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*•'*•*** ̂ PJLAINDEALER, ^cHEKBT, JXJU <,» "' 1 4 »*}*"•• , r. .v* 1 K>- v 2,000,000 II. S. r» , HEN IN FRANCE •$; i 1918--BAKER ! *' ~ , t, ^ •»«f- Secretary Replies to Critics in j| ̂ Speech to Senators--Tells :-'f of War Work. '-*<• ' *7^ mm X f'\ j'< ji* V llf :a"kJ V ;'• M~ mm SlO,000 SOON INTRENCHES Cabinet Head Declare* TJjat He Is Re­ vealing Secret Under Pressure of , investigation -- Allies -Offered to Supply Army With Guns, as to Save Ships for Troops and Food. ' p* fl' 7 !£>•: *e.. K-r 1 'L ' ' ;4>> Washington, Jan. 30.--Five hundred thousand American troops in France early this year--and 1,500,000 more ready to go--fully equipped and with the artillery to support them, this was the answer Secretary Baker on Mon­ day gave the senite military commit­ tee to the charge of inefficiency and breakdown in the military establish; went. As the climax of a day's explanation of all that the military establishment had done, freely confessing faults and imperfections, in so vast an undertak­ ing, but maintaining that out of each deficiency the remedy has been found, the secretary of war disclosed what hitherto has been guarded as a mili­ tary secret, and what the German peo­ ple little suspect. All Equipment for Army. This great fighting force, probably little expected by the German general staff itself, will be composed of the men now with General Pershing, the 32 divisions of troops now in canton­ ments and camps in the United States and ready to move, Secretary Baker said, and by the uext increments to be drawn and trained this spring un­ der the selective service law. Elemental equipment of the men from the United States Is assured and the artillery necessary to their sup­ port toll come from the British and French governments, which have on excess of ordnance that they have on their own initiative offered to supply the guns and save ships which would be used for their transport. Great Railway Systems Built. Secretary Baker described how great American railroad systems, one 600 miles long, ports, treminals, sup1 ply warehouses and other facilities on an enormous scale have been built for the army in France. The secretary of war laid bare facts regarding preparations for the Amer­ ican army in France which have hith­ erto been held as closg military secrets or widespread amoijg a few who have enjoyed the confidence of government officials. Aided by^AWes* Experts. Leaning forward and addressing the senators earnestly, the secretary of war told a story the German general staff probably would have given much to know long before. He approached the subject by departing from the an­ swer to criticisms and referring to it as "the plan for the war." "I think I understand Senator Cham­ berlain felt there wasn't any plan," said Secretary Baker. MI don't know how the committee and the country feel * about it, but I want to say there is a plan. It's the Only possible plan under the circum­ stances." Mr. Baker told of the coming of the British and French missions, with Bal­ four and Joffre. These men were seen In the halls of congress, but few peo­ ple saw the staffs of trained experts they brought with them and who dis­ tributed themselves through the war department. "They were the most brflllant men In their armies," he said. "Every country has sent us that sort of ex­ perts." Even as these experts talked, Sec­ retary Baker said, the story they told grew old. Weapons they had helped to develop had become obsolete before they could be gotten to the front. Pershing Is the "Eyes." "This is a moving picture," he said. "It was necessary that we have eyes there to see and report, and we sent General Pershing and the major part of the trained personnel of the army --that pitiful handful of trained men." General Pershing now reports daily In cahiegrams that run into hundreds and even thousands of words, he added. "We are using the eyes there to keep up to what they want us to do." 'The startling progress of the war in the development of munitions will be shown, he said, by the fact that weapons devised by American experts during the last few months have been discarded. Tells of Force in France. Then, taking up a copy of the Met- RED CROSS IS EVERYWHERE c£Hapters of American Society Exist in Insular Possessions and Foreign Lands. 3 Chicago.