Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-11-01

1T gun to fight German aviatogs who are
TRYING many Y. M. c. A. men to Enfope,
1t had just been sighted.
ton to the government and to the en-
tire nation. During the last week sub.
Scriptions came i'm with rush. under
the urging of thousands of patriotic
workers, and even the Philippines,
Panama and Cuba responded nobly.
Wednesday. by national and state proc
lamation, was celebrated everywhere
as Liberty day. Great parades were
held In every city and smaller ones in
every town and village, and in the
army training camps the boys carried
ont special programs and handed in
their dollars for the cause of freedom.
In some places the people dealt In
their own way with certain pro-Ger-
man obStructerS of the loan, but moth
Ing was done to Mayor Bill Thompson
of Chicago who took no part what
ever in the city's demonstration. His
recent h;llf-hearted conversion to open
patriotism seems to have suffered re-
lapse.
Curbing the Traitor Press.
PostmaStep General Burleson has
made public his plans for enforcing
the espionage law against seditious
publications, and gives this outline Of
what he will consider unmailable
printed waiter:
Advocating OF urging treason, In
surrection, or forcible resistance to
any law of the United States.
Conveying false reports or false
statements intended to interfere with
the operations or success of the mill
'arN or naval forces of the United
States, or to promote the success Of
its enemies.
Intended to cause insubordination.
disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty
in the military or naval forces of the
United States.
Intended to obstruct the recruiting
or enlisting services of the United
States, TO the injury of the services Of
United States.
Matter the circulation or the pub
lication of which involves the violation
of amy of the numerous other criminal
provisions of the espionage act but
which are not of special interest to
publishers
ANY matter printed in foreign
language containing any news item,
editorial, or other printed matter re-
speeding the government of the United
States or of any nation engaged in
the present war, Its policies, internal
relatlons. the state or conduct of war,
or amy matter relating thereto, unless
the publisher or distributors thereof,
on or before offering the same for
mailing, or in any manner distributing
ii to the public, has filed with the post
master ut the place of publication, In
the form of an affidavit u true and
complete translation of the entire ar
ticle containing such matter proposed
to be published.
Food Regulation in America.
The food administration last week
began the daily publication of whole
sale prices of prime commodities 90
| that the housewives might know what
the retailer should ask. But the con
sumers speedily found out they could
not buy mt the suggested reasonable
prices The retailer said the whole.
saler was to blame in that he was not
coming down to the figures set by Mr..
Hoover and his aids. The licensing of
wholesalers goes into effect on Noven-
Der l, however, and thereafter 1t will
!
be easy to bring the balky ones to
| terms. The National Association OF
Wholesale GrOcers met in Chicago and
| pledged itself to the support of the ad.
ministration regardless of diminishing
profits, so the outlook for the consumer
is bright
Throughout the country generally
| there is evidenced desire to conform
| to the regulation for one wheatless and
| one meatless day each week The no.
tells and restaurants are being watched
by the agents Of the food administra.
| ton, but obedience to the rule in the
home must depend on the patriotism OF
/ the individual.
Relief from the sugar shortage Is
near, for the beet sugar crop will come
| I'm soon, and also the authorities per-
| suaded Southern producers to put on
| the market Il great amount of cane
sugar that was in storage. Now Mr.
| Hoover is turning his attention to fats
and urges that waste in these be elm
mated.
The coal situation is beginning te
straiehten out and the men ar. going
back to work, though supplies of the
fuel are still very small.
President John P. White II the
United Mine Workers has resigned tc
become adviser to Fuel Administrator
Garfield, and Frank j. Hayes, who snc
'eeded him, says he has no sympathy
With local strikes or shutdowns.