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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
WARNING IS SENT TO
U. S. SHIP OWNERS
THOSE AFFECTED BY REoUlsI.
TIoN ORDERS ARE NOTIFIED
SHIPS TO BE SEIZED.
Boats Of More Than $500 Tons Dead
Weight Capacity Are Included
In First Call.

Western Union Newspaper News Service.
on.-Announcement of the
general method by which the American
Merchant Marine is to be requisitioned
by the Government was made by Balm
bridge Colby, of the Shipping Board
in a notice sent to shipowners. The
requisition will include at first only
cargo ships of more than $500 tons
dead weight capacity, and passenger
vessels of more than $500 gross tons
register. The limit probably will be
lowered soon to include craft of more
than 1900 tons. The warning sent to
shipowners reads:
The United States Shipping Board
hereby gives notice to all owners of
ships registered and enrolled under
the laws of the United States that the
requisition Of all American steamers
described below, and of which previous
announcement has been made, will be-
come operative and effective.
81. The ships affected by said requi-
sition and Included therein (a) all car
go ships able to carry not less than
$500 tons total dead weight, including
bunkers, water and stores.
"(b) All passenger steamers of not
less than $500 tons gross register.
"2. (a) AS to all steamers in or
bound to American ports on October
Is, 1917, requisition becomes effective
after discharge of inward cargo and
ship is put in ordinary good condition.
"(b) AS to steamers which have start
ed to load their outward cargo, requi-
sition becomes effective at noon on
October Is, 1917. and accounts as to
hire and expenses will be adjusted
from time steamer began to load.
"3. Steamers, trading to and from
American ports, that have sailed on
their voyage prior to October Is, 1917,
at noon, are to complete that voyage
as promptly as possible and report for
requisitioning.
a. Steamers that are occupied in
trades between foreign ports shall be
requisitioned as of October Is, 1917, at
noon, and accounts adjusted accord
ingly.
"5. (a) Owners whose steamers are
operating in their regular trades are
to continue the operation of their
steamers for account of the Govern
ment, as they have been doing for
themselves, until they receive further
Instructions
"(b) Owners whose steamers are
chartered to others will apply to the
Shipping Board for instructions regard
ing the future employment of said
steamers"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
FORTY ARE INJURED IN WRECK
Six of Them Seriously, When Two In
terurban Cars Come Together
On Main Track.

Upton, Ind.-About 40 persons were
injured, six Of them seriously, when
two interurban cars collided here.
One car was ordered to stop at the car
barns here and transfer its passengers
to the car behind. The first car, which
was one of the old wooden type, stop
ped on the main track and the second,
a steel car, crashed into and tele-
scoped the first one. Those seriously
Injured were on the first car. Passen-
gers on the second were badly shaken
up and many suffered minor injuries.
Traffic north and south on the line
was interrupted several hours until
the wreckage could be cleared away.
The wooden car was demolished and
the steel one was badly damaged. Per-
sons who witnessed the collision claim
no lights were showing on the first
car and that no signals were set for
the second one.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Not a ait of Use.

There was some speculation as TO
whether the instrument would benefit
the old gentleman or not. One was
holding the ear trumpet, while another
was explaining its use and showing
old Mr. Shortcash how to hold it to his
ear.
"Say something to him through 1t,
Binks," said one to the other.
Now Binks had long waited for an
opportunity to reach Mr.. Shortcash's
ear, so, speaking very distinctly into
the trumpet he said:
you've not paid me that five dol
lars you owe me yet, Mr.. Shortcash."
But the old gentleman put the in
strument down with disappointment on
his face, and they could see it was a
failure even before he had time to
say:
"That things not bit of use to
me-"
And he sighed, but his sigh was not
so deep as that which came from
Binks.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Did Not Jail Man In "a Years.

