boar d-4, buit under no iircuistanices \was It ilitendedl to irevent the lifting of wilge s':lies in seclfille init:res up to the saiiatrds." r'l' we 11 erie'i 1 ial bombiig or gatnizi/.ations in tihe allied dying corps dring fthe first ye:r1 1of the war. Prae tilIl all tie' tw'rk in the rift' was In the nrt t e'4 of obserat ftion. No pilots couhd h4- spaIred for an ything else. To d(y3 lobiabulyui '' 25. ('iein 'f ti' ateriai rtis aire honilirig sirridr tts of 12 iniwiinef rui' p illiiron. The first lilinuhing was doibti vyol. unteer pilots wNvht 11-%w over the Ger man lines and droppedl three or four hioinhis. 1in2tle 'ru in art illeiry shetlls, on1 splled Soniii tlines Ion ('Oinvoys, tir)oop tritris arnid buruis ofi rissedI men'h. Th'le Ueriili 1l bgon ay b1'lornin g of oftifes in 1915, ntiri ft allies hobltardled JartlsruheIt itn repialt latter in th ilame111 yearir. Sintcue thIennt' vol ution) in organi izedl b~oimbin g dev'elopled raI'ly and13 11( the F~rencht be'gan nlIight homblin g, but this wats not und~ertarkenl by the (Ger manifs util August, 191.ld At th teret ti ne la rge group,. inc lldi n seve'ral squadr(1 ons of Ihomhii lug ruml-im l 's, go over' the lines frorm tirne to ff111e and1 ('ompiletely de'stroy03 fheiri objeet iv~e, he it a city or a camp,111 a ?oliiunni of troops or a trencht sys5temi. Unfortinuttely13 thle aillIes' nir forces hlave to t r'lavel for mali11'ny ilies Over hostile IterritIory' defendedl~i by 11111. whi" th In' emy(113 ('nn tl tac11k Frelh clties by flyvIing only' at shtort dIisltance' lie3tInid the ailliedr linecs. * 'llThe 1111les iar' dlevelop;intg I im'ge' bominig pla nes whli h4f u'arr'y su f (lint fuel for long iiX~im'i 01 i a ga riuin't * ~to pirot ect thieti when t hey are nit tac(k'd hy tighiting ai riplaines. Unminrg riquaidrolls are excortedl isully 11 ver~Pi the lines by fatst ligi ilg~i1unc11 (i 18lla ues to a Stitiilrlon. tln thlen left to thei'r oiwn dev~iCeH, for the light ers seldom carry suinlt'tent fuel to per mlit themt to neir'(Ompany 13 the bombers4'i on fthe roundl tip. 'Te dropinlg of the homboh is esin far to shoo~l tig a ifle. Fifrst you Slit your sightIs nnd1( wind1 gilnigo. y'lt 1n ( the rffle properly, and funat 1y yopl the trigger att the piroper tuinenillt. If your i amun1Itilon Is standa11 ird youir sights cor'rect, you lift the ftarge't. So with bombing. If you set your sights correctly, fly your11 phlane corre('tly overCI the objectiv an ird dr'op the bomb ait the proper timel y'ou will hilt the tiarget. If tile ammnititon manutltfacturiers gave you goodt bombls the objctivye wViIli e destroyed. 'The Unilted Stattes will lie Shm~l't (If potash next year. Eustimaites fior 191s shiow~ an avatilablle supply of about 500,000 toils of l)otash salts, or onily about half of the norma imlpor'ts het fore the war. Commnercial fertilizer Concerns must hoar the brunt of the shortage. The army needs straw, says the bui reaui of markets, dlepartmlent of agri culture. Farmers are urged to bale the straw immediately after thrash ing, and the bureau of markets will * help to market it If asked. The need of platinum In war indu tries and in the sciences is explaite by Dr. Charles L. Parsons, chief chei lst, bureau of mines, department of ti Interior, In an argument for discontini ance of the use of platinui in jewelr; "The war cannot be won withot platinum," says Doctor Parsons, "an it is equally essential in times of peac if our country is to excel Germany I the development of chemical sclenc and industry. With the aid of plat num from one ordinary wedding rin about 100 pounds of nitric acid can b made every 24 hours. This 100 pound of nitric acid converted into high el plosives will send a number of three luch shells against the Germans any hell' to bring the boys back home. "Ilatinum rings, pins, cigaretti cases, and mesh bags are not factor in winning this war--explosives are. wonder If the purchasers and wearer of ilatinutm jewelry know that exple sives cannot be manufactured withou the use of sulphuric and nitric acids that the manufacture of these acids re luires the use of supplies of platinum that airplanes must