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PUNISHES LABOR LEADERS Score of Union Chiefs in Ger- |f; - j many Are Called for Milt- tary Service. STRIKE SPREADS TO MUNICH fryX. - ' Commander of Brandenburg Province, t Whi<* Includes Berlin, Warns '.^Population Against Disturb- W 1 ances--Clash With Police. Zurich, Feb. 4.--Twenty strike lead- cm have been called up for military service by German military leaders as a further effort to break the morale of the protesting workers, according . to German dispatches received here. London, Feb. 4.--A three-days' strike has been declared in Munich, accord­ ing to a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam. In Berlin, the dispatch adds, the Orenstein & Koppel Locomotive works employees have joined the strike move­ ment. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen says the Berliner Tageblatt reports that the police seized the trade union building in Berlin and arrested Deputy Koersten and other leaders. The commander in chief of Branden­ burg province, which includes Berlin, has issued a warning to the population against disturbances, which, he an­ nounces, will be suppressed, accord­ ing to a semi-official statement to Am­ sterdam from Berlin. It is declared in the statement that there are no indications of an exten­ sion of the strike in Berlin and that outside the capital there has been lit­ tle Bpread of the movement All public 'meetings in Germany were prohibited by order of the su­ perior command in an effort to sup­ press the general strike. There was a clash between strikers «nd the police in the northwestern part of Berlin. One policeman was killed and another Injured seriously and a dozen strikers were Injured. WILSON FIGHTS WAR CABINET President Asks Democratic Senators to Rush Legislative Pro­ gram. ton, Feb. 4.--President Wil­ son personally appealed to leading Democratic senators to expedite the administration's legislative program. He invited Senator Martin, the Demo­ cratic leader, aud Senators Thomas, Gerry, Phelan, Shields, Underwood, James, Jones of New Mexico, King and Smith of South Carolina to the White House on Friday and for nearly two hours discussed with them the neces­ sity for "speeding up." The president suggested increasing the presidential power over executive departments so that be could reorgan­ ise any such department that might fail to measure tip to the war work. The president, it is understood, not only said that any bill to curtail his control of the war would be vetoed, but that his emphatic opinion was that congressional agitation for war changes is an encouragement to Ger­ many. iGVj ' - " PUT U. S. SOLDIERS IN CAGE Germans Confine Americans for Four Days Without Food or Water to Make Them Submissive. With the American Army in France. Feb. 4.--Germany has adopted cruel and barbarous methods of treatment toward American prisoners of war in order to make them divulge military information, according to what is ap­ parently trustworthy information reaching headquarters. An order to the German troops di­ rects that all prisoners be confined in an iron cage for four days without food or water to make them "submis­ sive." The cages, it was specified, should be so small that the men would have to stand up all the time. YANKEES TAKE OVER LINE Sectary Baker Says Americans Have normally Taken Over Section of Front in France. Washington, Feb. 2.--Secretary of War Baker officially announced on Thursday that American forces have formally taken over a section of the line in France. The announcement followed the pub­ lication of a dispatch from the Ameri­ can expeditionary force in France tell­ ing of the latest raid on the American trenches by German forces, in which two Americans were killed, four wounded, and one was made prisoner. Six Die, 13 Hurt In Rail Crash. X'f- Rellingham, Wash.. Feb. 4--Six pel- sons were killed and 13 were injured at Sedro-Wnolley as a result of a run­ away Northern Pacific freight tram crashing into a coach of a Great Northern passenger train there. «.. Praise Lighthouse Heroes. Washington, Feb. 4.--Courageous ifctfs performed under conditions ex­ tremely hazardous because of the win­ ter weather won official commendation for several employees of the United States lighthouse service. . v Two Die in Hotel Fire. ftartinez, Cal., Feb. 2.