Thousands of men before him,
charged with various crimes, but not a
man sent to Jail in "a years, was the
record of Squire George McQuiggan,
aged seventy years, who recently died
in a local Pittsburgh hospital.
Elected to the office of justice of the
peace of North Versailles township,
Squire McQuiggan was reelected
term after term. Time and again,
when it seemed as if the great record
would be blemished, the squire, noted
for his kindness, would find way to
prevent sending an unfortunate to the
bastile. He made personal appeals to
property holders several times to OBJ
tain bond for an accused person, and
last year, when an Italian, charged with
stabhing fellOw-cOuntryman, could
not get bail, McQuiggan personally
gave bond for the accused man.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
SHIP FIRED BY CHEMICALS
Twenty Thousand Dollar Damage Re-
suits When Vessel Passes Through
Warm Temperature.

A Pacific Port.-Chemicals placed in
the lumber cargo and contrived to ig-
mite when the vessel passed through
warm temperature, caused a fire
aboard the steamer Niels Nielsen as
she was steaming from Hongkong to
Bombay on her last voyage from this
port, according to the captain and
crew of the vessel, who are here now.
The vessel was damaged to the extent
of $4,000, and the cargo even more.
The captain and British officials in
Bombay declared the chemicals were
placed aboard.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
BUSINESS FIRMS INDICTED
Violation of Sunday Closing Law Is
Held Against Merchants Of Par
kersbure BY Grand Jury.

Parkersburg, w. Va.-Close to 100
indictments against firms in many
lines of business were returned at the
close of a five-day session for violating
the Sunday law by keeping their places
of business open on the Sabbath. The
indictments were against proprietors
of drug stores, fruit and confectionery
stores, news and cigar stands, automo-
bile garages, livery stables, auto serv.
ice stations, meat markets, grocery
stores, shoe-shining stands, ice cream
parlors, ETC., among many others. All
Of the ministers of the city were sum-
moned to give evidence.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Output of War Plants Increased.

New York.-France has for a year
been producing 25O,O0O shells a day
for the famous "75" guns, as compared
with $4,000 daily when the war began.
Andre Tardieu, high French Commits.
sioner in the United States, said in a
statement. His estimate of credits
voted by France from August, 1914,
until America entered the conflict, was
nearly $21.OOO.OOO, 900, of which more
than $19,5OO,OOO,OOO came, he said,
from the savings of the French people.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Sinking Of American Steamer,

New York.-News of the sinking of
the American steamship Lewis Luck
enbach by German submarine off the
coast Of France was received here in a
cablegram to the shipping firm of
George Luckenbach Qncorporated)
from their French agents. Forty-seven
of the Sc members of the crew had
been landed, the message said, but one
boat with nine men was missing. The
Luckenbach was bound for Havre with
a general cargo. She was stGe; screw
vessel Of 1905 tons and was built at
Camden, N. J., in 1903.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Third LARGEST Industry.

Fifty years ago, printing and pub
fishing were just beginning to figure
in United States industry, the total
production amounting to only $4O,-
100000. According to Charles Francis,
"dean of American printers" the busi-
ness has increased 20 times, so that
now printing and publishing together
form the third largest manufacturing
industry in the country and produce
SSOO,OOO 900 in material annually. In
this industry the United States is re-
sponsible for about One-third Of the
worlds total.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
CINCINNATI MARKETS.
Flour, Hay and Grain.

