THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. rnniT nnnn i ajinMiiiiinMiiiiininiiiiuiiiiiiiiitiiiiitii! I FOR FULL CONTROL DEFIANT REPLY 10 WILSON'S SPEECH U. S. READY TO SEND riiuii unur i Pennsylvania OUTLOOK GOOD 1 briefs I OF FOOD SUPPLY ITlllllllllllllllllllllttllllllllllllllllllllllllllr. RECRUITS AUNITTO FRANC Peach Yield Expected tO BO 100 Per Cent, in Several Coun ties; Apples 97. 4 ' GRAIN PROSPECT NORMAL Conditions of the Winter Wheat and Rye in the Ground Gives Every Indication Would Raise Almost the Usual Crops. -Harrisburg. T....n,.n kti.k npnanntfl fnr the 1917 peach and apple crop, are Ind.- " !' " "J?. Z vfl'.a o? uZ The con- dltion of the peach blossoms indicates ...j. j ...-.I. ..a thn cnun- splendid yields, and, while the coun try faces a shortage of grain crops the Pennsylvania orchards show every promise of a bumper fruit year. whii ih TTnitPii States faces a abort wheat and rye crop, the condl tlon of the winter wheat and rye In the ground in Pennsylvania on April 1 cave everv indication that, agncui' turally, the Keystone State would again come forth in an emergency and raise almost a normal crop of both grains. ' The prospect of a noraal peach crop at this time a year ago was about 63 per cent., but present reports indicate that the crop will be above 80 per cent, of normal for the entire State, Tha nn'rrentaee. however, will be kreatly Increased, as the peach dis trict In Adams. Franklin, Bedford, Cumberland and York counties indi cates a yield of almost 97 per cent. of normal. This Is a remarkable aver age for this time of the year, and the largest peach crop ever known In the history of the State can be an- ?.,f "' rVT qui ireuie any uoiuuro. Franklin and York counties a 100 per cent, crop Is expected, while condl tlons in Bedford county Indicate a 90 per cent, crop, and In Cumberland county a 93 per cent, crop Many new, orchards In this district will come Into bearing during the present season and Increase the crop. Frosta Damaged Lowland Crops, In the northern tier and eome of the central counties the heavy frosts killed many of the buds on trees in lowlands, and the prospects for large crops have been materially lessened. These counties are not Important com. merclal peach-growing districts. Coun ties where the Indications point to less than 60 per cent, of a normal crop are: Allegheny, Armstrong, But ler, Cambria, Cameron, Clarion, For eBt, Greene, Jefferson, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Venango, Westmoreland and Wyoming. Twenty-two counties report that In dlcatlons are that the apple crop of 1917 will be a normal one and the general average for the State is 97 per cent. Reports Indicate that the condition of the apple trees and the bloBsomB throughout the State are splendid and that the April prospects were 11 per cent, ahead of the condl tlon at this time a year ago, when there was promise of about 88 per cent, of a normal yield. The southern apple belt shows every . Indication of a crop of 100 per cent, or hotter, while prospects In the northern tier counties, famous for their Baldwins, are also, close to the normal yield Grading Adds to Importance. With the proposed new apple grad ilng and packing laws, which are now before the Legislature, the coming sea son promises to be one of the most im .portant commercially In the history of (the Stato. Pennsylvania produces ap :ples that have no superior anywhere in the country and, with a standard of grading, they will doubtless com xnand a big market throughout the country this year. During March, the condition of both wheat and rye in the State improved materially, according to eports re ceived by the Bureau of Statistics of the Pennsylvania Department of Agri culture. Wheat showed an improve ment of 3 per cent, and represented 90 per cent., as compared with an average In 1916 the condition of wheat in the ground on April 1 was 95 per cent., but the reports from the 800 crop correspondents Indicated splendid growth and development and led to the hope of almost an average crop for harvest In the fall. ' Expect Yield Slightly Short. The big wheat producing counties In the central and southeastern end of the State reported wheat Jn good condition and a great deal of the fear of heavy loss through the frosts In February and March waa wiped away with the splendid growth that was shown in the fields. The number of weks of snow protection for the grain ranged from four to 13, with ,the average of the State about Beven. State Grazing Plans. Commissioner of Forestry Robert S. Conklln issued instructions to the for esters and rangers of the