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The Washington times., 1917-04-03

In the foregoing message, received
by Edmund NJ. Sullivan, seventh
grade Hyde School pupil, Secretary
TumuIty expresses the Presidents
appreciation of the patriotic zeal
which prompted the youngster. to OBJ
tain signatures to The Times loyalty
pledges.
Young Sullivan is stili going the
rounds of his neighbors and among
pupils in the public schools of
GEORGETOWN today in an effort to pro-
cure as many signatures as possible
to place in the Presidents hands.
This is one of many examples OF
patriotism that serve to stimulate
the public and inspire public officials
to higher motives.
From University Professor.
Another is reflected in a communi-
cation received by The Times today
from a professor in the University of
Virginia
AS a result of a mass meeting at
the university last week q loyalty
pledge was started and was signed
by more than a hundred members of
the faculty and student body who
are personal friends OF President
Wilson.
The signatures of hundreds OF mem
bers of the student body who are bot
personally acquainted with the Presi-
dent will form the subject of a sep
arate communication to The Times.
In the mass meeting of faculty and
students the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
"The president and faculty and the
students of the. University OF Virginia
in mass meeting assembled. desire to
assure the President of the United
States of their loyalty to their coun-
try, of their purpose to prepare for its
service. and of their readiness to re-
spond to any call for which they may
be fitted"
Close Personal Friend.
The name of George L. BEuffey
heads the list and it is followed by
the signatures of members OF the fac
ulty, including Dean J. VI. Page, q
close personal friend of the President.
Helen Kelly, a member of Troop IS
of the Girl Scouts, brought to The
Times today seventy-nye signatures
she secured this week She is only
one of the 400 members of the scout
organization who have been working
to obtain loyalty pledges since the
campaign was started.
Scores of individual pledges contin-
ued to pour into The Times office.
Many included messages OF congratu-
lations to The Times for pushing the
pledge project.
The time in which signatures may
be collected and sent to the President
before the actual striking of blows
with Germany is growing less every
day. and IL any one has intended to
sign pledge and has omitted 10 do
SO by putting it on" do not neglect
this obligation to the President and
the Government any longer.
You should not lose this oppor-
tunity of lodging your approval with
the rest Of those citizens who are for
America first, last. and all the time.
Sign a Times pledge of loyalty to-
day!
The Washington times., 1917-04-03
PLENIY IN This NAME.

LONDON, April 3.-The. death at
the front is announced of Captain
L. s. d. o. F. +. T. T. de o. p. Tolle-
mache-Tollemache. He was an Off
GER in a Leicester regiment. His full
name was Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf
Fraudati Filius Tollemache-Tolle-
mache de Orella Plantaganet Tolle-
mache.
His claim to fame included the fact
The Washington times., 1917-04-03
THREE SONS WILL FLY
Secretary Of Labor Wilson's Family
Well Represented.

Three sons OF Secretary Of Labor
W. 3. Wilson, have offered their
services to their country.
James H, nineteen, il already a
member Of the District national guard,
while w. B., Jr., twenty-seven, and
Joseph B., twenty-five. today made
application for commissions in the
reserve corps. They will Join as pri-
Yates IL they can't get commissions.
The Washington times., 1917-04-03

that he was the brother OF Miss
Mabel Ethel Helmingham Hunting
tower Beatrice Blaz Onberrie Evan
geline Wise de Lou de Orellana Planta-
ganet Saxon Toedrhag ToIlemaehe-
Tollemache. and another sister who
was Msthilda Dora Ida Agnes and
eleven other names.
The Washington times., 1917-04-03