--Two men were burned to death and five were seriously injured when the Falrview hotel here burned down. Seventy-five other guests escaped In their night- clothes. WILSON WARNS OF CRISIS THIS YEAR * Wilson in Letter to Farmer* Conference Says 1918 Wi# Decide War. UNABLE TO ATTEND MEETING Urges Every Effort Be Made Toward Bigger Crops in 1918 and Prom­ ises U. S. Aid to Agri­ culturists. Washington, Feb. 2.--The result of the European war will be determined during the coming year, in the opinion of President Wilson. He made this plain in a letter sent to the Farmers' conference at Urbftna, III. "I need not tell you, for I am sure you realize as keenly as F do, that we are as a nation in tiie presence of a great past which demands supreme sacrifice and endeavor of everyone. "We can give everything that is needed with the greater willingness, and even satisfaction because the ob­ ject of the war in which we are en­ gaged is the greatest that free men have ever undertaken. 'You will not need to be convinced that it was necessary for us. as a free people, to take a part in this war. It had raised its evil hand against us. "We are fighting, therefore, as truly for the liberty and self-government of the United States as if the war of our own revolution had to be fought over again. "Every man in every business In the United States must know by this time that his whole future fortune lies In the balance. Our national life and our whole economic development will pass under the sinister influence of foreign control-if we do not win. "We must win, therefore, and we shall win. "You will realize, as I think states­ men on both sides of the water re­ alize, that the culminating crisis of the struggle has come and that the achievements of this year on the one side or the other must determine the Issue." Still further powers from congress are expected by the president, "so that the tendency to profiteering which is showing itself in too many quarters may be effectively checked." The president pointed out that the American farmer produces three or four times more per unit of labor and capital than any European farmer, that the planting last year broke the rec­ ord, but that this year these achieve­ ments must not only be repeated but exceeded. The president said the agricultural department has $2,500,000 available now and is asking congress for $5,000.- 000 more to assist the farmers to lo­ cate and obtain at cost an adequate supply of sound seed. In all the great corn belt states there Is a shortage of seed that al­ most appalls the experts. MILLION STRIKE IN GERMANY State of Siege Declared in Hamburg- Number of Workers Killed in Clash With Troops in Berlin.' London, Feb. 2.--The German strike is still growing In magnitude, the Ex­ change Telegraph correspondent at Copenhagen reports. In Berlin 700,000 persons are on strike, he says, 58,000 of these being women. According to an Amsterdam dispatch, the strike has been extended In dis­ tricts near Berlin, especially in Tegel, Alderhof, Spandau and Fariendorf, where 500,000 men have quit work. A similar number of workmen are on strike in the remainder of the empire. A great number of socialist leaders have been arrested in various towns. Copenhagen, Feb. 2.--A state o* siege has been declared at Hamburg, Altona and Wandsheck, according to a socialist report from Hamburg. According to a Basle dispatch print­ ed by La Suisse there have been seri­ ous conflicts between troops and strik­ ers in Berlin, with casualties. WIRES TO PETROGRAD CUT Washington Unable to Get Word to Ambassador Francis--Bolsheviki Are Split on Peace. Washington, Jan. 31.--Cable and telegraph lines to Russia have been cut, American Minister Ira Nelson Morris at Stockholm reported on Tues­ day, and the only remaining routes of communication with Petrograd now are thrbugh Persia and Vladivostok. The land telegraph lines were severed, Mr. Morris reported, at Haparanda, Swe­ den, and the cables at Vlborg, Finland. Rail Men Afk $500,000,000. Washington, Feb. 2.--Demands for wage increases pending before the railroad wage commission are for an aggregate average of 40 per cent. It was disclosed. The demands represent a total of nearly $500,000,000 this year. Miss Rankin's Bill Tabled. Washington, Feb. 2--The house im­ migration committee tabled the Ran­ kin bill to grant to American women married to foreigners the right to re­ tain their citizenship. This means the committee will not act on it. THE BOY IS GETTING TIRED ^"1 1 4 ̂ f ' r - ' i t - . - . . f t • La:.. ^ V / - , . U-Boat Losses Increased. t!,' Irondon, Feb. 2.