have platinum foi important instruments they need ; tha platinum is absolutely necessary In th manufacture of special pyrometers that pyrometers are necessary In al steel treatments; and that no guns car be made without the use of pyrometers "There Is a shortage in the supply o pin inuma. Itussia has a corner on the worldc's supply, and Germany Is in RIms tin. Our domestle prod net ion of pInt i nun is negligible. while our military 'eruirements are increasing at a rapid 'ate.' Many housewives have learned from iui experiences in loss of perishable 'onds Iint next to the ice is not the -ld 'st pince in the bone refrigerator. 1'o the hiousewife who has not had this 'p'ler'iee the food atdministration ives this aidvi c: "imany put their butter and milk right next to thbe ice because they think this is tlie coldest place, but, as t matter of fait. the (oldest place is it the bottoim of the refrigerator. Hot htir rises i1ndl air that is not being con stantly purified by circulation around the blocks of ice soon Is unfit to 'one into contact with the food. When the warm air in the refrigera tor rises it carries with it impurities and moisture witlh are absorbed from the surface of the fobd and which if allowed to remain In the air spoil the food. The air which is warmed by passing over the 1t(11(1 ('ies in con tact with the Ice, where the moisture is condensed upon thlie surface and the Imutirities are nrn('0 ed off by the melt ing lee. The air 14. thus dried, c'ooled1 andl iiuritled. ''lie cooled air immedi. ately descends to tZ.itter up more mois ttre and imipurites and thus thl ptro'ess is r('i'ated continually. "it is a'lvi'.:ble to allow heated fool to col off hefore ylhting it in the re frigerator". If lout In when warmIl I raises the toemtaerature of tle refriger attor higher than it should go anm melts lie unnc'essr('ily. ''hre trapdooi Ihrough t hleh tle meltage plsses out at the hoftomib of the refrigeratot 'hlteti he k ep't :n plice, hewatse If if is broken 01' lost a constant stream of warm air is allowed to flow Into the refrigeratnr.'' The war lepartnent has opened r great storage 1t1ltnn'r dei'pot at Glilmuier ton, 'Va., to mieet ebbergency diebimnd of the army fot luttber. Thbrough it: opetratlion It is est imatedi (hat a yeartly savintg of aipproxlttat ely $250.000 wil be eiffectedl. Whlenbever armty 'onstruIctors inb thi past were requtired, to btuy itddi tiona lumibher the purchtases were made a yards In (lie Iibme. ate icintity. Th< anyeraige intcrease I r. price for thbis mal terital over th Itlumttber origitnally putr chaisedl for thte job would run froit Sf to $12 per 1,000 f et. Bly purchasing int large qutantttities and( chartgitng onl) for ynard tinIt enarce tile greater liari of thtis e'xcess pbriica is expleCted to b<( sa vedl to tine goiver nment. A stock of front twelve to fifteer il ion f(etetit (if hnttnhler will he cartried anad It is es tta ted thbat thte yea rl turnover will amounbttt to betwceit fift, anmd sIxty millionm feet. A fund til $500,000o hits beetn set aside by (the wt dlepartmtenbt for iuse by (the contstrite (ion diivisioni of' the army as niecessar working capital for (lie yalrd. '(hle suipply of kerosene will rut shorbtt next wiinter and the gov'etrnmen is ur tginig ever'y ubser to doi hIs part towar id itniking every gallon to 110 fuil 'ill (lut y biy gi vinrg foth Itts futl tmeaisure of lightt and)1 heat. S'avinhg cari he accomptilished.l, It is sai, 0on1y 13 care Is gIien itamtis, latern(''is, hteatern and stoves. '('le director of oil conbservyation 0: the lnted Staites fuel admtinistrt'not issues thtese rules for fuel-oil saving Keep aill latmps and( lanterns clean Let thte lighbt out ;don't contflne It be hindtu smoikedi and( dirty chtimneys. tM'e thatt buiriners andl wicks of ni Oil-hurinig dievices are cletin. Cleat burners requiire less oil andi gIve b~et ter lights. lDon'tiallowi a lamp, lantern, heatel 01' stov. to hburtin a mi nute longer thai is niecessary. Don't liht one you cat do without. D'on't use ('(ai oil for cleaning pur pioses. Tiot wvater wiill do (lie work. Girls aire htelping In atirpiane prodt lion by splicing