first note carried to the end of the
hall until the entire audience arose.
There was a bit of cheering here and
there. but no pronounced outburst of
enthusiasm at the national anthem.
Then the band played Onward,
Christian Soldiers" and as the first
bar filled the big hall, something like
half the audience, seeming to take 1t
as direct invitation, turned around
and marched out. The band leader.
somewhat disconnected, brought this
hymn to a close and gave them a
few strains of where the Black
Eyed Susans Grow"
DE. Jordan "sees Black
The meeting, at the first, was pre-
sided over by John Milholland. of
New York, father of Inez Milholland
for suffrage.
81 do not believe there is a single
man or woman in this audience" said
Mr.. Milholland in opening the meet
in, "who does not realize the solem-
nifty and seriousness of this moment.
Mr.. Milholland then introduced
David Starr Jordan, whose meeting in
Baltimore Sunday night was broken
up by anti-pacifists.
81 see black ahead for u.s." said Mr..
when he began his address. at may
be the beginning of the end. We may
be successful, we may not, but the
first thing in our settlement with our
God and ourselves is. that we were
right.
"The crime of Germany is not the
invasion Of Belgium, but it is war, the
crime OF avoidable war.
1--WE have not got democracy yet,
but we are going toward It. This
war may mean a true democracy for
the United States.
"Ours is the land where hatred dies
away" said Rr. Jordan, in conclusion,
as he urged all Americans to work
for true amaIgamation OF ideaB and
purposes.
Presidents Name Kissed.
DR.. r. I. Hogue, a minister of Balti-
more, then introduced Herbert S. Big
Glow. of Cincinnati, as a man whose
heart is not licked to by the finan-
cial stock world"
Mr.. Bigelow was Missed when he
said:
Whatever decision is made in this
crisis by this Government, my heart
goes with it.
The name OF President Wilson was
hissed when The Washington Times
extra edition was read from the plat
form telling OF President Wilson's
request for an immediate declaration
that a state of war e3ists.
Rabbi ]. L. Magnes, OF New York,
who read the statement, shouted:
II hope that Congress is compos-
ed of enough red blooded, true heart
ed, Americans, to oppose the request
of the President"
Resolutions Are Adopted.
At this point a series of resolutions
were introduced from the platform
and adopted by a unanimous vote,
not one dissenting voice being heard.
A subscription of 81 900 to help the
cause of International peace, and to
oppose war in the United States, was
given at this time by Mrs. Samuel
Untermyer. other smaller subscrip-
tions were announced.
Jack Reed, novelist, then asked to
be heard for a moment.
81 want to say to you," he shouted,
"that the United States is going into
a reactfonary war at the very time
when a social revolution is breaking
out all over the world"
Resolutions, unanimously adopted.
called on Congress to uphold the
OF the Constitution, and not
be stampeded into war;"
The Washington times., 1917-04-03
MILLIONAIRE MUST SERVE.

ALBANY. n. Y. April 3-Richardson 3
Pratt, young millionaire. has been or
dered to join his regiment. composed
of negroes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
TO READJUsT WHEAT PRICES
Hoover Promises Delegation From the
Northwestern States to Fix Differ
entails on Grain.

Washington, Sept. 24.-Readjust-
ments in the differentials on wheat
from the Northwestern states were
promised to a delegation of wheat
growers by Food Administrator Hoov-
er. The wheat growers complained
that since their wheat did not go to
Chicago, where the price was fixed at
$3.50, they were losing up to 30 cents
a bushel under the differential scale
worked out by the food administration.
Mr.. Hoover's promise is the first made
by any administration official looking
to an alteration in the governments
fixed wheat scale.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
BIG |. w. w. PLOT is Barred
Conspiracy to Burn Cities and Kill
Officers Told at Trial Of Anti-Draft
Agitators at Enid, Okla.

Enid, Okla, Sept. ga revolution
of 100000 malcontents, nationwide in
scope, backed by I. w. w. and 48 af-
filiated organizations, including the
Working Glass union, In which it was
planned to apply the torch to small cit
les, shoot officers of the government
and demoralize communication. was
planned for July q last, according to
the testimony given on Monday by Will
Hoover, state witness in the trial of II
alleged anti-draft agitators from cen
trail Oklahoma.
The Industrial Workers of the World
were to launch the uprising, Hoover
said. "Rube" Munson, alleged state or
ganizer of the w. G. u, told meeting
of the Friendship local In an open corn
field near Sasakawa.
At a prearranged time the w. G. u.
was to capture small towns, take
charge of banks, burn bridges and cut
telegraph wires, while the /. w. w.
cared for the larger cities ia a like
manner.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
FAR
ANIMALS
CORRECT RATIoNs FOR PIGS
Animals on Pasture Will Gain Rapidly
If Given Additional Allowance
of Grain Feed.