--Those Americans who live Within the original boundary lines of the nation are apt to forget that the American Red Cross has numerous Chapters outside the United States. There are seven chapters in Alaska, two in Hawaii; and one each in the Philippines, Canal zone, Porto Rico, WHITE UNIFORMS UNDER BAN - . ' {>• .Jj^cause of Limited Laundry Facilities C in France Gray Is to Be Used •i| by Red Cross. CJhicngo.--Spotless white uniforms-- Hie distinguishing feature of the Bled Cross--have been banishe^ in France because of limited laundry facilities. - Henceforth, to.* uniforms are to be grny in the base hospitals in France because that color does not soil* so feadHy. Xbe chance la color Is In ropolitan magazine for last Aagust, Mr. Baker read a protest in its edi­ torial columns against the suppbsed policy of the government to make its contribution to the war, financial and industrial; "to hold off until the allies win the war for us." , A question brought out that Colonel Roosevelt was then associate editor of the magazine, which urged that "every nerve be strained to get 160,- 000 to 200,000 men In France in 1917." "I am disclosing no secret," Secre-1 tary Baker said, pausing, when I say iliat we exceeded that maximum in 1917." Senator Chamberlain asked if the maximum had not been exceeded by August, 1917. "Not the maximum," replied Secre­ tary Baker. "The minimum was ex­ ceeded." "We will have r*00,000 men in France early in 1918," he added, "and we will have 1,500.000 ready to ship to France during 1918." - Defends War Machinery. In eloquent words, Secretary Baker described how France welcomed the fiipt American soldiers, peasants kiss­ ing the hems of their coats. Without prepared, manuscript and, in a frnnk, conversational inanrier, the secretary, of war told the senators he came to defend no mistakes or short­ comings, but to insist most emphatic­ ally that deficiencies, where disclosed, had be&i promptly modified; that they were the exception rather than the rule, and that the very magnitude of America's undertaking made errors of judgment and mistakes likely. Incidentally, in defending the war machinery against the charge of inef­ ficiency and lack of Initiative to pre­ pare for war when war was assured, the secretary of war disclosed some facts hitherto held confidential. Given Guns to Save Ships. « France and Great Britain, he said, are supplying artillery to the American forces because they themselves wished to do so, as they had an excess on hand and wished to save ships for more vital necessities. Thirty-two divisions of National Guard and National army troops in camp in the United States--more than a million men In all--are considered ready to go overseas for service when­ ever it is decided that they shall move. Every American soldier who can use a rifle, Secretary Baker told the sen­ ators, already has been provided with one, and the rate of manufacture as­ sures a steady supply as troops be­ come ready to use them. "There are now in the United States 16 National army camps and 16 Na­ tional Guard camps (32 divisions of troops) filled with men ready to go,* said Secretary Baker. I do not know how fast it may be necessary to send them to France," he said. "I know how fast we have sent them aud how fast we plan to send them. What we tried to do was to get the men out as rapidly as we could es­ timate on the production capacity of the country being able to care for them." « Lewis Guns for Airplanes. Lewis machine guns, he said, al-" though they have been ordered, are not being used for the troops on land, because General Pershing and his staff desire them only for airplane work. Great Britain and France, he said, are prepared to furnish machine guns for the land force until the American sup­ ply arrives, and in fact, wish to do so. Responsibility for calling out a large number of men before equipment for them was ready, Secretary Baker as­ sumed to himself, but added that the best military advisers, Including Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, pressed for it. Charges of mistreatment of troops in hospitals, Secretary Baker said, were acted on vigorously, and he point­ ed out that the war department only last week refused to permit dismissal of two army doctors, who mistreated soldiers, but Insisted that they should have prison sentences in addition. Senator Chamberlain's speech, Mr. Baker thought, had given the country the impression that the deficiencies complained of "were characteristic rather than occasional." For that rea­ son lie deplored its effect, but he em­ phatically declared he came before the committee not to defend individuals, nor to deny delays or false starts. "But," said he, "I think I can say in confidence that in them we have sought the remedy." Securing artillery from France, Mr. Baker said, also would save ships. "I am telling no secret when I say that ships are the crux of our prob­ lem," he said. Secretary Baker said all foreign rep­ resentatives and also the War council participants headed by E. M. House, declared that securing ordnance from England and France will not take sup­ plies they need, but will help them. "We Are in War to Hit, and Hit Hard.