Pennsyl vania Forest Service covering the use of the State forests for grazing during the period of food shortage. Owing to the fact that almost 25,000,000 trees have been planted on the State forests at considerable cost, permission for general grazing cannot be granted, and each application must be treated separately. However, sufficient area remains In the 1,000,000-acre preserve to provide grazing. Raise Honey, Food Crisis Advice. "RalBe honey to take the place of sugar" was the advice sounded by Pro fessor H. A. Surface, head of the State Bookkeepers' Association and former state zoologist, In a statement made here. Professor Surface urgeB every raiser of bees In the State to In crease his number of hives, buy sup plies now, see to the 1 fertility of the various queen bees and In every way to attempt to aid In solving he food crisis by Increased produc tion. from a robin's nest in the top. ota tall maple tree In Prospect Hill cemetery attracted much attention at York. The birds had evidently obtained It from one of the soldier graves In the ceme tery. Many women are seeking positions on the Pennsy at Altoona. Three thousand Creensburgers bad their hair cut In on day, to beat the 10-cent ralso next day. Rev. Ladislau Kloucheck, of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Mahanoy City, presented himself as a volunteer in the service of Uncle Sam. Culm banks, mined 60 years ago X elate J. C. H. Haydon, a Haileton run through the JeansVllle breaker and marketed Orders have been issued tor , he ' --- - neer companies for the division or the National Guard of Pennsylvania The State Industrial Board has fixed November 1 as the time when all cellar and basement bakesnops in Pennsylvania muBt be lighted and ven tilated. Lone-winded commencement orators will be figuratively muzzled at Hazle ton graduation exercises this year. York has completed a fund of $1,000 for the purchase of a Red Cross am bulance for use on the battlefield of Europe, which shall bear the name "York." Pronnin F.lka cleared $1200 for their charity fund by recent mmsirei performances To aid In gaining the. needed re cruits for the Red Cross, a recruiting tent has been erected In Mechanics burg. neer has been increased $1 a bar rel at Sunbury. and dealers say the size of the glass will have to oe reduced. Speculators have visited the farm- crXZ Mah aher-vaiieys and offered to purchase their entire potato and onion crops, to be grown this year potatoes at $160 In the ground. Fifty per cent, more marriage li censes were issued In Blair county in April, 1917, than In any previous April. Sunbury's master bakers have put the prices of bread up from 5 and 10 cents to 6 and 12 cents. The Mayor of Altoona In a procla mation urges cultivation or every avallablo plot More than 300 persons have signed a petition for a curfew In Sunbury. The 10-day campaign to raise $150,- 000 for the new Y. M. C. A. building closed at Norristown and when the 00 workers reported it was found the amount collected was i200,iU4 Thero was great enthusiasm in City Hall when the success was an nounced. Harris L. Haupt, Janitor of the First Reformed Church, Sunbury, confessed to Thomas G. Ryan, Danville, a State fire marshal, that he had tried to set fire to a business block In Sunbury, Haupt was Janitor at the First Presby terlan Church when it was badly dam ac-ed bv fire several years ago. He was committed to Jail. John Francies. of Allegheny, former member of the House of Representa tlves, at present superintendent of the Western Penitentiary, and in charge of the construction of the new pen itentiary near Bellcfonte, which, when completed, will be used by both the present Western and Eastern Peniten tlarles. is somewhat of a farmer. Plans for Increasing poultry will be made at Harrisburg by a committee representing poultrymen. An effort to increase the output of honey in Pennsylvania 1,000,000 pounds and to add 100,000 chickens to flocks in Pennsylvania are among the plans at the State Department of Agriculture. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany will erect a five-span bridge over the Juniata River at Lewistown. C. R. Mason, State College expert, haa been brought to Altoona by Coun ell and the Chamber of Commerce to supervise community gardening. Failure to find ore in paying quan tity has caused the Plnkerton Con' struction Company to dismantle its plant in the South Mountains, near Carlisle. Pining because he was retired, Tim, a 20-year-old bay horse of Altoona's truck team, refused to eat and died on a farm where he had been placed The Belmont Motor Company, In corporated under laws of Delaware, has taken over the old Lewistown tannery buildings and will use them In assembling motor trucks. Three men of South Bethlehem were killed in an automobile accident on the William Penn Highway, near Bethlehem. They were Hugh Kelly a Justice of the Peace; Hugh J. Mc Fadden. a bottler, and Robert K Berkemeyer, a former Councilman. Stanley G. Flagg & Co., have en gaged a Mr. Schenck, of Haveford. to take charge of the troop of Boy Scouts at etowe for two months. A searchlight has been erected at the John Wood Manufacturing Com pany's plant, Conshohocken, where Government orders are boing filled. William Montague has offered to the poople of Norristown the use of Barbadoes Island, containing 15 acres, for trucking purposes. Norristown Council's police commit tee has agreed to advance the salaries of the Bcore of patrolmen 1V& per cent. Pledges to aid the nation in meet ing the food crisis were made by 1000 farmers In a meeting at Me chanlcsburg, addressed by Carl Vroo man, Assistant U. S. Secretary of Agriculture. At a meeting of TJrslnus College faculty It was decided that student should discontinue athletics for the remainder of the school term and de vote the time spent In baseball prac tice to military drill. Entirely new method of handling the State'8 finances is provided In five bills introduced at Harrisburg. Bill In Congress Provides For Regulation By President. PROMPT ACTION EXPECTED Power Sought To RegulaU Exchanges and Transportation and Prohibit - Us Of Grain In Making Liquor. Washington. Absolute authority to regulate In Its discretion the produc tion, distribution and prices of food and other necessities during the war was asked of Congress by the adminis tration. In a swesDlng bill introduced with administration approval by Chairman Lever, of the House Agriculture Com mittee, It Is proposed to empower the President, under the war clause of the Constitution, to take these measures whenever, In his opinion, the national emergency shall require: To fix maximum and minimum prices for food, clothing, fuel and other necessities and the Articles re quired for their production; To prescribe regulations to govern the production of these commodities and. If necessary, to requisition we producing factories, mines or other establishments; To compel holders of necessities to reloase them in amounts insuring equitable distribution; To reculate exchanges in such a way as to oliminato market manipula tion; To compel railroads to give prefer ence to the movement of necessities; To lew such Import duties as he finds necessary to prevent excessive "dumping" of foreign products; and To impose limitations or prohibi tions upon the use of grain in the manufacture of liquor. May Order War Bread. In addition, the Secretary of Agri culture would be empowered to es tablish standard food grades; to li cense and control the manufacture, storage and distribution of foods; to prescribe the percentage of flour to be milled from wheat, and to regu late the mixing of wheat flour with other flour In the making of bread and other food. In a statement Mr. Lever declared there was nothing in the measure to disturb legitimate business activities beoauset "it 1s hoped that the mere conferring: of the more extreme new powers will be sufficient without it becoming necessary to exercise them." It Is known officials of the executive branches of the government hold the same view, believing that with such effective weapons in their nossesslon they will encounter no dif ficulty in lining up on the side of the public Interest without legal action all recalcitrant private agencies. The bill is supplemental to the ad ministration food measure introduced In the House last week, providing for a survey of the country's food re sources and conferring certain powers to nrevent food speculation. This measure was ordered favorably report ed from the Agricultural Committee after tho committee had reduced the appropriation carried from $25,000,000 to approximately $20,000,000 and had eliminated a section authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to order the Immediate sale of any food, in such condition that unless promptly dis posed of will become unfit for uso. The section will be incorporated In a coming third measure which Is to con fer broad powers on the Council of National Defense. "The purposes of the bill are to stimulate production, to reduce waste, to clear the channels of distribution, to prevent hoarding, to assure fair prices, to eliminate injurious specula tion, to prohibit evil practices on ex changes and to protect the public against