Pigs, granted on pasture, will gain
q pound or more a day from weaving
to weight of 200 to $50 pounds, while
those getting little or no grain will
gain but one-half to three-quarters Of
a pound per day. This will bring
spring pigs to marketable weight in
early fall, at the period of high prices,
whereas those being pastured only are
not ready for market until a month or
two later. A grain ration, by bring
ing the hogs to an earlier market, re-
duces the time of feeding, the risk, and
the interest on the investment. The
animals are in higher condition, with
a finer and more palatable meat and
fat.
Farmers substituting pasture entire.
ly for grain and other concentrated
feeds to, their market hogs through the
summer will find that before market
ing in the fall it will be advisable to,
feed grain to harden the soft fat and
meat and put on additional weight.
Light but steady grain feeding on
pasture, however, gives better results
than heavier feeding during a short
er finishing period.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
GOOD RAM ALWAYS CHEAPEST
Scrub Animal Is Particularly Expen-
sive at Present High Prices Of
Wool and Lambs.

"A scrub ram is expensive at any time
but doubly so at the present high price
of wool and lambs. A good ram has
many times proved to be more than
'shalf the flock" Many successful and
progressive sheep breeders trace their
start on the road to success to the pur-
chase of a good ram. Sometimes the
price of the ram has looked high, but
time proved it to be the cheapest and
by far the best investment ever made.
At the University of Missouri college
of agriculture good mutton ram, such
as any farmer could purchase at $50
to $40 this season, bred to western
(Colorado) ewes, sired lambs that av-
eraged two and half pounds more at
three months of age, when they were
marketed, than lambs, out of the same
class of ewes, which were sired by an
inferior or scrub ram. Furthermore
lambs sired by the superior ram sold
for 60 per cent more per 100 pounds
than by the inferior ram.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
STEEL PRICES CUT
REDUCTIONS AS HIGH AS 20 PER
CENT DECIDED uPoN-ENDS
LONG CONTROVERSY.
COOPERATION PROMISED U. S.
American Government and Entente
Allies to Buy on the Same Basis
Wages Will Not Be Lowered
Prices Effective at Once.

Washington, Sept. 26.-An agree
ment between the war industries
board and steel producers reducing
the price of steel from SO to 20 per
cent was announced on Monday follow
ing it's approval by President Wilson.
The new figures become effective at
once and are subject to revision Janu-
airy L, 1913
The price for steel plates of 1928
per hundred weight, or $65 ton, is
70.5 per cent less than recent quota
tons.
The steel men held out for about
S68 ton, but were forced into line
for the lower figure by Bernard Ba-
ruch of the war industries board and
others who represented the govern
ment in conferences during the last
few days.
Under the agreement the steel men
pledged themselvs to the following
stipulations:
That there shall be no reduction in
the present rate of wages.
That the agreed prices shall apply
to purchases by the general public as
well as to those Of the allies and the
government
That the steel men will exert every
effort to keep up the production to the
maximum Of the past so long as the
war lasts.
The prices are based on results Of
an investigation conducted by the fed
eral trade commission into cost pro-
duction. This inquiry has been
in progress for several months.
The detailed schedule Of prices fol-
lows:
price agreed upon, $5.05 gross ton; re-
cent prices, $5.O5 gross ton. Coke ba-
sis Connellsville, price agreed upon Sc
net ton, recent price, SIG; reduction,
$40; per cent reduction, 62.5.
Pig iron, price agreed upon, $33; re-
cent price, $58, gross ton; reduction,
S25; reduction per cent, 43.1.
Steel bars, basis, Pittsburgh and Chi
cago, prices agreed upon, $3.50 hum
dredweight; recent price, $3.50 hum
dredweight; reduction, $3.50; reduc-
ton per cent, 47.3.
Shapes, basis, Pittsburgh and Chi
cago, prices agreed upon, So hundred
weight; recent price, $6 hundred
weight; reduction, So; reduction per
cent, 800.
Plates, basis, Pittsburgh and Chi
cago, prices agreed upon 1925 hun
dredweight; recent price, 81 hundred
weight; reduction, $7.75; reduction per-
cent, 70.5.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
RULERS PEACE PLEA
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA REPLY
TO PoPE's MESSAGE.
Kaiser Says He "Cherishes a Lively
Desire That the Appeal May
Meet With Success.

