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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-07-06
FUTURE TRADING
ON CORN HALTED
SIZZLING PHttI 90 st.5G - IN
10 HN CuNNITTII ~
tHls AGO ri.

CiIt AGO. Iul, J.--iirr,t"fs
af the husf,l uf trade ta-lsf af-
d"rr'i -toppe,i all further trad
isg in iul, corn fur delivery o.,
grade sl"ne ~elllug prize -
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-07-06
Would Broaden Bill

a determined cuor' Will b., made
to broaden % $50 8e 10 insure that the
Government viii have power 90 rogu-
late coal prices end 10 take over and
operate coal mines
Senator pomorcuo OF Onto made q
Lengthy speech TO-DAY ON the coal so.
uation reo.iing alleged osorbitant
coal prices aud necessity Tor govern
mcut regulation
Prohibition also came iu for some
attention SouItpT Tbpms, uf Color
ado advocated national prohibition
when fairly and sluarcly presented
bot announced opposition to the pro-
posll for immediate bono dry pro.
hihition because both OF effect on
public sentiment and from tho rcto.
niue standpoint
senator sherman Df Illinois who
has not been regarded as an ardent
prohibition adturaio announced that
hereafter he is q "boUc dry senator
because of saloon influence Boo tue
East ST Louis riots
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-07-06
CAVALRY AND MACHINE GUN
CORPS WILL 10 GUARD
DUTY.
HUNT IS MADE MEDIATOR
Acting on the Grounds of Treachery
to nion Principles Labor
Head ReNokes Bisbec
Charter.
Trnnn. AIrI,aI In GIohe

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= DOT GLAS, Ariz, July 81 I
= Four troops of United States 1
Z cavalry with machine gun 1
= troop left here early today for 1
= Globe because OF strike disord- 1
4 crs. They are due TO arrive at 1
= Globe early tonight
= GLOBE. Ariz, July o. 1
+ Four troops OF cavalry and one
= machine gun company arrived
= in Globe tonight to handle the
= strike situation.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-07-06

The war situation Of Thursday is
summarized by the Associated Press
as follows.
With the Russians holding their
gains IN Gaiicia against Austro-Gcr-
man attacks. the indications of
stronger activity r the other war
theatres are multiplying
on the western iron: the British
have advanced aud the French ar
tillery is active from north of the
Aisnc 10 the Mouse. the artillery ac-
tivity has increased on the entire
Austro-ltalian front: there has been
greater local activity IN Rumanis and
on the Macedonian front. the Ger
mans have taken the offensive ON a
tmail sector
German Attacks Eail.
Around Rrlozauy and near lip
ON the NIrayuyka north
OF nrzczany. tho Austro-Gormaus
have attacked the Russians in at
tcmpts tu regain the territory lost
early iu the week Their efforts
against Russian advanced posts east
OF Brzazauy were checked by th"
Russian artillery fire and two a..
tacks near Lipnicadolua were brok-
en- up
FATHER south aloug the liuuFar-
iau-Rumaniun border and in Ru-
mania greater activity Is reported
There have been report. recently that
the Rumauian army ro-oquippcd and
L. -Lnrmnl. MAa rnadN o. Aa.nmn The
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-07-06
SENATE BEGINS
DECISIVE FIGHT
ON PRO CLAUSE
DETERMINED EFFORT WILL RE
MADE To BROADEN
AMENDMENT.
NEW COAL RATE DEMANDED
senator Robinson Would Give Nation
Power to Take Over and
Operate MI Fuel
Mines.

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON. July Final
disposition OF the prohibition issue
before adjournment tomorrow night
and passage Of The bill next week IA
deemed assured Senator Chamber
lSin in charge If the bill announced
that saturday he would seek another
unanimous con nsont 20 vote without
the clouture motion. Forty-two sen
ators have signed the cloturc meas
ure. which required only % sigma
lures.
When the prohibition question Is
taken up tomorrow each speaker will
bee limited 10 10 minutes upon the
Gore prohibition amendment. prohi-
bition manufacturer Of distilled hev-
cragos during the war aud giving
the president authority To suspend
manufacture of malt. fOmcntcd or
yinous intoXlcan's and to limit their
alcoholic contelts lpon amend
ments and substitutes for the Gore
plan. each senator's debate viii bo
limited 10 five minutes.
Fight - Promised.
All the formal steps for a decisive
struggle on prohibition have been
taken. Senator Robinson introduced
the so-callod administration com
promise" substitute today for the
Gore plan, providing only that distil-
lation OF foodstufis for Intoxicating
beverages shall cease.
Private polls of the senate. leaders
of both factions admitted privately
tonight. indicate large ma iority for
the Robinson Substitute
After agreeing 10 proceed with the
liquor fight tomorrow the senate late
today adopted th" amendment great
ly extending the power 10 purchase OF
sell supplies at reasonable rates In
der the amendments the government
would be authorized to bay and sell
a. minimum prices fixed hy the f'd
oral authorltios. an other "uccossar.
les named in 'hr bin
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
TELEPHONE UNIT TO GO
WITH GEN. PERSHDNG
Bell Company Official Says Sub
marine Detecter Is Found.