cables andil in Otthe ways, according to II. El. Miles, chal, man of the section for indutstrir traiing for war emergency or th council of national defense, Secret ary D~aniies has commetnemi 11. R. Alle'n, chief miachinist's matI andl lIItrry Koppel amnd WilliamI Kante, seamten, Unitod States navy reserv'e forces, for rescuing fro: drowning Assistant Llghthouse Keepi Austin 1Fnes on June 10. It d e ili-l IlilAnlo m m m :.qsm e .N Lt 1-View of Soissons, ai the not on the Illirvatrd, formerly a yacht, American soldier who killed a iert NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREATI WAR General Foch Is Squeezing the Crown Prince's Army Out of Soissons-Reims Salient. HUNS IN PERIL.OUS POSITION American Troops Are Highly Praised for Their Fine Work-British in Flanders Take Meteren-Silly Exploit of U-Boat Off Cape Cod. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. "We've got 'em on the run" was the joyful cry of America as the news came in of the victorious, progress of the allied troops in the Solssons-IReims salient. In a measure this was true, for the (ermnns were being gradually squeezed out of the salient, and there was every reason for elation over the splendid fighting of the allies. But to hail the suecess as a great decisive victory was prenmture and foolish. Such running as the iluns did was done only at the start of Foch's offen sive, when they were taken by sur prise. Their comnianlers quicl(y re gained some measure of control, and thereafter the enforced retreat was condluted skilfully and slowly, every hit of ground being hitterly contested in order that as many guns and as much supplies as possible might he stved. Renlizing that his entire army south of the Aisne wps in grave dan ger, the crown pirince sent in more and more of his reserves until 40 dlivislons were enigagedl, andl desperate efforts wVere' made to st aiizre their lines of defense. HIowever, nothing was al lowed to stop the steady forward nmovemnent of the allies oni three fronts of the salient. nnd the path of re trent was narrowed dhay by day. All Iof the territory yet held by the enemy was brotight under the flre of the Iheavy guns, and the airmen in great numbers flew over the region daiy andl~ night, working havoc with their bombs nnd mnine gauns. At the beginntine af the week there were haitrhly sit ee sful operations on lie west front of the salient, in both of whai ch thle Amerienns platyedl an Im portaint imart. At the tip of the Ger man adlvnce ('hateau Trhierry wvas taken by storm and a large section north and (east of it wvas cleared of Iluns. 11ere thousands of Germans were killeul. other thousands captured, and great nmnbers of cannon and I ruatitles of suppa~liaes were taken. Firom this pointt northward to Sols soins the Franco-Amaericans swept east wtad tintil Neuillyv St. Front was tak en, Oualehy threatenedl, Solssons itself brought uinder gunfire a2nd the very im portaint railroad from there to Chateau Thierry crossedl at so many places that it could nio longer he used by the en emy. This drive, to be wholly suc ('essful, had to he carried to Fere-en Tardenois, through wvhich ran the only remaining railway which the Huns could rely upon to get their war suP plies out of the wvay of Foch's pincers, and before the week closed the French I and Yankees wvere moving steadily to wvardl thait town fromn the west and south. It must not he supposed that their progress was easy. The Gler -mans counter-attacked repeatedly and fought brave and stubborn rear-guard h~attles. The village of Epleds, for in stance, after being taken at the point of the bayonet by the Americans, was recaptured by the Huns, and again won by the Yankees, who then ad v'anced their lines fair heyond it. Some of the fiercest fighting took r place along the Marne east of Chateau - T'herry. At first the Germans retreat edacross the river so hastily that the C movement amounted almost to a rout. From the heights of Janlgonne, Blarzy and Passy, the American guins poured dI a deadly hall upon the fleeing foe, 3, many of whom, thro'wing away their I. rifles, sought to swvim the river, and ii were drowned. 