Amsterdam, Sept. 24.-The German
government in it's reply to the peace
note of Pope Benedict, a copy Of which
has been received here, "cherishes a
lively desire that the appeal may meet
with success.
Emperor William, the German note
says, has been following the efforts OF
the pope toward peace for consider
able time, with high respect.
Peace would come from the recent
proposals of Pope Benedict XIV If the
belligerent nations would enter into ne
gotiations in the sense of the ponttff's
suggestions, Emperor Charles of Aus
tria-Hungary states in his reply to the
Vatican note.
The emperor sees in the popes peace
plan suitable basis for starting pour
parlers toward a just and lasting
peace, and expresses the hope that the
nations opposing his own may be ami
mated by the same idea.
The Austrian emperor admits that
the future arrangement of the world
must be based on the elimination OF
armed force and on the rule of inter-
national justice and legality.
Austria is prepared, the reply states,
to enter into negotiations for the SUBJ
mission of international disputes to
compulsory arbitration.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
BIG RUSS VICTORY NEAR
SIavs Win Two Battles With Germans
and Bar Advance Towards
Petrograd.

Petrograd, Sept. 26.-Russian forces
In two battles have succeeded in bar
ring the way of the German advance
from Riga toward the capital.
The Teutonic vanguard1 was driven
back at Rudna, 129 miles southwest of
Petrograd. The main body of the in
vaders met with defeat south of the
Pskoff high road, 1872 miles from the
city Peter the Great built.
Russian armies are now everywhere
on the Riga front on the offensive, and
the campaign to recapture the main
Baltic port before winter sets in Is
progressing in the most favorable de-
gree.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
PRICE OF COPPER 20 TIC
Employers Unable to Cut Wages and
United States May Seize Recall
citrant Mines.

Washington, Sept. %. - President
Wilson approved an agreement entered
into by the war industries board by
which the United States government,
its allies and the public will obtain
copper at 2314 cents a pound, f. 0. b.
New York. A formal statement said
that the proper departments would be
asked to take over mines and plants
of those who baked. The agreement
provides that wages in the copper in
dustry, now at a high level, shall not
be lowered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
SUGAR PRICE TO BE LOWER
United States and Allies Unite to AS
sure Economy in Distribu-
ton.

Washington, Sept. 22.-Appointment
of an international committee to ar
range for the distribution Of available
supplies of sugar in the world was
announced on Thursday by the food
administration. Two members Of the
committee were appointed by the al
lied governments. They are Sir Jo'
seph White-Todd and John V. Drake.
Sr. Two American members of the
committee appointed by the food adj
ministration are Earl D. Pabst, presi-
dent of the American Sugar Refining
company, and William A. Jamison of
Arbuckle Brothers. The fifth member
of the committee is George M. Rolph.
All the beet sugar producers have
signed the contract presented by the
government assuring a maximum price
for beet sugar of $7.25 a hundred
pounds at seaboard refining points as
soon as the crop is available. 1t is
said that this should mean a reduction
Of cent pound in the retail price.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
|HALTS VOTE ON WAR.
KAISER DlSANOWS LUxBURG
JUST AS ARGENTINA WAS
READY TO ACT.
SATISFIED WITH NEW NOTE?
Teuton Intrigue Suspected to Be Back
of General Strike of Railroad
Workers-Martial Law May
Be Declared.

Buenos Aires, Sept. .25.-Just as the
Argentina chamber of deputies was
preparing to vote on breaking diplo-
matte relations with Germany, an Off
cial communication was received from
the Berlin foreign office.
The German note which is said tic
give satisfaction to Argentina, disap-
proves of the ideas expressed by Count
Won Luxburg, the German minister
here, regarding Germany's ''cruise1
warfare" The word cruiser leaves
some doubt whether Germany intends
to modify her submarine campaign.
A declaration Of war on Germany
has been postponed, although the ma.
jority in the house is bent upon a rup.
ture of relations and proposes to vote
for it later.
A general strike of 100000 railroad
workers went into effect yesterday.
The managers of the road, declare
to grant the increase demanded would
involve IS per cent raise in rates.
Union officials say they will refuse
to go back to work until their demands
are met.
1t is reported German intrigue is be.
hind the strike. The rumor is given
credence owing to the abundance OF
money among the strikers.
It is probable martial law will be
declared.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
TAKE 5000 GERMANS
BRITISH PENETRATE ENEMY,S
LINES EAST OF YPREs.
in Belgium and Menace Sub
marine Base.