extortion. Tho suggested leg islation recognizes that the war will disturb the normal courses of trade. Accordingly it provides machinery, first for stimulating production and regulating distribution so as to assure a fair profit to those entitled to it; secondly, for preventing the exploita tion of necessaries of life by those who aim to take advantage of the war emergency to amass unearned for tunes." CHILE BREAKS WITH GERMANY. Minister From Republic Demands His Passports. ' London. The Chiloan Minister to Germany has demanded his passports, according to a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam. The diHpatch says: "A message received from Berlin says the Chilean Minister to Germany has demanded his passports and an nounced a rupture of relations be tween Chile and Germany. 50 MEXICAN BANDITS KILLED. Many Captured and Hanged Had At tacked Train. San Luis Potosl, Mex. Fifty bandits were killed and a large number cap tured and hanged to telegraph poles at Guaje, April 26, after they had at tacked a passenger train, according to reliable advices received here. The bandits were said to have been led by Mariano Robels and Valente Garcia. AMERICANS NOT DEEMED FOES. German Authorities Have Berlin Order Canceled. London. The German authorities have ordered the Immediate cancella tlon of the Berlin order placing American residents there in a status of enemy subjects, says an Exchange Telecranh dlsnaich from The Hague. The order, adds the message, Is re tarded as a blunder, the German For Plirn Office arsrulne that Germany dbos not consider herself at war with the United States. (Copyright.) C OF Inaugurated First Constitutional President Since 1913. BIG CROWDS AT EXERCISES Simple But Impressive Ceremony Marks Return Of Southern Re public To Constitutional Government Mexico City. Venustlano Carranza on May 1st took the oath of office as the first 'constitutional president of Mexico since the assassination of Francisco Madero, on February 23, 1913. Backed by a majority of nearly 800,000 votes, given him by the Mexi can people at the March elections, President Carranza drove from the national palace to the chamber of deputies and swore to uphold the new constitution. President Carranza left the presi dential gate at the palace In an open carriage drawn by a magnificent team of bays. Seated beside him was General Obregon, minister of war in the provisional cabinet and the man who more than any other, Is credited with enabling the president to weather the storms of the last four years. The carriage was escorted by the survivors of the signers of the plan of Guadeloupe, which formed the basis of the revolutionary scheme. At the chamber of deputies Presi dent Carranza was received by a com mittee of congressmen who led him to the rostrum where the president of tho chamber administered the oath. The ceremony was extremely simple, consisting of the reading of the oath and General Carranza's reply, "I swear It." The members of the diplomatic corps attended the ceremony and sub sequently returned with the president to the palace, where United States Ambassador Flotcher, as ranking ofTh cer, offered the president the congra tulations of foreign nations on Mex ico's return to constitutional govern ment. Later In the evening a parade of more than 20,000 persons, composed of soldiers, students, government em ployes, labor unions and commercial organizations, formed at the Juarez monument, and marched to the palace, where it was reviewed by the presi dent. 15,000 MEN ENROLLED. Only Minor Step In Nation-Wide Mobilization Of Labor. Washington. In announcing that Department of Labor employment agencies throughout the country had registered 15,000 skilled shipbuilders for work on the groat wooden mer chant fleet Secretary Wilson said this achievement was "only a minor step in the nation-wide mobilization of la bor" proposed by tho Administration as a war measura He made a plea for popular support and co-operation and for a larger Congressional appro priation for mobilization work. "Organization of the man power of our vital industries at home," said the Secretary, "is just as necessary in this war as tho proper distribution and use of our man power at the front BELGIUM TO GET A LOAN. $150,000,000 To Be Allowed To Meet Pressing Requirements. Washington. Belgium will shortly receive a loan from the United States the amount of which will be deter mined upon at another conference be tween Secretary McAdoo and Baron de Cartier, Belgian minister. The loan, which is understood to be needed to maintain Belgian refugees In France and to meet military require ments, is