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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
TRAINING BILL
SUBMITTED TO
BY
THE PRESIDENT
Is Accompanied
Merely by a Letter Of
Transmittal Without Rec
ommendation of Any Kind
Concerning It.
GOES FARTHER THAN
CHAMBERLAIN BILL

Washington, Feb. 90
The universal training plan
OF the general staff of the
army was submitted to con-
gress today by President
Wilson.
1t carried merely "a letter
of transmittal" from Secre-
tary Of War Baker. Neither
the president nor Secretary
Baker expressed any form of
recommendation.
The plan calls out all able bodied
male citizens in the nineteenth year for
II months continuous training, to be
followed by two repetition courses OF
two weeks each, one in their twentieth
year and one In their twenty first year.
CLASSES EXEMPTED.
IT is proposed that the following
classes be exempted:
Those permanently physically or
to be permanently rejected; those tenn
porarily physically or mentally unfit
to be temporarily rejected to be re-
examined each year until they reach
the age of 25. when they are perma-
nently assigned to the unorganized re-
serve: II in any year. during this
period they are found fit for service
they will be called out for training in
peace and service in war with the
class OF that year; those who are the
sole support of destitute dependents
Will be exempted for one year. and so
on from year to year. until they
reach the age Of 25. when their la
bility to training ceases and they are
assigned permanently to the unor-
ganized reserve II the last mentioned
cease to be the sole support of desti-
tute dependents before they reach the
age OF 25 they will be called out for
training and service with the class of
that year"
SERVICE IN TIME OF WAR.
Service In time OF war will be as
follows:
IAN non exempted physically and
mentally fit male citizens who have
their prescribed element IL
continuous training are liable
for service In the reserve as follows:
In the first reserve for four years
and one month In the second reserve
'or seven years; therefore until they
reach the age of 45 in the organized
reserves.
in case OF actual or threatened war
'irst and second reserves will be called
,ut In the order named together with
many permanent officers and enlisted
men OF the training forces: thereafter
,thers required would be called out
rom the unorganized reserves.
'All persons. commissioned. enlisted
,r enrolled at the outbreak OF war or
when war is imminent, may be re-
aimed In The service until the end of
he war or until danger Of war dis
lppcars.
Among those exempted in time of
var are those whose official civil
POSITIONS are indispensibly necessary
or conduct of the federal and state |
governments and for the prosecution |
4 the war.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
WARNING TO
ENGLAND OF
DANGER NOW
BEING FACED

London, Feb. 23.-"oravest measures
are nseessary, otherwise there will be
disaster" Premier Lloyd George de-
olared in the house Of commons today,
discussing tho shortage Of British ton.
mage.
"Thsre 10 . shortage Of tonnage NOT
only for ordinary needs, but for the
military necessities ~ well," the prime
minister declared.
more than q million tons of British
shipping has been assigned to France
a. its share. Tho gravsst measures
are neoessary, otherwise there will bs
disaster"
CALLED MEETING OF HOUSE.
The premier addressed q special
called meeting Of the house of COM
mons on the question Of restriction Of
imports. His speech had originally
been set for Tuesday but was postpon.
ed because. 1t was announced. inter-
changes between England and her al
lies on the subject matter had not been
completed.
The premier asserted that "enor.
nous sacrifices" will be required from
the British people to achieve a VIC
tory. Such sacrifices. he held. would
test the national grit"
ONLY ONE SURE MEANS.
"The government hopes to deal ef.
fectively with the submarine question"
he continued, but 1t follows that we
cannot rest on this hope. There is no
sure means to victory without hunting
submarines from the deep"
Lloyd George announced a minimum
wage OF rs shillings weekly to agricul-
tural laborers.
The premier also declared that a
guarantee OF certain minimum prices,
to be in force for some years, must be
made to farmers.
SHIPS FOR IRON ORE.
I'VE must find ships TO bear iron orc
at all costs. the premier asserted.
Continuing Lloyd George proposed
to dispense with all non essential i'm
ports, including timber.
In addition to timber. Lloyd George
announced that importations of toma-
toes and fruits would be prohibited.
At the outset of his speech the Brit
ish premier apologized to the house
for hts failure to appear yesterday,
when his speech was scheduled declar-
ing the postponement was made neces-
sary because he was then consulting
with French ministers over the prob
lem of restricting imports.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
FILIeUsTER IN CONGRESS.
AMERICAN SAILING
SHIP REPORTED AS
SUNK BY SUBMARINE