London, Sept 22.-British troops on
the Belgian front attacked the German
positions east of Ypres and are re-
ported to have penetrated the German
positions as far as the Zonnebeke-
Gheluvelt line. The official report is
sued on Thursday night says 5000 pris-
Oners We're taken.
Reuters correspondent at British
headquarters, reporting the extent of
the British advance, telegraphs that
up to the time his report was dis
patched the Germans had launched no
counterattacks. They were massing
in certain places, however, where the
British guns were bombarding them.
The British penetration has reached
the depth of a mile, (which, consider
ing the character of the ground is a
wonderful achievement" the dispatch
adds.
Field Marshal Haig's selection of
the battle front to the, east Of .Ypres,
in Belgium, as the scene Of his latest
offensive against the Germans, indi-
Gates that it is the continuance of the
expressed purpose of the British COM
mander in chief to force the armies
of Grown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
from the western coast of Belgium
and to cut off the German submarine
and airplane bases on the North sea
from Zeebrugge to Newport, includ-
ing Ostend.
The British drive apparently is be-
ing made in the direction of Roulers
and Courtral. from which Belgian
towns, according to recent dispatches
from the Dutch frontier, the German
military authorities have been evacu-
ating the civilian population.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
u. S. ASKED TO SAVE SUGAR
Hoover Urges All to Reduce Consump-
tion-Needed Urgently by
France.

Washington, Sept. 25.-The Ameri-
can people are called upon today to
make the first real sacrifice of the war
for the aid Of the French. Unless
Americans cut down their consumption
Of sugar by one-third the French people
will be entirely without the product
for the next two months. AS sugar
is considered vital to the physical well
fare of the fighting men, the decision
of the citizens of this nation may have
a vital effect upon the war.
Herbert Hoover, food administrator,
issued the appeal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
SWEET CLOVER FOR PASTURE
No Other Legunninous Crop, With Ex-
ception of Alfalfa, Furnishes as
Much Good Feed.

With The exception of alfalfa on
fertile soils, no other leguminous crop
will furnish as much nutritious pas
turage from early spring until late
fall as sweet clover, when it is prop
erly handled. Live stock thrive on it.
Animals which have never been fed
sweet clover may refuse to eat it at
first, but this distaste can be over
come by turning them on the pasture
as soon as the plants start growth.
There isl practically no danger from
bloat from sweet clover, according to
Farmers Bulletin $50, "Sweet Glover;
Utilization, ~ which has just been is
sued by the United States department
of agriculture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
SAY FIVE SHIPS SENT DOWN
Passengers Arriving at Atlantic Port
Tell of Destruction of British
Steamships.

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 25.-Word
that five British steamships and two
destroyers were sunk by German sub
marines a few hours out of Tough
Swilly, Ireland, September 8, was
brought by passengers who have just
arrived from England on an American
vessel. The reports are regarded as
circumstantial. The five steamers, ii
was said, conveyed by a fleet of six
destroyers, put to sea shortly after
midnight and were attacked by massed
submarines at daylight the following
morning. The news of the disaster
was received here Saturday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
KILLED "LooPING THE Loop
Cadet Aviator, William D. Mong,
Crashes Down at Mount
Clemens, Mich.

Mount Clemens, Mich, Sept. "a
Wilbur D. Mong, a cadet aviator Of
Cleveland, was killed when his air
plane crashed to the ground on the
government aviation field. It was said
that Mong attempted to 'loop the loop"
too close to the earth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
Bar Shipping Gold to Spain.

Washington, Sept. 26.-Treasury
officials, carrying out the governments
policy governing the conservation Of
gold, have virtually decided upon a
policy prohibiting the export Of gold
to Spain. r,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
ENDANGERs SUCCESS OF WAR
Dukes Newspapers for Publishing
Troop Movement Details.

Washington, Sept. %. - Recurring
publication by certain newspapers and
press associations of detailS of the
landing in France of certain units of
the United States army brought from
Brig. Gen. Frank Mcintyre, the war
department censor, sharp rebuke and
demand that this practice be discon-
tinued. General Mcintyre made 1t
plain that such a publication endangers
the lives Of American soldiers and the
success of war operations of the United
States.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
u. S. SOLDIERS UNDER FIRE
Two Soldiers Wounded at Front in
France-Contlngent Of Army
Directly Behind British Line.

With the British Armies in the
Field, Sept 26American troops for
the first time are under German fire in
France. Two American soldiers have
been slightly wounded. They were
struck by fragments Of a bursting
shell.
A certain contingent of the Amer
lean army is now located directly be-
hind the British line well within range
of the enemy guns.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
British Ship Is Summarized.

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 25.-The
British steamship La N'egra, on it's
way from Buenos Aires to Havre, with
q cargo of Argentine beef, was sunk
by German submarine September 3.
As miles ntf Plymouth.