unofficially estimated at about $150,000,000. Tentative esti mates of Belgium's needs were laid be fore Secretary McAdoo by Baron de Cartier. The proposed loan Is In ad dition to loans of from $200,000,000 to $300,000,000, which will be made to France and Italy. SWEDEN STOPS FOOD EXPORTS. Nearly All Articles Previously Allow ed To Go Out Affected. , Stockholm. A prohibition against exports which went into effect Thurs day covers nearly all the articles ol foodstuffs the export of which pre viously had been permitted. The most important prohibition Is that covering pork. Among other articles affected by the new order are fruits, berries, nuts, hops, edible fungi, caviar and other fish roe, and kitchen herbs. HEAD no IR GENS OSIP IN EFFECT Government Takes Control of Telegraph and Cable. MESSAGES MUST BE 0. K.'D Restricts Companies From Sending Or Delivering Any Telegram Or Cablegram Until Censor Has Approved It Washington. Actual war censor ship went Into effect Tuesday. Act ing under an executive order issued by President Wilson, the War Depart ment took over control of all tele graph and telephono lines. At the sanio time the Navy Department as sumed charge of the cables. As a re sult of this action hereafter only mes sages which actually have passed the censor will be transmitted. The President's order placing this censorship, first of the real war moves, into effect was as follows: "Whereas, the existence of a state of war between tho United States and the Imperial German government makes It essential to the public safety that no communication of a character which would aid the enemy or its allies shall be had. "Therefore, by virtue of the power vested in me under the Constitution and by the. Joint resolution passed by Congress on April 6, 1917, declaring tho existence of a state of war, It is ordered that all companies or other persons owning, controlling or oper ating telegraph and telephone lines or submarine cables are hereby prohib ited from transmitting messages to points without the United States and from delivering messages received from such points except those per mitted under rules and regulations to be established by the Secretary of War for telegraph and telephone lines and by the Secretary of the Navy for submarine cables. - "To these departments respectively Is delegated the duty of preparing and enforcing rules and regulations under this order, which Is to take effect im mediately." In a statement Issued dealing with the subject, the committee on public information says that an expert per sonnel went on duty immediately to carry out the orders of the President. 51 MORE SHIPS SUNK. British Losses Last Week Included 38 Vessels. London. The British official an nouncement of the number of vessels sunk In the week ending on Sunday last shows that 38 merchant vessels of over 1,600 tons each were sunk, those of less than 1,600 tons numbered 13, and eight fishing vessels were sent to the bottom by submarines or mines. The announcement says: "Arrivals of all nationalities over 100 tons 2,716; sailings, 2,690. "British merchantmen sunk by sub marines or mines, over 1,600 tons, in cluding three not previously recorded, 38; under 1,600 tons, including one not previously recorded, 13. "British vessels unsuccessfully at tacked, including two not previously recorded, 24. "British fishing vessels sunk, Includ ing two not previously recorded, 8." SAYS 1,300,000 GERMANS DIED. Former Member Of Rclchatag Tells Of Nation's Losses. Amsterdam. One million three hun dred thousand Germans have perished In the war, according to a statement made by Joseph Frledrich Naumann, formerly a Conservative member of the Reichstag. Herr Naumann, lec turing on the "Influence of the War on Population," said In part: "Until now the war has caused a loss of 1,300,000 dead. This, together with the decrease In birth, gives a re duction of 3,800,000. The surplus of females has Increased from 800,000 to far more than 2,000,000. Tho nation has bled as never Blnce the Thirty Years' War." CHECK FLOUR SPECULATORS. Minneapolis Millers Demand $5 Margin On Futures. Minneapolis, Minn. Milling com panies have announced that hereafter a margin of $5 will be asked on every barrel of flour purchased for future de livery. The action was taken with a view to curbing speculation in flour and also affording greater protection to millers. Heavy buying for specula tion for future delivery was held re sponsible for the unsettled flour markets. IS NOW President of Reichstag Says Kaiserdoin is Sacred. GERMANY WILL FIGHT FOR IT "President Wilson Will Bite Granite," Is Reply To Effort To Turn