Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-09-15

. Of New YOrk'S draft army. 3-k'rench
boats. Now the South American re-
| public is in the throes Of great rail-
way strike which Is certainly fomented
and financed by Germans. Thousands
| of WOrkmen have quit and there has
been serious destruction Of property
and considerable rioting
From IAN American port" comes an
exciting story Of a concerted attack
by seven German submarines on q
fleet of % allied merchantmen west
bound. Four Of the largest of the
| steamships We're sunk by torpedoes,
| but the guns of the others destroyed
three of the U-boats. The battle took
place 80 miles off the coast of Ireland
Organized Labor Loyal.
| Organized labor in the Unitet
| States, determined to assert It's loyal
| ty, met last week in Minneapolis, to-
gether with many radicals and Social
| lists, and formed the American Alliance
| for Labor and Democracy. Under the
| leadership Of Samuel Gompers, Frank
! T. Walsh, John SpargO and others, the
delegates declared the new organiza-
ton firmly back Of the armed forces Of
the government in their fight for "a
| victory which will mean the coming
| OF the greatest world democracy ever
dreamed Of" Definite reports have
been circulated that laborites are plan
| ming to cripple various industries by
strikes especially the fuel industry.
| These reports, Mr.. Gompers declares
90 not relate to the American Fedora
ton of Labor. They are, however, too
| well Substantiated to be ignored
The British trades union congress by
vote Of 2,S94,OO0 to $1,000 declared
itself opposed to participation In the
| Stockholm congress, and this, taken
with the refusal Of many countries to
| grant passports to delegates, probably
will result in the entire abandonment
| Of the gathering in the Swedish city.
Pope Preparing Second Note.
| Not wholly discourage by the fail
ure of his peace note, Pope Benedict
is preparing a second proposal for the
ending of the war. Premier Ribot
speaking on the Marine battlefield, de-
clared that requisite in any peace
treaty acceptable to France was the
restoration of Alsace-LOrraine.
The German press continues to heap
abuse and ridicule on President Will
son for his reply to the popes note,
| declaiming loudly against his demands
that the government of Germany be
democratized before peace can be
made with it. But the reichstag ma
jority Is insistently demanding just
| about the reforms the president con-
| siderS essential.
Dispatches from Switzerland say the
| central powers have determined on
| the partition Of Poland. According to
the plan, Germany Is to take about
| One-tenth of Russian Poland to rectify
| her frontier, and Austria will annex
| the remainder, unite it to Galicia and
proclaim the territory the united king
dom Of Poland, with Emperor Charles
as it's king. 1t is to have its own par
| lament, but It's foreign policy, finances
and army are to be controlled by AUS
| tria. This plan does not please Hun
gary, because that country thinks it's
| influence will be lessened If the en-
pire becomes a triple kingdom.
Led by President Wilson and men,
| bers Of the senate and house, and es-
sailors, the young men Of the District
| of Columbia selected for service in the
| National army paraded the streets Of
| Washington on Tuesday, and similar
| parades took place In hundreds Of
| cities and towns. Next day these men
| Of the National army began streaming
| from all points of the compass into
the 16 cantonment camps built for
| their training and instruction. They
are the first per cent of the 6S7, 900
men selected by the draft.
The long wrangle In the senate over
| war profits taxation ended in the de-
fest Of the high tax group and the
adoption Of the finance committees
provisions for total levy Of $1,2S6,-
900, 900, or about third of this years
war and normal excess profits. This
would make the bill total S2,522, 600, :
600.
Thursday night the house passed
unanimously the big war credits bill
authorizing S11.53S.945. 46O In bonds
and certificates. Every effort Of a
group of Republicans to limit Secre-
tary McAdoo's control over these is
| sues was defeated. but an amendment
by Congressman Cannon was adopted.
exempting from taxes interest on
bonds not in excess OF 5000.