31 When Foch was secretly preparing for his grat strategtc attack he called thern end of the allied offensive in the A tow an American patrol boat in Europe tn with the butt of his rifle in battle i a strong force of English and Scots troops down from the north, and they quietly slippeld around south of the Marne toward . Reims. At the ap pointed time these seasoned fighters hit the German lines southwest of the cathedral city a mighty blow. In the succeeding days, acting as the east arm of the pincers, they pushed for ward into the salient from the Moun tain of Reiims toward Ville-eti-Tarde nois and Fismes. Tr progress was slower than that of the Franco-Ameri cans on the west, for the country in which they were fighting was much more diflicult. East of Reins the French and Italian held their own and even made some advance, though the plan did not call for a drive by them, When Foch's offensive was a week old it appeared probable that iiden dorff would attempt to make at least a temporary stand on the half-circle running from Soissons through the outskirts of Oulchy, below Fere-en Tardenois and across toward the Mountain of Reims. Competent ob servers helieved his troops were too disorganized to hold this line for long, and that he would be forced to fall hack to the Vesle river, which runs al most due west from ~Reims, joining the Aisne near Soissons. The main efforts of General von Boehm, the immediate commander of the Germans in the salient, were di reeted to keeping open the roads of retreat. He was given the assistance not only of most of the crown prince's reserves, but also of nine divisions from the army of Crown Prince Ru precht of Bavaria. Already he was having great difficulty in feeding the men he had there, and the additions did little but stiffen his resistance and add to his commissary troubles. At the time of writing, the full scope of General Foch's plans Is not re venled. ie has the initiative, an may elect to cntinue the offensive with all his strength in the effort to drive the Buns beyond the Aisne and as much farther as they can he forced ; or he mny find It prudlent to hold them at the Vesle andl await the arrival of Imore Ameriehns. It is a notewoi'thy fact that 70 per cent of the allied troops engaged in the present battle are Fren*. A considlerahle portion of the remainder are British and Ital ians. If so much can be done with 50 comparatively small a force of Ameri cnsaking part, ask observers, what will happen to the Huns when a mil lion Americans are in the fighting line andl another million at least waiting their turn for action? And this state of affairs w-ill be reached by October, it is predicted. Ppris and Loadon are loud in their praise of the quality anal behavior of the Americans in the Aisne-Marne hat tIe, and the newspapers there relate many instances of their bravery, cool ness and determination. They are ad mittedly as fine troops as ever were seen, and even the least experienced of them have no idea of anything but winning every fight they go into. Their marksmanship, both with the rifle and with larger weapons, is re markable;i their dloggedness is tem pered with an unquenchable humor, and their stamina is such that at times bodies of them fought for many hours without food or dlrink, (declining to halt their advance to let the commis sary catch up with them, These splendid troops, wvith their gallant and competent- officers, have done their full part in stopping the German offensive and converting it into an allied offen sive, and if they are now called on to stop and await the arrival of more of their countrymen, Americn should rest satisfied, patient and proud. The American casualty lists will be longer and longer each (lay for a time, but the bereaved ones may well take ex ample by the proudl, unweeping grief with wvhich Colonel Roosevelt received the news of the death of his gallant son, Quentin. In Flandlers the British carried out an important operation that resulted in the capture of Meteren. They have been devoting themselves to preparing for the new offensive wvhich, according to the logic of the situation, Luden dorff must undertake and which, ac cording to military experts, probably will be directed against some part of the line held by the British. Such nn offensive would be largely to influen-e public opinion in G~emany nnd direct sne-Marne region. 