* In concluding his testimony Secre­ tary Baker said: "When the story had all been told It will be a story which I am sure your committee will be glad to report to the senate as a tremendous response to tremendous responsibility. We are In the war to hit and to hit hard. Our problem is not one of star playing, but of team playing." Cuba, Peru, England, Guam, Uraguay, Persia and Syria. The insular and foreign division of the national headquarters )s organiz­ ing Americans in all parts of the world into Red Cross chapters and these chapters are contributing in a gratifying way to all branches of Red Cross work. American women in Alaska or the Philippines, or in isolated Guam, are knitting and making surgical dressings just like their sisters in continental | United States. the Interest of economy and show the adaptability of the Red Cross to con- crete conditions. The war council at Washington has appropriated sufficient funds to pro­ vide the nurses now in service abroad with new uniforms. TT WILL NOT YIELD ALSACE-LORRAINE Germany Holds to Conquests; Kaiser's Chancellor Replies to Wilson's proposal* '• • \ ' 5 ii-U - DEMANDS A NEW STATEMENT U S- MUSTJAVEFOODllMJ. GEN. WOOD WOUNDED IN ARM PRESIDENT WILL MAKEPLfA TQ -- ~ T H E - N A T I O N S r . , - Bays Concretely the Outlines of Presi­ dent's Terms Are U n satisfactory-- Wants England to Yield Gibral­ tar, Aden and Hongkong. Rertin, Jan. 28.---Chancellor von Hertling, in his address before the main committee of the reichstag Thursday, said there was no difference between Germany and President Wil­ son regarding the freedom of the seas, Thorough freedom of navigation in time of war, as well as in peace, was one of Germany's main demands. It was eminently important for future free navigation that England should be made to relinquish her strongly forti­ fied points of support on international sailing routes, such as Gibraltar, Aden, Hongkong and the Falkland islands. Commenting on the 14 points in the program for world peace set forth in President Wilson's address to con­ gress, he said an agreement could be obtained without difficulty on the first four points. [The first four points relate to abo­ lition of secret diplomacy, free navi­ gation of the seas "outside territorial waters, subject to international laws removal of economic barriers and es­ tablishment of equal trade conditions among nations; reduction . of arma­ ments.] "Concretely, the outlines are unsat­ isfactory," the German chancellor In­ sisted. He dprsanded that "enemy leaders" set forth "new proposals." "There are no differences between us and President Wilson as to freedom of the seas," the German chancellor asserted. "But It is most Important for future freedom of navigation that England re­ linquish strong fortified points d'appul on Important sailing routes--such as Gibraltar, Malta, Aden, Hongkong aud the Falkland isles." "Restriction of military prepara­ tions," the chancellor continued, dis­ cussing President Wilson's demand for limitation of armaments, "is open to discussion. The financial position of all European countries after the war will probably work effectively for a satisfactory solution of this matter." Commenting on President Wilson's war aims speech, the German chancel­ lor asserted: "On the first four points an agree­ ment is obtainable without difficulty. "On the fifth there will be some diffi­ culty. It chiefly concerns England, but President Wilson's proposals could be taken ipto consideration respecting the colonies demanded by Germany. "The sixth concerns only Russia and the central powers. The seventh can only be settled In peace negotiations, but Germany has never demanded the Incorporation of Belgian territory by violence. "On the eighth point Germany does not wish annexation by violence, but this is a question only to be discussed by France and Germany. However, we cannot talk of the cessation of Alfface-Lorrain, 87 per cent of the population of which speaks German. On the ninth and tenth points Ger­ many remains solidly with Austria- Hungary" (Here there was an omission, either an excision by the German cen­ sor or an undecipherable phrase.) "As to the fourteenth point, Ger­ many will be ready when all other questions are settled to discuss a league of peoples." jWttidfi Acts Following Cable From England That Allies Must Have Wheat to Win the War. Washington, Jan. 26.