New York, Feb. "a cable
received this afternoon an
nouness the sinking of the
american sailing ship" Rose
Dorothy.
No Rose Oorthy 10 listed In
lloyd's however, but lioyd's in
London announced tho sinking
Of . Dorothy on Feb. 20. which
advicss from Canada stated was
believed to bs the "Ross poro-
thy" q vessel transferred to
British registry a year ago. The
report Of today may be another
vessel.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
ORLEANS MAKES
VOYAGE THROUGH
THE DANGER ZONE
First American Freighter to
Attempt to Run Blockade
Expected to Arrive at
Bordeaux Soon.

New York, Feb. 23.-The freighter
Orleans. one of the first American
ships to defy Germany's submarine
order, Is expected to reach Bordeaux
tonight or tomorrow. Word received
at the office of the Oriental Naviga-
tion company, owners of the ship, here
today convinced the officials that she
has made her voyage in safety.
At the office of the Kerr Steamship
company no word had been received
of the steamer Rochester, which sailed
with the Orleans on Feb. 10. Indica-
tions are, therefore, that the Orleans
had won the race which started from
Sandy Hook. and has gained what
German newspapers referred to as the
BLACK ribbon OF the sea"
CARRIED CoNTRABAND.
The Orleans is 5000 ton ship. com
manded by Captain Allen Tucker or
her crew Of 35 men. 33 are Americans
She carried contraband.
In her cargo were automobile trucks
and parts, contraband under the Ger
man Interpretation.
The Orleans only recently came un-
der American registry. Heretofore she
had been an Argentine vessel Her
sailing was delayed while papers trans
fcrring her TO this port were made out.
The Orleans did not conform to Ger
man instructions for American ships.
The American flag flew from her mast
and she had the Stars and Stripes
painted on her sides. otherwise there
was nothing to distinguish her.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
NoN.PARTISAN JUDICIARY
LAW IN IOWA WILL STAND

Des Moines. Ia. Feb. 23.-Repeai OF
the present Iowa non partisan judiciary
primary law was defeated in the state
senate today. The vote was 20 to 20
on the election committees report In
restoring nomination of both supreme
and district judges to political con-
ventions.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
U-BOAT WARFARE COSTS
THE LIFE OF CITIZEN
OF THE UNITED STATES.
Dispatch to State Depart
ment From American Con-
sui at Malta Tells of Kill
ing of Robert Allen Had
den.

Washington, Feb. 23.-
Robert Allen Hadden, Amer
lean missionary, was killed
when the French liner Athos
was sunk by a submarine 21O
miles east of Malta on Feb.
II, the state department an
nounced today.
This information reached
the state department in a
dispatch from Consul Keb-
linger at Malta.
Hadden was an American
Presbyterian minister and
was stationed at Foochow,
China. His American ad-
dress was given as the Mis-
sion board. The dispatch
read:
"Robert Allen Hadden, an
American Presbyterian min
lister, stationed at Foochow,
China, perished in the sub
marining Of the French liner
Athos, 21O miles east of
Malta on the 18th. Ameri-
can address given as care
mission board, Nashville,
Tenn"
Later it was stated at the
department that Consul
Keblfnger chad heard a rc-
port that there were troops
aboard the Athos.'
The ship is said to have
been torpedoed wi t h ou t
warning. The report said
the submarine bore neither
flag nor number.
TECHNICAL QUESTION.
The report of troops being aboard
the Athos. it was said at the depart
ment. raises the technical question as
to whether the troops were going to or
returning from the trenches: IL the
former. the ship would undoubtedly
be classed as n transport.
However. If the latter were the case.
1t was explained that 1t would then
have to be determined whether the
ship were u hospital boat or merely
taking soldiers back home for furlough.
In either such event. the department
stated, the governments attitude would
be that passengers who travel on a
ship carrying any soldiers at all would
be taking ian unnecessary risk.
The official text Of Keblinger's mes
sage was not given out but 1t IL known
to contain the information that Had
den's attempt to rescue several Chi
nese on board resulted In his death.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
TO PRESS SHIPS INTO
COASTWISE SERVICE
Plan Advanced by Chairman
of Shipping Board to Help
in Relieving the Situation
Food Embargo Resolu-
tion Introduced in Senate.