tSNIy VI0y 0u0 vi Atus
Flour-Winter patents $1,000, winter
fancy $1O.40, do family $500, d0 extras
$3.50, low grade $8.4O.
Corn-No. white $21O@212, No.
yellow $1.95, No. mixed $19O. white
ear $2.95@2.09, yellow, ear $1.S5@1.90.
Hay-No. timothy $25@25.50, No. 2
$24.50@25, No. 3 $23.5O@24, No. 1 clo-
yer mixed $25.5O@26, No. 2 $25@25.5O,
No. clover $25.50@26, No. 2 $3.50
$3.50.
Oats-New No. 2 white 61h h@62c,
standard white 61@61kc, No. 8 white
591s @60c, No. 2 mixed 59@60c, No.
mixed 5S@59c.
Wheat-No. l red 1925 net, No. red
1928 net, No. 3 red 1920 net, No. 4,
and sample not to exceed within 1c
per bu of No. 8.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery extras
46c, centralized creamery exras 431sc,
firsts 4119c, seconds 39c.
Eggs-Prime firsts 40c, firsts 38c, or.
dinary firsts 37c, seconds 36c.
Live Poultry-Broilers, over lbs,
22c; lbs and under, Csc; fowls, lbs
and over 22hc; under lbs, 21c; roost.
ers, tic.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Shippers $9@12.5O, butcher
steers, extra $1O@11.5O, good to choice
5000, common to fair $6.50@S.50;
heifers, extra $S.50@9.25, good to
choice $7.75@8.25, common to fair Sc
@750; cows, extra $7.75@8.75.
Bulls-Bologna $7Q8, fat bulls $8@9
Hogs-Selected heavy shippers $18
good to choice packers and butchers
$17.95@18, medium and mixed $17.25@
1S, stays $13@16.50, common to choice
heavy fat sows $14@17.5O, light ship
pers $16.25@17, pigs, 11O lbs and less
!, $14O16.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
ALLEGED PLOTTERS
INDICTED IN n. Y.
PLoTTERs PLACED NINE BOMBS
ON LUSlTANIA BEFORE SHE
SAILED FROM GOTHAM.
Explosives Would Have Destroyed
Huge Liner If Submarine Had
Not Sent Her To Depths.

New York-Captain Franz Won Pa
pen, former attache Of the German EN-
bassy in Washington, who is now in
Europe, and 16 other men were indict-
ed by a Federal Grand Jury. They
are charged with having placed bombs
in the Lusitania, and many other ships,
in 1915. Assistant United States At
torney James w. Osborne made a
hasty presentation of the evidence to
the Grand Jury, following the arrest of
three of the alleged conspirators.
Nine 7. n. T. bombs, or cigars" as
they were called, had been placed in
the Lusitania's hold just before she
sailed on her last voyage in March,
1915. This information was carried to
the United States Attorney by Martin
Ilsen, German lawyer, who edits a
department of a New York German
newspaper.
nsen stated he was in the office of
DR.. Karl Schimmel, at 81 Chambers
street, when the news was flashed of
the sinking of the Lusitania by a u
boat. DR.. Schimmel, he declared, rush
ed about the room, tearing his hair and
weeping. He quoted DR.. Schimmel as
saying:
THE fool! He has ruined my work.
had nine 'sigars' planted on the Lu-
sitania. They would have destroyed
her before she reached Liverpool"
The authorities are seeking evidence
to prove whether or not Count Won
Bernstorff, then German Ambassador
to the United States, knew OF the
planting of bombs in the Lusitania' s
hold when advertisements were sent
to newspapers warning Americans
against sailing on that liner
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
BRAZIL NABS GERMAN SHIPS
Vessels Are Manned With Brazilian
Crews and May Be Used To Carry
on Commerce With Allies.

Rio Janeiro.-The Brazilian Govern,
ment purposes to utilize seized Ger.
man steamers for the organization of
international steamship lines. the YES
sells will fly the Brazilian flag, and will
be used in the interest of Brazil and
the allies. The crews of the vessels
will be made up of Brazilians. The
realization of this project now depends
solely on an understanding between
Brazil and the allies, which Brazil con.
siders essential.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Mavor Held Under $4,000 Bond

Philadelphia.-The first stage of the
Fifth Ward political murder trial end
ed when Mayor Thomas B. Smith, of
this city, was held by Judge Brown,
of the Municipal Court, in $4,000 bail
for the grand jury on six charges in
volving misbehaivior in office, con-
tempt of court in refusing to produce
certain documentary evidence, conspir-
acy to violate the election law forbid
ding city employees from participating
in politics, conspiracy to commit as
sault and battery and conspiracy to
commit murder.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Regulations Issued BY President.

ngton.-President Wilson is
sued the regulations for the enforce
ment of the trading with the enemy
act. They constitute the most far
reaching control of every phase of in
tercourse between the United States
and the rest of the world. They give
legal force to every move of the United
States in casting about Germany an
economic barrier which will force her
into submission. Not only do the new
regulations provide for cutting off
trade between the United States and
Germany, but they do the following:
Cut off trade with Germanys allies,
and cut off trade with those who deal
with either Germany or her allies.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
NOT SUBJECT FOR SYMPATHY
Maids self.Reproaeh That She Could
Not Return Mans Love Seemed
to Be Unealled For.

