Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-11

'ef PdIt VI lue Clty, one oI lnelr uSCel.
lrs. James i. Curtis and Mrs. William
wing the West Point cadets.
fare comes from Samoa in the ex.
ploits of the crew of the German com.
merce raider Seeadler, after their
vessel stranded on South Pacific
island. The master and six others put
to sea in IL motor sloop armed and
provisioned, and the others seized a
French schooneI equipped it with guns
and bombs and started OUT again
Since that time they have been prey.
ing on merchant vessels.
Curbing the German Press.
The trading with the enemy act
went into effect Tuesday and almost
Immediately Postmaster Burleson
barred from the mails the Milwaukee
Leader, former Congressman Bergpr's
paper, for seditious and Unreasonable.
utterances. Many other publications
have been cited by the post office de
partment to show cause why they
should not be suppressed, among these,
being the Illinois .Staats-Zeit,lng.
On Thursday federal agents raidett
the office of the New Jersey Freie'
Zeitung in Newark and arrested it's
two proprietors and three editors on
charges of publishing seditious and
reasonable articles.
In connection with the trial in Paris
of Bolo Pashu, alleged spy, it is re-
vealed that Bolo, who was in the
United States for few weeks early
last year, arranged the transfer OF ut
least " $40 saGa;7ef t;srlnan money,
through New York banking houses TO
Paris to further the peace propaganda
in France. 1t is officially stated that.
there is no doubt of Count Won Bern
storff's completely in the intrigue.
More than one-half of the 1GG |. w.
w. leaders who were indicted have
been arrested and the government is
ready to put them on trial.
War Tax Bill Signed.
President Wilson signed the war tax
bill "Wednesday, and most of its Sec
ti0nS became operative at once auto
lnatically. 1t levies for this year more
than S22.5OUOOO.0m new taxes for war
purposes and in one way or another
calls for money from everybody in
the country. The two largest sources
of revenue will be excess profits, ST.
OOo,OOOO00, and individual and corpor-
ute incomes, SS5l 100000.
bill, which was passed by the senate,
carries AN amendment promoting Ma
jor General Pershing and Major Gen-
eral Bliss to the rank of general and
making all commanders of army corps
lieutenant generals. The bill to re
putriate all Americans who have
joined the allied military forces also
was sent to the president for his sig
nature.
The shipping board gave out IL state
ment last week showing that large
number of vessels are being built and
within few weeks the concrete re-
suits of the boards energetic work
will begin to slide down the ways In,
many shipyartls The aircraft build
ing program also is well under way,
Secretary Baker stating that 10000
airplaneS and their motors are now
under construction.
Liberty Loan Going Well.
Under the competent leadership of
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
the campaign for the sale of the sec
ond Liberty loan, OF $3.OOOOUO, COO
started off with Il rush, and the en-
thusiasm and determination of the peO.
| pie made the success of the loan uIl.
doubted. There was just one black
spot in all the country-the action of
| Mrs. III. .. Havenleyer of New York
and other officials of the National
to assist the loan because they have
not been given national suffrage. The
| Maryland sulfragists came back at
| them with scathing denunciation, de-
claring that they had descended to
political bribery, had diSgraced the
uame of woman and were mad sisters
Of La Toilette"
| The senate has been flooded with
petitions from all parts of the land
from organizations and individuals
asking that Senator La Toilette be e1
J PEELED for his disloyalty and many OF
the petitioners suggest much severer
. punishment than mere expulsion. Al
first the senate committee on priv.
(lepes and elections was diScinclined
to take any action at this session, but
the universal demand evidently had
its effect for ON Wednesday the com
mittee began consideration Of the PED
ttona.
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