Washington, Feb. 3d.
An amendment to the reve-
nue. bill, empowering the
president to seize foodstuffs
"wrongfully held for the
purpose of unjustified in
crease in price" was intro
duced in the senate today by
Senator Lewis, administra-
tion whip.
The amendment is aimed
at the cold storage interests
which the federal trade COM
mission is known to hold
largely responsible for the
present food situation.
TO BE SOLD At ONCE.
The amendment provides that foods
thus confiscatcd are to be at once sold
by the federal government TO those
whose necessities are first to be re-
.ieyed."
Prices for re sale OF the foodstuff to
the needy are to be fixed by the gov
ernment and shall be limited to the
actual needs OF each purchaser.
FOR AN EMBARGO.
A final attempt to force a food en-
barge through congress was made in
the senate today when Senator Mar
tine New Jersey. offered resolution
prohibiting the expectation Of staple
food products.
In ar effo-t to get immediate re-
lief from the acute food situation in the
east, Chairman Denman OF the new
federal shipping board conferred with
ship owners on plan to press into
coastwise trade foreign vessels con-
structed or under construction to
American ship yards.
WHEAT STORED IN WEST.
II IL known that thousands Of bushels
of wheat are being held in storage in
Oregon. Washington and California by
reason OF the lack of proper shipping
facilities.
II is with the hope Of getting this
wheat into eastern markets that Dem
man suggested the plan to the presi-
dent.
Denman discussed with the presi-
sent pending legislation In congress
which gives the board the power to Sc
cure to the American flag those ships
now under construction In American
ship yards, which would otherwise sail
under the flag Of a foreign govern
ment.
II was learned that more than rs per
- Oh kal, l,,ilN s.nI
his country have been contracted for
BY foreign governments, principally |
ffsonfInaaAA nm Da - Tuso
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
BULLETINS
POLICY MAY BRING RELIEF.

POLICY MAY BRING RELIEF.
Washington, Feb. 23.-Immediate re-
lief from high prices Of certain food.
stuffs is bound to result from Eng.
land's latest move in curtailins her i'm.
ports Of mon essential staples" Off
ciaIs Of the commerce department told
the United Press today.
FILIeUsTER IN CONGRESS.
Washington, Feb. IA Republican
filibuster which started quietly enough
after q minority caucus, developed
such proportions in both houses this
afternoon as to cause grave fear by
Democratic leaders that an extra sss-
sion Of congress may bs unavoidable.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
HONOR FOR OREGON TROOPS.

Washington. Feb. 23.--The Eighth
company. coast artillery. Of the Ore
gon National Guard. established the
highest merit for 1915 target practice
Of the militia gun companies.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
BY Ed L. kEENE,

\SSo V'ess otaU NorreSponoont)
London, Feb. 23.-Face to
face with a menace of admit
ted gravity to her food sup
ply, through operation of the
German submarine warfare,
England has determined up
on the most drastic curtail-
ment of her imports.
All luxurles will be
banned. Non-essential sta
pies must make way for the
necessities of war.
Premier David Lloyd
G gorge announced such
sweeping steps in the house
of commons today.
The restrictive plans will
affect the very foundation of
British life. They will prac-
tically affect the dining table
of every British citizen.
CAN FACE ENEMYs WORST.
"If such a program Is carried out.
the premier promised his audience.
England can face the enemy's worst"
Food stocks are lowest In our re-
hour" declared. due to bad harvests
For the nations life increased produc-
ton is necessary.
The year before the war fifty mil
lions OF tons OF shipping entered Brit
ish ports.
ALLIES WANT SHIPS.
During the past year the total was
thirty million. This was due partly to
the allocate OF tonnage to our al
lies.
"Italy and France are begging for
more ships.
"A considerable portion Of our ton
mage has been sunk by submarines
turing the past 80 months. The ratio
has been increased during the past
'our or five months, ana this present
month. due to Germany's special ef-
forts to do her worst"
The premier did not mince his words
n declaring the nation must prepare
'or sacrifice.
ENORMOUS SACRIFICES.
Enormous sacrifices are required"
lie declared, testing the national grit.
rhe government hopes to deal effec-
lively with the submarine question
tut II does not follow that we should
est on this hope only.
There is no sure means to victory,
without hunting the submarines from
he deep"
RESTRICTIVE MEASURES.
The restrictive measures proposed by |
cngland's man of the hour and an
bounced to the house OF commons are
hese:
The board Of agriculture to receive |
'owers to enforce cultivation of food |
roducts.
Importation OF foreign tea. coffee
nd cocoa prohibited.
Importation OF canned salmon re-
uced by so per cent.
Paper imports to be reduced 640, 900
ons and a scheme of distribution made
or supplying the printing trade.
Importation Of timber banned
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
necan Missionary Killed When Liner Sunk by German Submarine
GERARD FEARS FOR HIS SAFETY AND MAY
ASK AMERICANS NOT TO SAIL WITH HIM