They passed on the street without
speaking, but their eyes had mutual
recognition and challenge. She was
accompanied by a female friend, and
he had a male companion. When they
had passed the girl said:
"That was poor Jack Jurgens. He
didn't speak, but you noticed his look,
didn't you? Poor boy, it hurts me to
think how he has never got over my
refusal to marry him. OF course, he
was all broken up at the time, but l
thought he would soon get over 1t.
He's thinner, isn't he? do hope that
he hasn't plunged into dissipation. He
couldn't trust himself to speak, could
he? Oh, dear"
And the man was saying:
"Did you see how that dame gave
me the eye? suppose should have
spoken to her, because can't help
thinking I've met her somewhere-her
face is familiar, but can't place her."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Sues Thaw For ssso.ooo DAMAGES

Philadelphia.-Suit for damages ag-
gregating $65O,OOO against Harry X.
Thaw was filed in Common Pleas
Court here by attorneys representing
Frederick Gump, father of Frederick
Gump, Jr., the Kansas City high school
boy who was alleged to have been
flogged by the Pittsburg millionaire in
a New York hotel on Christmas Day,
1916. Thaw. who was adjudged in.
sane after attempting suicide here, is
in local asylum, where he was com.
mitted some time ago by a committee
ON lunacy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
University Students Get roaether.

New York.-Columbia University
students fought when they assembled
to discuss the action of the trustees
recently in dismissing two professors
for their utterances in connection with
the war. Groups calling themselves
"rebels" and "loyalists" engaged in g
free-for-all battle in which faces were
scratches. and clothing torn. Several
hundred women were among the 1000
students who had assembled. The
meeting had been advertised "as a pro-
test against the suppression of aca-
demic freedom by the trustees.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Flames Threaten To Cause Explosion.

An Atlantic Port-A large British
steamer, loaded with admiralty stores,
principally munitions, and 5000 bar.
rels of oil in bulk, was towed back
into port with fire in her engine-room
compartments under control after a
twenty-four-hour battle to prevent an
explosion. The fire broke out when the
ship was 80 miles out of this port and
off Government station. Blue flames
were seen coming from her engine
room compartments. In these was
stored the oil in every available re-
serve water tank.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Failed To Reply To Signal.

Washington.-Vice Admiral Sims
cabled the Navy Department that an
American patrol vessel, on duty at
night in the war zone, had fred on
an Italian submarine which failed to
answer recognition signals, killing
one officer and one enlisted man. Sec
retary Daniels at once sent a mes
sage to the Italian Ministry of Ma
rine, expressing the deepest regret
over the unfortunate occurrence
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
May Cause Industrial Exemption.

Washington.-The general shortage
of labor in industries that must be
kept going at top speed If the United
States is to throw it's whole strength
into the war is giving considerable
concern to government officials study
ing the situation. Conditions in some
parts of the country already threaten
production of essential materials.
Large government orders reaching
into every branch Of industry have
stimulated business to an extent never
before known.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
lncendiarism Scented as Cause of Fire,

New YOrk.-The cause Of the Sec
ond destructive fire on the water front
in Brooklyn that occurred is being in
vestigated. The loss was estimated at
$5O0,O00. Several buildings of the
Charles Williams stores were destroy
ed. There is a suspicion the fire was
of incendiary origin. The entire
Brooklyn fire department and several
companies from Lower Manhattan
fought the flames for eight hours be-
fore danger of the fire spreading had
ceased. A fire department lieutenant
and five fremen were overcome by
smoke.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18

Official figures show that cattle In
France at the close of 1916 had H.
creased II per cent in three years,
sheep 33 per cent, swine 3S per cent.
These figures emphasize the recent
statement of the food administration
that the nations of Europe are rapidly
depicting their supply of live stock and
must more and more depend upon this
country for meat and dairy products
after the war.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
The Romance,

FitzJones-Did you go to the revue
last evening, Percy?
De Brown-No; I attended sleight-
of-hand performance.
FitZJones-Where?
De Brown went to call on Miss lie
Smithe and offered her my hand, but
she sighted it.-LOndon Tit-Blts.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Neoroes To Be Called To coIors.