TRENTON. N. j.. May 30.-That the
Bell telephone system will send q
unit to France to construct 400 miles
OF telephones for the use OF United
States troops. and that scientists and
engineers Of the company have per-
fected an improved method of detect
ing submarines, has been disclosed by
Frank H. Bethel, vice president OF
the New York Telephone Company.
Mr.. Bethel took the stand before the
board of utility commissioners to ex-
plain why the company asked that no
orders or regulations affecting its
rates be made by the commissioners
at this time.
Mr.. Bethel, who IL also president
OF the Eastern group OF operating
companies, emphasized the strain that
the war is putting and will continue
to put on the telephone system. The
device for detecting submarines. he
said. had been developed in co-opera-
tion with naval experts. and. known
only to the United States Government.
is a distinct Improvement on any
thing. heretofore devised. Similarly,
the company's experts have worked
with army engineers perfecting
means OF communication with aero
planes, and every battleship Is being
equipped with wireless telephone APP
paratus.
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
Future of Sailing Ships

In addition to the 3,000-ton wooden
steamships, the only resource while
a steel merchant marine is building,
wooden sailing ships Of large ton
mage may be laid down with every
prospect Of handsome profit in over
seas trade for years to come. It was
not so long ago that the large sailing
ship had fallen into disrepute and
seemed doomed to disappear of the
high seas, but the development of the
gas engine has enabled it once again
to compete favorably with tramp
steamships on long voyages
If the rate Of sinkings by German
submarines be not reduced further in
a marked degree, the worlds entire
production Of both steel and wooden
ships will not make good half the
tonnage loss Of the war. The wooden
sailing ship will have the advantage
of much greater durability over the
standardized wooden steamers. Years
after the "jitney" freighter has been
worn out by the strain of her machin-
cry the sailing vessel that left the
stocks the same day will be going up
and down the seven seas.
Although many large sailing ships
are tied up by the war in British and
other European Ravens, with the ces-
sation of hostilities our clippers
might be crossing the Atlantic again,
as well as bringing nitrate from
Chile, jute from India, nickel ore
from New Caledonia, and other COM
modities from the ends of all the
earth.
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
DESTRUCTION DUTY" Of
GERMANS, DIARY SHOWS
Record Of Soldier Reveals Plan Of
Spreading Ruin in France.

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES,
May 30.-The destruction of trees,
farms, villages, and all personal prop
erty. as well as railways. roads.
bridges, and institutions belonging to
the state. now comprises nearly half
the duty" of a German solL.er night
ing in France. as compared with the
usually recognized military duties Of
q soldier.
Some idea Of the proportion of this
duty as compared with the regular
military duty of a soldier can be
formed from the following diary Of
German soldier just taken prisoner
in France:
February 19-Arrived at Laon at I
in the morning. Marched till $50 to
the farm OF N.
February 2O-:1--Reposed at the
farm.
February 21-Exercised and pay
day.
february 23-Loaded iron on the
narrow gauge railway.
February 24-Destroyed houses and
chopped down trees.
February 25-Sunday. Morning,
repose: afternoon loaded materials in
iron.
February 26-Marched from Monte
couve to Sorny.
February 2T-Chopped down trees.
February 2S-Destruction Of for
ests.
March 1-Destruction Of forest in
heavy rain.
March I've began the new POSI-
ton.
March to e-Intrenching near
NauXaillon.
March I3-Morning repose: after
noon, demolishing houses.
The entries OF february % and 20
relative to the loading of iron on the
narrow gauge railway are presumed
TO have reference to the carrying
away Of all railway rails and iron of
every description
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
Censorship, Versus Publicity