2-Depth bombs n waters. 3-Victor Vandermerck, an n France. attention away from the crown prince's disastrous attempt on the Marne, general Foch has not had to call into action the hulk of his reserves, In the midst of the biggest battle he found time to .order a swift and fierce attack by the French along the Avre, in the Montdidier sector. The pose (ions aimed at were feebly held by tired troops that did not expect an attack, and the objectives were gained within a few hours, large numbers of prisoners being taken. -Oft Rome received the, Information from some source that the Austrians were preparing a triple offensive against Italy. This, according to the story, is to consist of a great land attack on the Piave river line, a naval attack on Italy's Adriatic coast and an extensive counter-attack in Albania. The Ital ian commanders have no doubt of their ability to repulse any or all of these attacks. In Albanian their forces, with the French, have kept moving for ward and are now in very strong po sitions. The threat of a serious naval operation by Austrin seems most fool ish of all. President Wilson completed his pro nouncement of plane for the participa tion of the United States in the Rus sian expedition and was awaiting only the reply of Japan to the American proposals. It had been thought Japan had agreed to these, but dispatches from Tokyo told of an exciting contro versy over them, two influential groups strongly opposing intervention. Mos cow advices said general mobilization of the rtussian nrmy-meaning the bolsheviki-had begun, but this did not worry the allied statesmen. The plans of the British, Amerieans and French for the protection of the Mur man region against the Germans and Finns are believed to be all settled. Thio nole will he fof and their in oteranaby afAirstiano se montrfool ih of tha xpdtlnthtw.lb sidnenlot.mlee ispo nG ena Hofrvah, frvtseonalrcipa tiofStbernitco-opeatsinwt the s sianexpediionas and wat~trg oly moproasItnga bnthcougty.pa unsettred toly these nowth dispatcns fronTky Autoldnf a citidng controe stroglya oppsing intrvemnin. where cow people aid digenerad miizhtepaio oft the Rusnta powry ningit the borement-heyare euning. thisba not worry themallied setantmen. Tire plans upfi thes Brtish Amenrices andc FrnhT he prottc ecionr was thed anegiohn alarmed b the suddens and Finnsaace ofealevdrge all snbmarie Thoe peope willd. heve andteri the by the exditinh three willne saenbret a oiguigu twoneraledoratd aploviofalmmuler of thibeia iotes cooperating witheU CboSvaed bagge aterwhe look mor e ro iighi thatsporunt a Conditigons tns the Ukaie rosh oret buntld aily, cayn 10,o0 themermean soldierstroansure, calltted y fa afet upisingo einh submaineswherd fouht them enr poers. Of wtther treatmen somey arenl twreng kirled. tSeou inolhese twarcoytmri which helps isothe.ltsitofGra ec Tes, aticstaboarad was amazfeed rtrughSan. larey dthew a1(lny ap pefranexain ofaleerma indemieo cloe wet Capet but. Thel leveela tacked, tug Blansan the theef-dter mtwon orpfo n eolo ofoth amuniton fincehi foostle; oprtion. Oelcer U-nte bots Rbuaggdiaigand game whn th e sanksthed Briis altGrany'rtscnias tobe rstod. Aoso the Irish cast. Te reanportrahiar ad theSwar sonl dferstosuesdiasttake. fleeBoftsih oretnumrns hand tought thfo thenacofs. wOf he prentoed 600 only ten waereillfac Sforsh last screlykt caueriken ofthouhsan The munitionorers The sieboineationtws rinemnte, ona ifthe svestefrontiueod heavrier of gilitrhae woalkans dratesefdmeer aeintoo theopesfrrhepacycn frnceito stetlewro the dtenti ofthe fomani zand camei ot o bes sioneHe wand alldermanhty colonies tobsev rtored.iAlsoecauseaf arentr bfreeltndr Gilota ands the iSuai tcal desdiesanteafe dy lea rtshgvrnetishvn CRISIS IN ALUEE OFSENSIVE NEAR ALL ALONG FRONT OF 36 MILER. ALLIED FORCES HAVE STEAD ILY PRESSED ENEMY. SISSONS HAS BEEN RETAKEN Americans Now Control Almost All Hill and Forest Country In