Z3Accorng what authenticated Abas
r Gerard has cab the state department Washington asking that
him home Unless such shall be
Gerard will Americans not sail with him. for he fears the boat which
passage would be made special Uboat argeti declared
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23
DRASTIC STEPS TO
.CURTAIL IMPORTS
OF GREAT BRITAIN
Restrictions, Affecting Very
Foundations of British
Life, Decided on to Meet
Situation Brought on by
Submarine Campaign.
WHAT BRITISH FARMERS
ARE TO GET UNDER NEW
FOOD RES1RICTION0.

Premier Lloyd George an
nounced these minimum prices
to be paid agriculturaIists:
1917-Wheat, $1.81 per BUSH
el; oats, $1.16 per hushei; pota-
toes, 78c . bushsl.
1918 and 1919-Whsat, $1.o6 .
bushel; oats, 97o q bushsl; po.
tatoes, 78e q bushsi.
1920 to 1923-Whsat, $1.3e per
bushe'; oats, 76o q bushsl; po-
tatoes, 79c q bushsl.
Minimum wage for farm lab
orers Of $6.25 Q week.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-23

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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09

charter as transports of the British Government.
 The success of the newest raid unique in naval history, is as much to the credit of the German Navy as it is a revelation of the incapability of the British fleet which, though i: knew since December 2nd, that a com merce raider had passed the pseudo blockade, has not been able to the moment of this writing to checN It's course of destruction.
 According to the British Admiralty reports and he stories :old by crews of the captured steamers, who were landed in south America, the raider is a vessel of some 5000 tons and pos sesses an armament of eight quick firing guns of medium calibre and four deck torpedo tubes She is also said to be equipped with mines. She may be assumed to carry four officers and
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09

Since the beginning of December the German sea gulls have been gorg- ing themselves from the rich fishing grounds of the Southern Atlantic. More than one hundred and fifty thousand tons of emeny shipping have been captured or destroyed. More than one hundred and fifty million dollars have been fed to those vora- cious German Moewes. Lloyd's Ship ping Agency have had to register as los: a ship per day. on account of the latest commerce destroyers during the past month which, including the submarine victims, is the blackest of all the black months experienced by the Allies on that score. Yet it should be remembered that, with all :hat. I.loyd's register is not complete; it has since long ceased to mention the losses sustained by the fleet of ves- sels that are in direct employ and
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09

men was not sincere.
 They are good. stalwart boys. There is much hn them to admire. They have behaved themselves well hero. The name of their home State has ben honored by them. The people of Brownsville regret to see them go away and at the same time are glad that these truly splendid guardsmen are to experience happyness by return ing to their homes after an experi- erce that was in some senses to most of them an ordeal.
 Would that these visitors might take home with them as pleasing and as memorable impression in that respect of Brownsville as :he people of Brownsville will always retain of them.
 May their experience on the border be of lasting good to them and to the country. May the ozone of he Texas prarie and the outdoor exercise that have toughened their muscles and bronzed their skins be lasting tonic to their physical constitutions.
 Brownsville wishes them bon voy- age.
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YESTERDAY, ToDAY-F0R EVER
 THE SPIRIT OF OLD VIRGINIA

moved To the border and began 70 pitch their tents.
 The people of Brownsville remem- bered the occasion as vividly, perhaps as the Virginia boys must. It was an impressive occasion and the most impressive circumstances connected with it was the fac: that .he men seemed to relish their adventure. It was a revelation-men willingly and enthusiastically giving up their com- fortable Pullman berths to launch forth into a veritable sea.
 These men are going back today to their homes. During the six months in which they have been on the bor- der not one circumstance has occur red and not one word, surely, has been uttered that would lead to the conclusion that the spirit evinced on the first day of the arrival of these
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09
BON VOYAGE VIRGiNIANS.