Two sidelights on censorship shine
out from the columns of the news
papers Of the past two days. The
suppression in the British news
papers of the towns most recently
bombed by German aircraft, while
every one in the country knows the
names, and these were actually given
in the German official statement on
the raid, is nothing short of idiotic.
The incident proves the inevitable
stupidity and Uerversity which are
sure to pervade an improper govern
ment function Of this kind.
At the same time the change in
the shipbuilding situation in the last
twenty-four hours emphasizes the
potency Of pitiless publicity. General
Cocktails revelation of discord. OBJ
struction, and inefficiency, ranging
from the houses of Congress to the
Shipping Board, drew volleys Of con-
domination from the press, re-echoed
everywhere by the man in the street.
Instantly the whole situation
changed. The House Of Representa-
tives has seen light and sent the
legislation which It was holding up
to conference. Goethals and Denman
have stopped differing long enough
to sign twenty-four contracts for
ships. Sufficient power is promised
the general to begin and push the
construction of vessels Of all classes.
All the machinery is in motion, and
we may begin to figure on results.
Just two days Of uncensored pub
licity did it. Let US have no gag law
to protect incompetency and obsti-
macy. Let the people have the truth.
The newspapers may be trusted to
keep military secrets. II they don't,
there is already ample law to punish
them.
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
An Example to Barbarian

At dinner in London the other
day General SHUTS, the South Afri-
can leader, delivered himself of some
striking and out-of-the-way specula-
ton, tempered with Boer good sense.
The gigantic possibilities" of the
t'huge population" of Central Africa,
to quote his phrases, might have led
eventually to the creation of a Ger
man colonial empire in that territory
with black army, "the most power
full army the world had ever known. !"
If the Germans could do or
dreamed Of doing anything COM
parable to what this South African
imagines, then some one else may
yet do the same thing in Central
Africa or elsewhere, among the poor
and populous places of the earth.
SHUTS, in other words, has simply
had a vision of the black equivalent
of the Yellow Peril, chaperoned by
the Kaiser and his efficients.
Actually, the lessons of the present
war reassure US against the fear of
any coming barbarian invasions.
They make it clear that mere num-
Der of armed men avails little in the
case Of a Russia, lacking the indus
trial outfit to produce the proper
tionate output Of shells and similar
war material or railroads to convey
them to the desired point, or a small
compact territory where all neces-
sary movements may be made with
economy of transportation. Austria
also lacks these things and has
played no great part in the war.
France. on the other hand, having
the means of supplying her armies,
has fought with a vigor quite be-
yond German expectation.
In America, the southern neighbor
Of the United States offers an ex-
ample of the weakness Of a country
of 100000 inhabitants, Injured to
war, but lacking the means to carry
on her own war production. Without
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
mo CHESTERFIELD, 50
HURLS EGGS AT WIFE
Trying to Improve" Husband
Tells Divorce Court Judge.

CHICAGO. May 3O.-DonEsI ]. Nc
Kenzie. president OF a furnace com
pany, is no Chesterfield. He admitted
It in his wife's divorce suit. As his
cross bill stated:
Defendant has associated most Of
his life with mechanics and so-called
common people and had never been
a close student of Lord ChesterfieId's
school OF manners until the bill for
divorce was filed. since which time
he believes he has improved"
The SPECIFIC ungentlemanly Incl
dent OF which Mrs. Mckenzie com
planned was that on one occasion he
had seized a platter OF fried eggs and
hurled them upon her. Mckenzie said
the eggs gave forth an Offensive
odor. although his wife said she had
not noticed any while frying them.
Mrs. Mckenzie got the divorce and
Mckenzie got a lesson in manners.
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
TOday'scalendar
WEATHER FORECAST.