--An increase In Iftrftish shipping losses Is shown In the official weekly summary, which reports the destruction of nine vessels of more thru !.«00 toaa and six of lesser ton­ nage. - Bandits Rob Jewelry 8tore. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 1.--Five un­ masked baudits held up Harry Nala shock's Jewelry store and took more than $20,000 worth of diamonds and other jewelry. The robbers escaped in a stolen auto. ft FOLLOW DIRECTIONS AND HELP WIN WAR You would give your life for your country. You would scorn an American whose patriotism ended with waving flags, cheer­ ing the troops and standing up when the band plays. You want to serve your country. Are you willing to do what your government asks? Are you willing to follow directions? Are you so comfortably fixed that you can afford to eat what you please? Ah, "but you can't afford to eat what your country needs. Follow directions. Are you saving now of your slender means all you possibly can? Still, as far as your "cir­ cumstances permit, Follow dl- rectiona. Have you servants who can't be made to understand?" It Is your chore to see that they do. Follow directions. Follow directions. Today the direction is to save two slices of bread, an ounce of meat, an ounce of sugar, a snitch of but­ ter. Tomorrow as conditions change there will be new direc­ tions. Follow directions. Follow directions. If Germany wins you will be obeying orders given by some one you will not care to obey. Your government asks you to prove that free peo­ ple can follow directions. Follow directions. If we fail in this the war will drag on. As we succeed, we shall sooner have peace. Follow directions. U. S. TRANSPORTS SAFE RED CROSS REPORTS ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR MONEY ENTRUSTED TO IT. 18 FORMER GERMAN LINERS CARRY FORCE TO FRANCE. Thousands of Officers, Soldiers and Supplies Left American Ports During Last Two Weeks. Washington, Feb. 1.--The heart of America thrilled on Thursday with the news that the greatest armada in her history--18 huge transports--had ar­ rived safely at French ports with thou­ sands of officers, soldiers and supplies tt» battle the kaiser. Stealing out of American ports the last two weeks, the vessels--formerly the best of the Austro-Garman mer­ chant marine--delivered their precious cargo on European soil unharmed by spies and unobserved by the watchful eyes of submarines. Protecting them on their voyage were many men of war--fleet, gray monsters--that swept through the waves, grim warning that their'trans­ port charges were to be delivered un­ harmed. Aboard the transports were thou­ sands of young men--officers for training, troops for .service, doctors, nurses and skilled workmen. From all parts of the country they had been se­ cretly assembled at different embark­ ing points along the seaboard. None knew before he left even what vessel he would board--only that he was to be at a given place at a given hour, prepared for a long journey. Greeks Called to the Colors. London, Feb. 2.--Sixteen classes of Greek reservists have been called to the colors, a Renter dispatch from Athens says. Republic, in Crimea. Petrograd, Feb. 4.--An autonomous republic has been formed in Crimea. It has called Its own constitutional as­ sembly. The regional workmen's sol­ diers' and peasants' committees have recognized the republic. . Ship Sunk; Spain Protests. Madrid, Feb. 4.--The cabinet met Thursday under the presidency of King Alfonso and decided to send a strong protest to Germany, demanding restoration to Spain for the sinking of the steamship Giralda. To Date $79,450,727.35 Has Been Ap­ propriated for Relief Work-- Criticism Answered. Washington, Feb. 1.