Ger mans Against Hohenzollerns. Peace Proposals Deferred. Copenhagen. The speech which ivas to have been made In the Reich stag by Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Imperial Chancellor, on peace and international relations has been postponed to a more fitting occa sion, according to word received here. It Is now expected that debate upon tho political situation, together with the Chancellor's speech, will probably be postponed until the third reading of the finance measures. Amsterdam. The German Reich stag resumed its session. The Presi dent of the Chamber, Dr. Johannes Kaempf, in his opening address, speaking of the entry of the United States into the war, said a new and mighty opponent had joined the ranks of Germany's enemies. President Wilson, in a message to Congress on April 2, ho declared, said ho was wag ing war against the Germans in tho Interest of mankind and on the ground of justice. President Wilson, Dr. Kaempf con tinued, had lost his sight in making this assertion, since he had not stirred a, finger to hinder England when Eng land announced hor war of starvation against Germany, a war in violation of all human and International rights; President Wilson had lost his sight when he rejected the German proposal to secure the lives of Americans on American vessels In certain routes, which carried no contraband, and by this rejection exposed his own com patriots to danger and death. "President Wilson," said Dr. Kaempf, "represents the German peo ple as without will of their own and as having been driven into the war by a group of ambitious people, but he tells nothing of the long years of en circlement and machinations against them; nothing of the enemies' recent ly strongly expressed will to destroy Germany. "The German people rose in August, 1914, as one man, and still fight today to defend their freedom, independence and life. President Wilson says he has no quarrel with the German peo ple, for whom he only entertains' sym pathy and friendship. "President Wilson desired by his, message to sow discord in Germany. As President of the German Reich stag, which Is elected on the freest franchise in the world, I declare that this effort will come to naught; that it will have no Influence on the com mon sense of our people, and that President Wilson will bite granite." This remark evoked thunderous ap plause. "With our truest heart's blood we established the German Kalserdom, and with our truest heart's blood we shall fight for the Kaiser and the Em pire (renewed applause). What our forefathers fought for and longed for, what we have achieved on the battle field, will not perish even at President Wilson's word of command. "We decline all Interference by a foreign government in our Internal af fairs. "If all signs are not misleading the decisive points of the world's war Is approaching. We see our death-defying troops, withstanding the enemy's assaults. Our U-boats will show Eng land how Germans can avenge her nefarious starvation war. We proved recently our financial strength by a sixth war loan. We adhere to our firm belief in Germany's star and In a peace which will secure for all time the Fatherland's happy development." CHEER FRENCH ENVOY8.' Enthusiastically Demand Speech From Marshal J off re. Washington. Rene Vlvlani and Marshal Joffre, heads of the French Mission, were received on the floor of the Senate. M. Vlvlani, as former premier of France, Is by custom en titled to entry to tho floor, but the rule makes no provision for such a dignitary as Marshal Joffre. By unanimous consent, however, the Senate rules were suspended to per mit the Marshal's appearance with M. Vlvlani, and tho Senate took a recess In the midst of consideration of the Army Bill to receive the visitors. TO BREAK WHEAT PRICES. Plans Under Way For Joint Action By Canada and the U. S. Ottawa Announcement was made in, Parliament by Sir Thomas White, the Minister of Finance, that plans are under way for Joint action by Canada and the United States to reduce the price of wheat Sir Thomas said the price of flour wheat or any other necessity could not be regulated by the Canadian Government alone. To be successful tho regulation of food prices must be the simultaneous action of the United States and Canada. MILITARY DIVISIONS CHANGED. West Virginia Moved From Eastern To Central Department. Washington. Geographical limits of tho military departments, as now re vised, move West Virginia from the Eastern to the Central Department, Arkansas and Louisiana from the Southern to the new Southeastern, and Wyoming from the Central to the Western Department Needs