For the District OF Columbia and
Maryland. fair. warmer tonight; show
era Thursday or Thursday night; mod
crate variable winds. becoming south
erIy.
For Virginia. fair tonight; warmer
In the interior. Thursday showers.
except fair in southeast portion: mod
crate variable winds, becoming east
and southeast
Another western storm of marked
character IL central this morning over
Kansas and Oklahoma. with moder-
atsly high pressure to the northward.
and rains have fallen quite generally
IN the upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys, Texas, oklahoma, Kansas, the
Northwest. and extreme West. with
northern Rocky mountain region.
There were also light local rains
Tuesday In the lower lake region
and the Middle Atlantic and New
England States. Elsewhere, the
weather was fair.
Temperatures are higher. a. q rule.
over the eastern half OF the country.
but stIll below the seasonal average.
while over the western half they re-
main low.
There viii be showsrs and thunder
storms tonight and Thursday in the
lake region. the Ohio valley, Tennes
see. AID the East Gulf states. and on
Tkufsday in the interior OF the Middle
Atlantic and South Atlantic statsa
In New England the weather viii be
fair.
Il win be warmer tonight In the
upper ohio valley. the lower lake
region. and the Middle Atlantic States,
and cooler Thursday In the upper
lake region. the lower Ohio valley.
Tennessee. and the East Gulf States.
Storm warnings are displayed on
Lakes Michigan and Huron, and small
craft warnings on western Lake So
perior.
The winds along the New England
coast wiz be moderate northerly. be-
coming variable; on the middle At
lantic coast moderate variable. be-
coming southeast; on the south At.
lantic coast moderate northeast TO
southeast; on the east gulf coast mod
crate southerly, becoming fresh over
northwest portion.
Steamers departing today for Eu-
ropean ports will have moderate
northeriy winds, becoming variable.
with fair weather 10 the Grand Banks
LOCAL. TEMPERAFUnER
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
GEORGETOWN PLANS
TO HONOR ITS SONS
Secretary Baker VIII Speak
At Community Celebration.
REGISTRATION DAY The TINE
Singing viii Feature Exercises Al
Old Oak Grove.

Georgetown Is to have q big com
munity celebration on registration
day in .-ontrose Park with Secretary
OF War Baker as the principal
speaker.
A band concert and community
singing will be features OF dedicatory
exercises to be held in the park from
7 to o'clock in the evening.
Arrangements for the celebration
were made at a special meeting of
the Georgetown Citizens Association
In Potomac Savings Bank hall last
night. Details have been placed in
the hands OF the executive committee.
OF which Frank p. Leetch Is chair
man.
Efforts are being made to rally
the entire community to honor its
sons, dedicated to the iserviee OF their
country. Announcement OF the ex-
ercises Is to be made in all of the
churches and schools and at all meet
ings OF fraternal organizations. Every
church has been asked to make an
nouncement OF the exercises and their
purpose from the pulpIts Sunday. and
to urge the congregations to attend.
EaNsouc Sonkn TO ne sung.
Copies OF three stanzas OF "Ths
star-spangied Banner" MY Country.
IT'S Of Thee and Onward. Christian
Soldiers" are being printed for. dis
tribution to assist the community
singing. Prof. Herbert G. Wells is
expected to lead the chorus. which
will include a number Of chosen
voices.
The exercises will be held on the
slope on the edge Of the big old oak
grove. known in the earliest days of
georgetown as Pollock's woods.
Secretary OF War Baker accepted
an invitation from the association to
speak. as member OF the commun-
ity. The Secretary has been a resi-
dent of Georgetown ever since ae-
cepting . Cabinet portfolio and com
ing to the capital.
The Washington times., 1917-05-30

an industrial organization, Mexico is
helpless to do more than effect occa-
sional petty raids. With factories
for turning out shells, rifles, machine
guns, cannon, auto trucks, aero
planes, nitrocellulose, the higher ex-
plosives, and armor plate, she would
be a formidable factor.
The peculiar feature of present
day industrialism is that lower-grade
men can carry on production with the
aid of a few skilled experts. The
Annamites brought into France, do
the labor of French workers. No
great skill or brains or application is
longer needed. as it was in the old
days before machine production. Con-
sequently, Central Africa or Mexico
once industrially organized by a
group of capitalists with their tech
nicians or by a socialistic Kaiser with
his directing caste, might be made to
count to the full weight of its ma
chinery, resources, and numerical
total of population. as against civili-
zation, morals. character. enhghten-
ment.
1t would be once again and on a
more conspicuous basis the fight be-
tween Frenchman and German, be-
tween enlightenment and Kultur, be-
tween civilization and organization.
Germany has given the example to
the world of barbarism. II Germany
be not beaten the example will doubt
less be copied.
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
5oo.PouNo METEOR DROPS.

MARSHALL, Mo-, May 3O-A frag-
ment OF meteoric ore was found on a
farm near the mouth Of Black river
in this county, imbedded In nv" rect
Of earth and Weighing 500 pounds or
more. a large, luminous meteor
passed over this locality shout mid
night. taking an easterly course; Inc
heated condition OF the hardened
mass gives evidence Of its being only
a recent visitor. The stone VIII be
given to the Smithsonian Institution.
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
MRS. MARGARET MILLS DEAD
wife Of Hotel Proprietor Expires
Suddenly In Apartments.