Southern Area. The crisis in the allied offensive on the Soissons-Rheims salient appar ently has been reached. French troops have entered the town of Soissons, the western anchor point of what remains of the famous salient, and all along the 36 miles of curving battle line from Soissons to Thilois, which lies abc three miles west of Rheims, French, American and British troops. have pushed in the entire enemy front and sent the Germans backward ev erywhere in precipitate retreat. Over the battle front the allies, by quick and forcible methods of onslaught, have deeply indented the German de fense line for splendid gains, which seemingly foreshadow the necessity of the eventual retirement of the forces of the German crown prince to more tenable ground in the north. The plains behind the northwestern portion of the battle front now are entirely dominated by the allied big guns, in the south the French and Americans have negotiated almost all of the hill and forest country and are encroaching precipitately toward the Flames railway, while on the east the British and French are almost astride the Rheims-Soissons railway and have their guns now so placed that the en emy is sure to be sorely tried as he endeavors to press back and gain a haven of refuge along the Vesle river. Just how far the retreat of the Ger mans will go cannot at present be forecast, but with the southern line swinging northward in conjunction with that on the east toward the Vesle, and with the French dominat ing the Aisne eastward from Soissons, it is not improbable that the Ger mans may be compelled to take refuge north of the Aisne. Numerous towns and hamlets have been captured by the allied troops during the latest fighting and at some lfoints they have advanced from two to three miles. South of Soissons the entire Crise river has been forded by the allied troops, northeast of Fere en-Tardenois the allied line has been pushed well to the east of the region , of Grand Rozoy and the town of Sa ponay has been taken. In the center the Nesles wood is being swept clean of Germans by the French cavalry and American and French troops are pressing the Germans hard north of Sergy and the hamlet of Nesles. Further eastward almost to the gates of Rheims, combined forces of British and French everywhere are sorely harassing the enemy. In this latter region, in addition to Thillois the village of Ville-en-Hardenois is in allied hands and the French now are on the heels of the Germans two and a half miles north of the Dormans Rheims high road over a front of nearly four miles. Altogether, viewed from the war maps, the situation for the allied troops at present is a most promising one for complete success in ridding the Soissons-Rheims salient entirely of the enemy. 260,000 CHRISTIAN GREEKS ARE DEPORTED BY TURKS New York.-More than 250,000 Chris tian Greeks have been deported by the Turks from their homes in the flour ishing regions of Turkey bordering on the coast, notably from Samsoun, Aiv all, Trebizond and Smyrna, accordi-ng* .to a report from the Greek foreign of fice of the relief committee for Greeks of Asia Minor, given out hero. "They have been taxed out of busi ness, their homes and property con fiscated and themselves driven into* the deserts to die of starvation," DR WILLIS HEADS NAVAL BASE HOSPITAL UNIT0 Richmond, Va.-Announcement was made of the organization of a naval base hospital unit headed by Dr. A. Murat Willis, of the Johnston-Willis hospital. The unit will be comprised of 60 nurses and 10 doctors who are specialists in various branches of medIcine and surgery. Word was -received a few days ago announcing the arrival of the Doctor McGuire unit in France. FORMER NORTH CAROLINIAN ARRESTED IN WASHINGTON Washington.--E. L. Travis, of Hali-* fax, N. C., former member of the cor-. poration commission of that state and~ a loeador in North Carolina politics andl two other men, El. J. Joseph and Leon Green, were arrested at a Wash ington hotel by federal authorities charged with conspiring to obtain a contract illegally from the shipping board for a New Jersey company. The name of the concern was not aN. nounced. W