of tho transportation and communication systems made the transfor necessary. Washington Agrees to Dispatcb Troops When Allies Give Word, MANY SHIPS REQUIRED Lack Of Shipping May Ciu tj,. General Staff's Opposition To Plan Swept Aside. Washington. The United at... stands ready to send an army to r, i .1 ...I . - ropa wneuever me Allies aeem It to divert the necessary shipping tos transporting food to transoortlu men. , The Government has offered u Allies troops, but has suggouted tin me alarming Bnonage oi world tht, ping may make It impractlcabli u sond them at once. In spite of objections of the Gcnerii Staff to putting any American forco on the firing line before the grm war army has been raised and trained the Administration has determine that the small contingent earnest! desired by Franco for moral eBi shall bo sent as soon as possible. TU general belief here Is that the wjj soon will be found. Whether the force first '.o carry tl Stars and Stripes Into battle In Franq shall be made up of regulars or K tlonal Guardsmen, or both, has not been worked out. State Department officials have cot tlnuouhly urged the sending of u army,' solely for Its psychological feet, not only in encouraging tht Allied troopB but In discouraging ti( Germans. Convinced that the dip! matlc advantages far outweighed tit technical and training dillicultiei ii vanced by the General Staff, thpyhni felt that such a step would cnnsccnti the United States as a full member cl the alliance entitled to a most honor able seat at the peace conference. Some of those who have vIgoroiMlj opposed an early expeditionary forci as Interfering with the training oil larger army have modified their rim as a result of the arguments advancH by the military experts with tit French commission here that training can be much better carried out Ii France within sound of the gtm Nevertheless, the opposition of tit staff has not wavered. Little doubt exists that the Freud will gladly put up with any sacrilM necessary to have American troops hi France, as the great plea of their ml slon has been for troops with tit American fla-jr. They have poia's out that this Is npeded to convince tht Germans beyond doubt that all a lea's resources have been thrown lull the battle. The British nlso are known to anxious to have American troops ti France as a final earnest of America participation, but there is reason te believe that they have taken a some what more detached view than tht French. Overcome by the whoUheirt odness of American co-operation in tit war, they believe that the one sential Is to marshal tho common sources to the greatest advantage. NAVY NEARLY FULL. Enlisted Strength Is Now Within 1 Of War Quota. Washington. The enlisted itrenrl of the Navy now has reached 86.3H within less than 700 of the full w quota now authorized. The marl corps has already comploted recrtf Ing Us full authorized strength of H. 400, but both services will contlnf recruiting campaigns without mo flcatlon, as bills ponding in Coupes are expected to give the Navy an thortsed total strength of 150,000, mat raise the marine corps to 30,000. PLENTY OF FISH FOR WAR. Alaska Can Supply Many Millions W Pounds. Washington. In the fisheries Alaska the United States may W millions of pounds of food for the j emergency. Fish Commissioner SnM told a Senate committee that the n ply of cod, salmon, herring and oft edible fish was practically unllmK" and that the Government might go Into the fishing business. EXICAN OIL WORKERS STRlKt M Thoso At Tamplco Want WgW Wages. Galveston, Texas. Mexican work employed in oil loading r'n,, Tampico have gone on strlk higher wages, nccordlng to llifom' tlon from the commander of a " steamer which has arrived American port. It is understood men throughout the oil fltls fc threatening to strike. WILL ASK BRITONS TO EAT LES King George To Urge Reduction 25 Per Cent. London. King George will Issue a proclamation urging tne Jj pie to economize to the extent ol per cent in the consumption of I owing to me gravity oi mo -- , The proclamation will bo read P licly from the steps of tne j, change in London and all t'D 0 throughout the country. AIMED AT BOMB PLOTTERS' Bill To Limit Possession Of i -LI.. D.nArtftd. . gives ravoraui ntf' . Washington. Unauthorized facture, distribution or possession explosives In time of war wouW' prohibited under a bill favorably ported by the House Mines Com tee. It is designed primarily V ther strengthen the hand of the ernment In dealing with bomb pl'1 An ogg holder of Italian design "9 on the edge of the breakfast !"
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