--What the American Red Cross has done with the vast sums of money entrusted to it by the people of the United States is stated in detail In a report just Issued by the national headquarters. To date, $79,450,727.35 has been appropriated for relief work In this country and abroad. For foreiRji relief $44,657,395 "has been appropriated as follows: France, $80,519,259.60; Belgium, $1,999,831; Russia, $751,940.87; Roumania, $2,617,- 398.76; Italy. $3,146,016; Serbia, $871,- 180.76; Great Britain, $1,703,642; other foreign countries, $2,536,300; Ameri­ can soldiers who may be taken pris­ oner, $343,627. The foregoing appropriations are from the time the United States en­ tered the war until April 30,1918. For the United States the Red Cross has appropriated $2,612,532.60 and the rea­ son this sum is not larger Is because the government provides nearly every­ thing our army and navy needs, and besides, there Is no civilian distress in this country of any considerable pro- portions. The great variety of the military and civilian relief work being donp by the Red Cross is indicated briefly In the following list: canteens that afford food, baths and sleeping quarters for men at the front; rest stations and recreation centers for soldiers In tran­ sit aud at port of arrival in France; care of destitute children; teaching mutilated soldiers new trades; recon­ struction of villages; bringing together families of soldiers scattered by the war; farms for convalescent soldiers; sanitariums for tubercular and other patients; food, clothing, medicine, and shelter for the homeless and destitute; and other activities too numerous to mention. It Is stated by the national war coun­ cil that all salaries and administrative expenses are paid out of membership dues, so that every penny given to the Red Cross war fund has been spent for relief. This answers the rumors that have been circulated about the Expenses of operation. Out of 255 executives in the fourteen divisional offices of the Red Cross in the United States. 59 per cent are women. The policy is to select the most competent person regardless of politics, sex or religion. GERMANS RAID U. S. TRENCH 0. S. MEN FIGHT FOE IH LORRAINE Military Censors Permit Press to Announce Location oil American Army; IWO KILLED AND 9 WOUNDED Two Americans Killed, Four Wounded and One Taken Prisoner- Yankees Bomb Foes. With the American Army in France, Feb. 1.--A raid in which the Germans killed two and wounded four and cap­ tured one American occurred at 7:15 o'clock Thursday morning. Drafted men from California bombed the enemy as he retired. The enemy followed a 15-ndnute bar­ rage lire from the enemy's biggest guns, cutting off a listening post of the American llrst-line trenches. Indian Fighter Slain by Son. Salt Lake City, Utfih, Feb. 2.--John Wilkinson, seventy years old, an old Indian fighter, was killed while trying to mediate in an altercation between his sons George and* James, at Anna- belle, Utah. War Wire Plant Burned. Harrison, N. J., Feb. 4.--Fire de­ stroyed the plant of the Driver-Harris Wire company, which was engaged in manufacturing wire specialties for use in war work. The property loss Is estimated at $300,000. To Get Nationals in U. S. Washington, Feb. 1.--Secretary of State Lansing reported to the senate that agreements had been entered Into with Great Britain and Canada for the drafting of their nationals who are te the United States, Bolsheviki Form New Army. London, Feb. 2.--The bolsheflki gov­ ernment has set aside $10,000,000 for the formation and equipment of the "workmen's and peasants' Red army of the Russian Councils' Republic," says a Petrograd message. Navy Needs Many Reserves. Washington, Feb. 2.--The nuvy de­ partment will need at least 160,000 na­ val officers. The men will be required to man vessels turned over by the war department the uavui overseas transportation service. ' • 200 Die in Alcoholic Orgy. Petrograd, Feb. 4.--Two hundred persons perished in a fire in an alco­ hol factory at Navo Archangelsk. A crowd of carousers broke into the fac­ tory and became trapped in the cel­ lars. First Real Battle on U. S. front Line, at Germany's Border, Considered U. S. Triumph--Foe's Trench­ es Hammered to Pieces. 11 With the American Army in France, Feb. 6.--American troops now are oc­ cupying a sector of the Lorraine front in France. This announcement is permitted by the military censors. The whole American sector Is re­ sounding with the boom of guns. Air­ men became exceedingly active along the American front during the day. A German barrage fire at sundown opened the heaviest bombardment of many days along the American sector, the American artillery replying shell for shell as the firing of the heavy guns spread along several kilometers In front. Two Americans were killed and nine wounded during the bombardment and one suffered shell shock. The German trenches are battered to ruins as a result of the first artil­ lery battle of the war betwen Ameri­ can and German troops. Officers who have returned from a survey of the havoc wrought by the Yankee