--Acting in re­ sponse to a plea for more food for the embattled allies. President Wilson will tissue a proclamation calling for greater saying on the part of the Amer­ ican nation in order that the United -States shall be able to rush the sup- Iplies necessary to insure victory. I The call came from Lord Rhondda, jfood comptroller «»f Great Britain, (who spoke for the United Kingdom, |France and Italy in a cablegram to Food Administrator Herbert C. Hoover, wjiieh read: "Unless you are able to send the allies at, least 75,000,000 bushels of wheat over and above what you have exported up to January I and in addi­ tion to the exportable surplus from Canada, I cannot take the responsibili­ ty of assuring our people that there will be enough food to win the war." The message, the moist alarming which has been received here from any of the allied nation, was made public by Mr. Hoover, with a further warning to the American people .that they must reduce wheat consumption 30 per cent, beef and sugar 10 per cent and pork 20 per cent, If the acute suf­ fering and attendant destruction of the morale of the soldiers aftu civilian populations of Europe were to be averted. Mr. Hoover sent this reply to Lord Rhondda: "We will export every grain that the American people save from their normal consumption. We believe pur people will not fail to meet the emer­ gency." Shipping to carry the food to Eu­ rope would be supplied, Mr. Hoover stated, and tfie American people must be prepared to face many sacrifices to prevent a crisis such as that threat­ ened by Lord Rhondda's warning. DESERTER KILLED U. S. TAR John Claude Confesses He Murdered Sailor in Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 26.--John Dell Claude, alias John King, deserter from the Great Lakes Naval Training station, confessed the murder of John A. Beck­ er, a fellow 'Jackie, whose body was found in a washroom of the Sharpies building on West Washington street, November 10. Claude, who Is eighteen years old, likewise admitted the slug­ ging and robbing of Richard Bundick, another Jackie, on December 23, and various other crimes. The prisoner, who was brought back to Chicago from St'. Louis Thursday with Ray­ mond Dunn, another deserter, Impli­ cated Dunn in the Bundick attack and other crimes, and named B. W. Weir, a third deserter, who is still at large, as his aid in the Becker murder. It is probable that Claude will be put on trial by the state for murder. BLAMES FOES FOR BIG FIRE $500,000 Blaze in U. S. Ship Plant at Baltimore. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 28.--The big shipbuilding plant of the Henry Smith & Sons company at Curtis Bay, which is constructing eight 3,500-ton vessels for the United States government, was fired about the same time that the Oella woolen mills in Baltimore coun­ ty, near Ellicot City, were burned. The woolen mills also are engaged on government work. The loss to the shipbuilding company is $500,000 and to the mill $200,000. At the shipbuild­ ing plant two watchmen saw the sup­ posed Incendiary. One fired at tlw man, but he leaped Into the water. RUSS ARMIES DEMORALIZED ROUMANIANS FIGHT RUSSIANS Communication Between Roumanian Front and Petrograd Cut Off. London, Jan. 20.--Hot fighting be­ tween bolsheviki and Roumanian troops is in progress and communica­ tion between the Roumanian front and Petrograd is cut off, dispatches re­ ceived here from Petrograd state. The Cossack military government has permitted General Alexieff to form a volunteer army for the defense of the constituent government. It was de­ clared. 100,000 .STRIKE AT PRAGUE Great Throngs Parade Streets in Aus- triari City. Zurich, Jan. 28.--One hundred thou­ sand workers struck Thursday in Prague, a dispatch from Vienna as­ serted. Grat throngs of strikes pa­ raded the streets throughout the day. No Austrian newspapers have been re­ ceived here for several days. $500,000 Fire in Camden, N. J. Camden, N. J., Jan. 28.