Washington.-Negro men of the ma
tional army will be called out some
time this month. it was stated at the
War Department, to be assigned to the
cantonments throughout the country,
in accordance with the organization
plan announced.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18

Detroit, Mich.-Seven persons we're
killed when an automobile in which
they were riding was struck by a fast
Michigan Central passenger train at
Hartsig Crossing, IL miles north OF
here.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18

Robbers Escape With Express Money.
Hoboken, N. J.-Four masked rob-
bers held up two Adams Express Co.
employees, shot one of them, clerk, in
the back, and escaped with money re'
ported to amount to $4,000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Thirteen u.soass Sunk in Adristie,

New York.-Il Progresso, an Italian
newspaper published in New York, re-
ceived a oablegram from its special
correspondent at Rome, declaring that
13 Austrian submarines have been
sunk in the last few weeks.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Russian Criminals Wreck Train

Petrograd.-Eight passengers were
killed and fifty wounded by a band Of
seventy criminals who derailed a mail
train on the Rostov-Tifiis line at Vlad-
ikavkaz, according to the Moscow
newspaper, Ranneye Outre.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
British Casualties Total 1z.sos.

London.-British casualties reported
during the week ending totaled 1906.
The losses were divided as follows
officers killed or died of wounds, 311; /;
men, 2,965. officers wounded or miss.
ing, 862; men, 1887.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18

Copenhagen.-The danger from sub
marines having decreased, insurance
on Norwegian cargoes in the North
Sea has been reduced from 8 to z per
cent.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
urbana Mayor confiscates Coal.

Urbana, Ohio.--Mayor Talbot con-
fiscated three cars of coal on a New
York Central siding. One car was
the property of local factory. This
is the first confscation in Urbana.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Four PrIvates Arrested as peserters.

TUuT TTIVdEe5 FTTG5IGu dS DGSeTIGTSs
Spartanburg, s. C.-Four privates
we're arrested, charged with desertion.
Lieut.. Kennedy made the arersts at
the head of a military police squad,
after heading off the alleged deserters
by jumping on a freight train.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
Their Way.

"Women have q way of their own
If hitting man when he's down."
ayes, they've a habit Of throwing
hings up to him."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
WeII.Known Firm,

"Who painted Browns house"
II think he said it was done by Fits
& Starts"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18

From One Who Has Tried.
"What is the distinction between i'm
surance and assurance
"Takes one to sell the other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28
WHAT is THE REMEDY?

The report of the congressional
committee which has been carrying
on an investigation of the food supply
and it's relation to prices has revealed
little that was not already known. 1t
has been well understood by the pub
lie:
That reports of food shortage We're
misleading"
That prices in many cities were "un-
usually high"
That the poor have been compelled
to resort to strictest economy to pro-
vide food"
That shipments of foodstuffs were
"abnormally held up and the food sup
ply therefore abnormally depleted"
That the element of speculation in
food products has been one of the po-
tent factors in enormous increases in
prices.
That shipments of foods to belllger-
ent countries have not affected prices
of potatoes, eggs and onions, but that
prices of these commodities scared
with prices of other FOODS.
To have all this confirmed officially
does not relieve the situation. What
the people are interested in is an ade-
quate remedy for this state of affairs.
in the language of the late Grover
Cleveland: I'VE are confronted by a
condition, not a theory"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

Wool from Iceland, cotton from
China, beans from Brazil. and Holsters
from South Africa are among the &c
centricities of commerce in these days
of high prices and interruption of the
usuA trade currents An analysis by
the National City Bank of New York
of the commerce of the United States
for the latest month for which detailed
figures are available. February,
showed the arrival of 4.SO0 pounds of
clothing wool from Iceland. also of
5000, 900 pounds of cotton from China,
imported into the country which prides
itself on producing two-thirds of the
cotton of the world. The records of
1915 show imports of Holsters from ia
pan and South Africa. beans from Bra
zil. and onions from the Canary Is
lands. OF the 100000 bushels of