shells declare that the action was a complete and indisputable vic­ tory for the American gunner/?. Three direct hits were obtained upon German dugouts, which were utterly destroyed; a large portion of the Ger­ man front-line trench was battered Into a crumpled mass of earth and con­ crete, and great gaps were torn in the barbed wire entanglements. Compared with the German losses, the American casualties of two killed and nine wounded appear insignificant. After the bombardment a wounded American soldier was discovered in a position where it was necessary to carry him over a trench top to a field dressing station. A medical corps man displayed the Red Cross and the Germans ceased firing until the man was removed. CALL DRAFTED MEN FEB. 23 Crowder Sets Date for Marshaling,.ef Last Increment of First Call--- 74,500 to Camps. Washington, Feb. 6.--Provost Mar­ shal General Crowder announced on Monday that the movement Of the last increments of the men selected in the first draft will begin on February 23 and continue for a period of five days. This will complete the operation of the first draft, as all states will have fur­ nished their full quotas. The numbers of men which will be started to the cantonments on Febru­ ary 23 are: Camp Devens, Mass., 6,575; Upton, N. Y., 7,500; Dix, N. J., 7,000; Meade, Md., 6,090; Lee, Va., 3,000; Jackson, S. C., 3,383 (negroes) ; Gordon, Ga., 2,800 (negroes) ; Grant, 111., 5,000; Tay- ler, Ky., 6,284; Dodge, la., 14,984; Funston, Kan., 2,332; Travis, Tex., 7,558; Pike, Ark., 2,000 (negroes.) General Manager Plez of the emer­ gency fleet corporation asked gover­ nors of all states to help enroll 250,- 000 workers in the ship yards by is­ suing proclamations calling mechanics to enroll In the United States public reserve, i HAS SHIPS TO CARRY TROOPS 550,000 Soldiers Insured. Washington, Feb. 1. -- More than 550,000 men of America's fighting forces have applied for war risk in­ surance. The amount of Insurance al­ ready written up totaled at last re­ ports $4,663,420,500. Duke of Chevreuse Killed. Paris, Feb. 1.--The duke of Often* reuse was killed while making a test flight in an airplane. He was twenty- six years old, son of the duke of Luvnes and.grandson of the Duchess of Uzes. Navy Has Transport Facilities to Take 500,000 to France Soon--New Attack on Baker. Washington, Feb. 6.--Secretary Dan­ iels authorized the statement on Mon­ day that the navy is assured of enough transport facilities to make sure that there will be 500,000 American troops in France early this year, as was stat­ ed by Secretary Baker recently before the senate military committee. Secretary Baker's recent statement to tile senate military comnjitlee that the United States would have 500,000 soldiers In France early this year and that prospects were not unpromising for ships to carry 1,000,000 more, who would be ready in the course of the year, was characterized by Senator Hitchcock in an address to the sen­ ate as "absolutely preposterous and . . . so exaggerated as to convey an entirely false impression as to what -we can do and what we are do­ ing." In fiery fashion Senator Williams replied to Senator Hitchcock's attack on Secretary Baker's statement. Kicked in Stomach, Seriously III. Fond du Lac, Wis., Feb. 6.--Kicked In the stomach while playing basket ball at Wuupun, Holton Ha Ivor son of Stoughton, a freshman at Ripon Col­ lege, was removed to Ripon, where his condition is reported serious. Wheeling Street Cars Burned. Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 6.--Fifty street cars and the large barn of the Wheeling Traction company, on Wheel­ ing island, were totally destroyed by fire early Monday morning. The dam­ age is estimated at $200,000. DENTISTS IDEA OF HUMOR teems Mean to Invite a Man to Lunch, •nd Then Fix Him So He Cant Eat. • It was noon when we dropped Into the dentist's office. The doctor greeted us cordially as we fell Into his chair and prepared to submit ourselves to torture. ' There was the usual clatter'of in­ struments on the white tray as we opened our jaws and the dentist peer­ ed into them; This time his object of attention was the cavity from which he had recently extracted a tooth. "What are you going to do after I get through?" said the doctor mildly. Between his fist and his mirror we blurted out something about lunch. "Go to lunch with me, will you?" We nodded our assent and then it happened. Something that felt as big as a crowbar is and was as sharp as a new safety razor blade is supposed to be went up into the roof of our mouth. When we landed down again on the chair and the pain had eased off a trifle we started to laugh. "You're good," we exclaimed. "In­ vite a man to lunch, and then fix him so he can't eat."