--Fire which gained rapid headway owing to poor water pressure swept an entire block of business houses today, causing a loss estimated at $500,000. The origin of the blaze has not been determined. Captures Big Eagle. £a Crosse, Wis.--An American eagle measuring six feet eight inches from tip to tip of its wings and weighing nearly ten pounds w&* caught in a fox trap here by Martin Johnson. German Cruiser Is Bombed. London. Jan. 28.--During the last 48 hours seven tons of bombs have been dropped on and around the former German cruiser Goeben, stranded In the Dardanelles, and upon the Galata airdrome, it Wall officially announced. American Flyer Is Shot. Paris, Jan. 28.--Two American avi­ ators, Harry F. W. Johnson of South Bethlehem, Pa., and Landrum Oving- ton of Paris, who are serving with the Lafayette squadron, engaged three German airmen on January 19. Six of Hurley's Aids Quit. ^ Washington, Jan. 28.--Six members of the technical frtaff of the Emergency Fleet corporation have handed in their resignations as protest against the resignation of Theodore E. Ferris chief ship designer. General Says Maintenance of Discip­ line Is Impossible. Petrograd, Jaft. 28.--Major General Bonch-Bruevitch, chief of staff at the Russian front, paints a gloomy pic­ ture of the condition of the Russian armies in a report to Ensign Krylen- ko, the commander in chief. The army organizations are utterly demor­ alized, he says, the officers are inex­ perienced and the maintenance of dis­ cipline is impossible. RUNAWAY CAR HURTS SCORE Brooklyn Subway Coach Collides With Stalled Train in Dark. New York, Jan. 28.--A Brooklyn Rapid Transit subway car, out of con­ trol plunged three miles through the darkness, carrying 40 passengers. It finally crashed into a stalled train. A score of persons were injured, one woman seriously, by the sudden im­ pact. Arrested for Insulting Soldiers. Cedar Rapids, la., Jan. 26.--F. H, Dye was arrested here by Sergt. T. M. Scharff of the local recruiting station on a charge of insulting the United States soldiers in uniform. Flood Menaces Kentucky. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 29.--Heavy rains, added to the melting of great Ice gorges, have swollen the Ohio, Ken­ tucky, Cumberland, Big Sandy and Red rivers to flood stage. Scores of towns are already under water. Blizzard in Central New York. Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 29.--Central New York Is In the grip of one of the worst storms in years. A furious bliz­ zard Is blocking the most strenuous efforts to relieve freight congestion, which Is getting worse. $100,000 Plant Burns. Syracuse,' N. Y., Jan. 29.--Fire de­ stroyed the plant of the Syracuse Ren­ dering company, branch of the Boston Consolidated Rendering company. The damage was estimated at $100,000. The Origin Is unknown. U. 8. Patrol 8hip LOSt. Washington, Jan. 29.--The navy de­ partment reported an American pa­ trol boat ashore In European waters since a fog of January 25. No lives were lost. The vessel is believed to he a fatal losa. ^merican Commander Injured by | Accidental Explosion While I " in France. TWO OTHER OFFICERS HURT Lieut Col. C. E. Kilbourne and Maj: K. . A. Joyce Among Those Injured- Five French Soldiers ! Are Killed. ( 1 \ Washington, Jan. 29.--General Persh­ ing cabled the war department on Sunday that Major General -Wood had been slightly wounded in the arm by in accidental explosion in -France • hich killed five French soldiers and Slightly Injured two other American officers, Lieut. Charles E. Kilbourne and Maj. Kenyon A. Joyce. General Wood was on an observation tour. General Pershing, also cabled that five infantrymen of the United States expeditionary forces were wounded in action January 21 and 522. Secretary Baker announced the sect* dent in this statement: "A cable dispatch from the head­ quarters of General Pershing states that an accidental explosion occurring Sunday killed five Frencli soldiers and slightly injured Major General Wood in the arm, Lieut. Col. Charles E. Kil­ bourne in the eye and Maj. Kenyon A. Joyce in the arm." It is understood the message was brief and gave no further details. Gen­ eral Wood's tour would carry him both to the front and to the American train­ ing camps behind the lines, but there is no hint as to where the accident oc­ curred. All the divisional Commanders have been or will be sent to Europe for brief periods. General Wood, commanding Camp Funston, Kan., went over several weeks ago. General Wood is one of the most notable officers in the American army. He was chief of staff from July 16, 1910, to April, 1913. As commander of the department of the East he had a share in the early war activities, but lately he has been assigned particular­ ly to training part of the National army. It was for observation that he went to France. General Wood whs governor of Cuba from December 12, 1899, until the gov­ ernment was transferred to the Cuban people, in May, 1902. Next year he went on duty in the Philippines and for three years was governor of Moro prov­ ince. For two years--1906-1908--he commanded the Philippines division. 