It was during a shower of rain, July
 last year, that the First Virginia national guard infantry, arrived at Brownsville. The word shower" is used as a euphonism. The sky of the southernmost point of the United States was pouring forth ram in de- pouring of water these volunteer sol diers from the Old Dominion State tumbled ou: of their berths in the Pullman coaches in which they were
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09

Old Virginians will be proud to read the following excerpt from the Brownsville Herald. It deals wlth the mobilization of the nationa! guard of the Old Dominion State for duty on the Mexican border when the call was issued last summer. It shows un- ostenta:iously, the spirit of America; the America of a hundred years ago; the America of to-day.
 Away in Old Virginia to-day these boys are assembled again in answer to the Gall to Arms" It may be for the Mexican border 1t may be for the Franco Belgian line, it may be for Mesopotamia. i: matters not to them. Wherever they go they will uphold the honor and traditions of their State and Country as they did m Texas as voiced In the Brownsville Herald. We'er proud of you Boys of Virginia.
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' FAThERL AND" GIVES VERSION OF
 SOUTH ATLANTIC RAIDER

q crew of some TWO hundred men.
 If we take account of the distance covered, the new Moewe will have left her home port on about November 26. Travelling at speed of ten or twelve
 miles she would have passed between
 the Faro Islands and Iceland in the first days of December. The British give her location on December End as 59 1-2 degrees north and 13 degrees west. She began her activities about the 4th Of December by searching the Belgian relief vessel Samland which she allowed to pass. This happened at 5l degrees north of the west coast of
 Ireland. By taking from there Southerly course she must have been
 in the main route to the British Isles in :he second week in December. The first British warning was given
 on December 9th, just in time to be | useful. For even if Moewe 2nd could not decipher the warning it may be otlltlA lS5ullitu AIidl Ollt pl lIit OlhCE l of the trading captains, by asking | questions about size or looks of the
 raider, about :he possibility of secur- 1 ing convoy. and so forth, rendered
 himself very helpful 10 the raider.
 The faco that the Moewe End suc- ceeded in reaching the ocean is not So wonderful seeing that the short and
 misty winter days facilitate the pas sage through the leaky barrier which
 is supposed to shut off the German
 waters. But that the Allies, with their hundreds of men, of war and auxiliary
 ships of superior speed, are not able to control the gateway from the North to the South Atlantic--a stretch of only 1,600 miles-would seem to throw very significant light on their naval strategy. If from the start they would
 have taken the initiative, they would
 surely have been able to guard their own traffic or to so defect 1t that the prey would have stopped the German
 rover, if the latter would not have actually been bagged. We come again to our old conclusions that the Eng fish. though numerally superior in ships, are not match for German cleverness and energy.
 What is the matter with the Brit
 ish fleet? Don't they consider 1t worth while risking q cruiser or two to save a hundred million dollars as | we'll as their crumbling prestage? | The posse of ten ships, fast cruisers
 and auxiliaries, whose names are
 mentioned in neutral reports, can a.
 best cover an area of a hundred miles
 and that with little prospect of suc-
 cess. How can the British Admiralty
 expect to maintain or create confi-
 dence in shipping circles with such
 inadequate display of the British navy? The entire fleet of Brtian's
 numerous cruisers should have gone
 out Great Britian and France should
 have combined ia powerful action
 to establish their claim to the rule of
 the seas. That is what their people demand
 | But let us examine whether the al-
 lies are able to do that. We think
 they are not. To begin with, they
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In the Dakotas, in Texas, in Oregon and throughout the United States these. guardsmen are assembling as they did at Brownsville nine months ago ito do or to die" It is the spirit of America which has always carried us through and which always will
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09

Tor first class work and prompt de- livery phone Main 151 and the Pco- pil's laundry will send and get your laundry. w. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.