--Detroit Free Press. DOCTOR URGED UN OPERATION Instead I toojc Lydia £• Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound and Wat Cured* i Pan on Home Building. Washington, Feb. 6.--Secretary Mc- Adoo extended his plan for conserving capital and labor to Include the pros­ pective home builder. He strongly ad­ vised that materials and labor he not utilized for home building. East Si Louis Head Cleared* - Belleville, 111., Feb. 6.--The rematw* ing counts in the Indictment against Ma>or Mollinan of East St. Louis; aris­ ing out of the race rlotss there last July were dismissed In the circuit court here. OLD PRESCRIPTION • FOR WEAK KIDNEYS Have yon ever stopped to reason why it is that so many products that are ex­ tensively advertised, all at once drop out of sight and are soon forgotten? The reason is plain--the article did not fulfil the promises of the manufacturer. This applies more particularly to a medicine. A medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells itself, as like an endless chain system the remedy is recommended by those who have been benefited, to those who are in need of it. A prominent druggist eays, "Take for example Dr. Kilmer's owa nip-Root, a preparation I have sold for many years and never hesitate to recommend, for in almost every case it shows excellent re­ sults, as many of my customers testify. No other kidney remedy that I know of has so large a sale." According to sworn statements and verified testimony of thousands who have used the preparation, the success of Dr. Kilmers' Swamp-Root is due to the fact that, so many people claim, it fulfils al­ most every wish in overcoming kidney, liver and bladder ailments, corrects ur­ inary troubles and neutralizes the uric acid which causes rheumatism. You may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by Patcel Post. Address Dr. Kilmer A Co., Binghnmton, N. Y., and enclose ten cents; also mention this paper. Large and medium size bottles for sale at aU drug stores.--Adv. The Line Drawn. Pat was celebrating and he had im­ bibed too freely. He punched another man in the face and got haled up be­ fore the courts The judge told him he was charged with striking a man. "Shure, yer honor, can't a man have a bit of fun?" asked Pat. "Yes," said the pudge, "but your right to have fun is ended where this man's nose began."--Boston Tran­ script f Vs Md.--"Nearly four y#«M organic troubles, ner­ vousness and head- aches and every month won id have to stay in bed most of the time. Treat­ ments would relieve me for a time bat my doctor was al­ ways urging me to have an operation. My sister asked ma to try Lydia E. Pink­ ham's Vegetable Compound before consenting to an operation. I took five bottles of it and has completely cored me and my work is a pleasure. I tell all my frienda who hava any trouble of this kind what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- g)und has done for me. -- Nellie B. rittinoham, 609 Calverton Rd., Balti­ more, Md. It is only natural for any woman to dread the thought of an operation. So many women have bean restored! to health by this famous remedy, Lydia & Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after an operation has been advised that it will pay any woman who suffers from such ailments to consider trying it be­ fore submitting to such a trying ordeal. Obviously. "Come on," said the first flea as he hopped from the brown bear's foreleg; "come over and join me at a short game of golf." * "Golf," exclaimed the second flea, hastily taking a bite of hyenp; "where in the realm of Barnum are we going to play golf?" "Why," said the first flea, "over on the lynx, of course."--Jack o' Lantern. It's the love of the other fellow for your money that Is the root of all eviL The savage worships a demigod, not a demijohn. ITTLE For Constipation Carter's Little ( Liver Pills will set you right over night. Purely Vegetable Small Pill Small Dom, Small Price Carter's Iron Pills Will restore color to the faces of those who lack Iron in the blood* as most pale-faced people do. . 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