12 DIE IN NAVY YARD BLAST Others Injured by Explosion in Bomb­ proof Magazine of Naval Torpedo Station at Newport. Newport, R. I., Jan. 29.--Twelve men were killed in an explosion in the bomb-proof magazine of the naval tor­ pedo station here on Saturday. Capt. Edward L. Beach admitted the possibility of a spy plot will be thor­ oughly sifted. The known dead: William Caswell, T. E. Wyatt, John H. Connolly, David J. Sullivan, John F. Murphy, John A. Andrea, Joseph Frasler, George N. Spooner, Joseph Malooza, all of Newport, and Joseph J. Pelletier, George Gihlin ftnd Tim­ othy Fizgerald, all of Fall River. Seven men were injured and are in the naval hospital. All men in bombproof No. 2. where the explosion occurred, were killed. VICTORY LOAF FOR ALL Bakers Manufacture War Bread Con­ taining 5 Per Cent Substitute for Wheat Flour. Washington, Jan, 29.--Bakers began on Monday the manufacture of the new Vietory loaf, a war bread containing a 5 per cent substitute for wheat flour, prescribed by the food administration as pfirt of its 1918 food conservation program. The percentage of substitute flours used by baking establishments will be increased gradually until a 20 per cent substitution is reached on Febru­ ary 24. Hotels, restaurants and other pub­ lic eating places will be required to observe the regulations laid down for baking establishments. Other features of the new conserva­ tion program, announced In President Wilson's proclamation are two wheat- les days, Monday and Wednesday; one meatless day, Tuesday; two porkless days, Tuesday and Saturday--and a 10 per cent voluntary reduction in the household sugar ration. U. S. Soldiers to Visit Alps. Paris, Jan. 29.--The department of Savoie, In the French Alps, has been selected by army authorities as the first great recreation center for American troops on leave. Tht Y. M. C. A. Is Working in co-operation with the army. Baker Sees U-Boat Drive. Washingtoh, Jan. 29.--Sounding the warning that the most powerful sub­ marine offensive yet undertaken by Germany may be expected soon, Sec­ retary of War Baker's review of the European war was issued here. " f Twenty Hurt In Subway CradR * New York, Jan, 29.--A Brooklyn Rapid Transit subway car, out of con­ trol, plunged three miles through the darkness, carrying 40 passengers. It finally crashed Into a stalled train. A •core of persons were Injured. Three Killed by Train. Chicago, Jan. 29.--Blinded by the driving snow, three men were instantly killed when struck by a passenger train of the New York Central while removing snow from the tracks here. Two others were injured. GORGAS FIXES BLAME SURGEON GENERAL LAY8 CAMP ILLS TO THE WAR OFFICE. Lack of Proper Sewage Facilities and Overcrowding Are Responsibly for Epidemics. Washington, Jan. 28.--Lack of proper sewage facilities and overcrowding are responsible for epidemics which have left their mark on training camps, Sur­ geon General Gorgas told the senate ^military committee. Forging ahead with his drive against "war department efficiency," Senator Chamberlain summoned General Gor­ gas to comb the health conditions of Natioinal Guard and ramy camps. General Gorgas told- the committee that "practically none" of the National Guard camps have sewage facilities. His earnest recommendation that fully equipped hospitals and sanitary ar­ rangements be provided before men were sent to the camps was disregard-- ed by the war department, he said. Forty per cent of the pneumonia cases in camps followed measles, and measles epidemics resulted directly from overcrowding, he added. Gorgas admitted that orderlies in camp hospitals are as untrained in the care of the sick as "country boys," He also acknowledged that some sick men get practically no care from trained woman nurses. There are four Of these untrained orderlies to every trained nurse. Gen­ eral Gorgas said. It will be a yeftr be­ fore these untrained orderlies