Mrs. Margaret Broderick Mills. wife
Of Harrington Mills, owner OF the
Harrington Hotel and other hotel
properties, died suddenly this morn
ing of heart disease in her apart
ments at the Grafton. She is surviv-
ed by her husband and three daugh-
tiers, the Misses Florence, Dorothy,
and Eleanor Mills.
Mrs. Mills was the daughter Of the
late Edward Broderick. Of Martins
burg. W. Va. For many years she
had been a member of st. Matthew'S
Catholic Church. Mrs. Mills was we'll
known for her many charitable
activities
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
EXCUSE employees
TO Aid REGISTRARS
Board Asks Federal Depts.
to Issue Orders.
TO POSTPONE WORK TO II am.
Mail Registration for Pacific Coast
Closes Today.

Letters have been addressed to
Cabinet officers and the heads OF
the Federal departments asking that
employees subject to registration be
excused on the morning OF June
until IL o'clock, the registration
board announces today.
IF this request is complied with II
will greatly facilitate the work OF
registration" said ID. J. Donovan
executive officer Of the board. Il
understand that the business houses
are planning to excuse their employees
in relays. II the Government clerks
can be excused until IL o'clock. the
work Of the departments will not be
seriously hampered, and the WORN
OF the registrars will be considerably
relieved. OF course. only those sub
ject to registration should be ex
cused."
Registering By Absentees-
Many absentees took advantage OF
the holiday to register at the office OF
the board. room 500. District building
today. The War Registration lnfor
nation Bureau, room 5, will be open
until II O'Clock tonight
Today Is the last day on which
persons living on the Pacific Coast
may register by mail Tomorrow Will
be the last day for persons living
in the Southwestern States. Persons
living in the middle Western States
have two more days to register.
Two hundred and siXty-nine Wash
ington women stand ready TO do their
bit on registration day. The appoint
ment today Of 1874 school teachers &c
act as reserves was announced today
by Secretary Donovan. These, with
the hfty-hve women clerks In the
District service, comprise about one
third Of the registration force.
Teachers In Two Shifts
The teachers who will act as assis-
tants to the registrars VIII be divid-
ed into two shifts, one going on al
I a. m and remaining until . p. m
and the other going on at 2 .. m
and remaining until .. m.
The transportation committee, II
was stated, still needs automobiles
and chauffeuFs to assist in the work
OF registration on June 8. Sixty
nine owners have volunteered the use
Of their cars. Persons desiring to aid
in this way should communicate will
N. c. Hazen, chairman OF the trans
portation committee, room 405 Dis.
trict building.
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
FIGHTS PHTHISIS IN FRANCE
Rockefeller Foundation Sets Aside
100000 for Relief Work.

NEW YORK. May 3o.-To control
trhercuIosis IN wsr-devsstated France.
the Rockefeller Foundations, interna-
tionaI Health Board will soon estsb-
Jish committees in all parts OF that
country. finance them, and aid in
way possible.
The work will be in charge Of
French officials, with the exception Of
a few positions. which are to be held
by Americans who start for France
shortly.
The sum Of 100000 has been appro-
priated for preliminartes.
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
DR. Won DAVID RELEASED
War Dept. countermands Arrest fol
Understanding Army officer.

BY order fthe Department OF JUS
tice. Dr. Marion Prichard Won David.
of BrookIine. Mass. who was arrested
on the charge Of impersonsting an
army officer has been released.
After being taken into custody
while dining at the Army and Navy
Club SATURDAY. DR.. Won David said
he had been on A recruiting tour and
had been addressed as an officer. but
had given no one reason to suppose
that he was an officer.
The Washington times., 1917-05-30
U. S. CANNOT REFUND RENT
Comptroller Of Treasury Rules
AGAINST National Engraving Co.

The comptroller Of the Treasury.
in an opinion just handed down. de-
cided that the National Engraving
Company. which suffered a FIRE on
May o, cannot obtain from the Gov
eminent a refund OF rent paid for
the month Of May.
The property occupied by the com
pany at the time OF the FIRE is leased
from the Government A provision
stIpulated that the lease should ter
inmate when FIRE occurred on the
premises. The company paid its
months rent on the FIRST OF May and
claimed a refund OF rent from May
o to the end of the present month.
The comptroller holds that rents
pavab'e to the Government on the
first Of the month cannot be refunded
for any part of the month that the
premises are unoccupied.