are com­ petent nurses, he added. "We have 80,000 men in the medical corps. We ought to have 100,000," Gorgas testified. He admitted there is a shortage in the enlisted personnel of the medical corps with Pershing's forces. Lack of an adequate number of hos­ pital ships to bring back the wounded from France,\ General Gorgas testified, was the result of five months' discus­ sion of the question between the war and navy departments. Even now, he told the committee, no decision has been reached, though one is imminent. After it comes, he added, it would take at least three months to make over existing vessels to the requirements. FARMERS' TAX IS REDUCED Need Not Schedule as Income Value of Produce Consumed. Chicago, Jan.*' 26.--Good news for the farmer was made public by Collect­ or of Internal Revenue Julius F.. Smie- tanka. In ruling Collector Smeltanka decided that a farmer did not have to include as income for the year produce raised on. his farm and consumed by himself. This decision is in direct con­ tradiction to the farmers' blanks sent out by the treasury department in Washington. On the farmers' blapks $600 is printed as income for farm products used for personal consump­ tion on the farm. An explanation is made that experience has proved that the family of the average farmer con­ sumed $600 worth of products a1 year, and this amount will be considered as income unless cause is shown why the amount should be more or less. 40 MEXICANS ENTER EL PASO U. S. Troops Drive Invaders Back Af­ ter Fight. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 28.--Forty armed Mexicans crossed the Rio Grande in the southern portion of El Paso at 10:15 at night. Soldiers and police­ men armed with rifles were rushed to the scene. Private Linn, on outpost duty, was brought in with a bullet wound in his body. After firing sev­ eral hundred shots the Mexicans re­ treated across the river. A company of United States infantry, on guard at the Santa Fe street international bridge, fired at the Mexicans. ILLIN0ISANS DIE IN FRANCE Pershing Announces Deaths of Nurse and Soldier. Washington, Jan. 26.--Two more 1111- nolsans have perished in France; one, Private Fred Thompson, was killed in action January 22, and the other Flor­ ence Hlnton, a nurse, succumbed to meningitis. Thompson's brother Ralph lives at Georgetown, 111., and Miss Hln­ ton lived at 1502 East Wood street, Decatur. General Pershing, in cabling word of these and other deaths, gave no details of an engagement on Janu­ ary 22. CALLS KAISER "HANGMAN* . : • Deutsche Tages Zeitung Openly Calls on People to Revolt Agalnct Government. London, Jan. 29.--A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Amsterdam says the Deutsche Tages Zejtung open­ ly calls on the German people to revolt against the present regime. Although Emperor William Is not named In the article, the expression 'Germany's hangman" is meant for the kaiser, saysjthe correspondent. U. S. Ship 8unk by U-Boat. An Atlantic Port, Jan. 26.--The American steamshifr Owasco, formerly the German steamer Allemannle and seized here when the United States entered the war, was sunk by a sub­ marine the early part of December Spies Attack U. S. Official. Washington, Jan. 26. -- German agents operating at the nation's capi­ tal are believed to have been the first participants in a murderous at­ tack upon William Churchill, chief of the buerau of public Information. H. F. 8mlth, Mormon, Dies. Salt Lake City, Jan. 26.--Hyrum F. 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Garfield promotes health. Adv. Lots of men would rather swindle a fellow man out of a nickel than earn a dollar by honest labor. Greater Dairy Profits caru only come from ̂ Greater Dairij Gows Breed Up witKa pure brea flOLSTEIN A h the Stmt V Cat <o Grcakr Pntitt. Holstelns are the most profitable cows because they yield largest quantities of milk and fat. . pure-bred Kolstein bull will stamp the characteristic quali­ ties of this prolitable breed on his daughters. In a recent experiment the daugh­ ters of a pure-bred Holstein boll yielded 94% more milk and 6&% more fat than their scrub dams. Granddaughters yielded 245% , more milk and 168% more fat. WRITE (or FREE BOOKLETS --We have no cattle for sale. Writs for information--no obligation. The Holstein-Friesian Association si America, Box 312* Bimttleboro, Vt. BRONCHIAL TROUBLES Soothe the irritation and ron relieve tb* distress. 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