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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
GERMAN SOCIALISTS
DEMAND REPUBLIC
lEoEsoua TELLS EEicHSTho
REVOLUTION WILL TAKE PLACE
UNI Ess DEMANDS ARE MET.
sernpa~ Chancellor 5luntly Refuses TO
Enter into Discussion Of osrmsny's
War Aims ss Demanded ~
the Socialists.

Berlin The socialist header. George
Isc6ssopr. declared Ia Tho reichstag on
MAY n that Il was impossible for Gar.
many to ~in war Of suhiugnilon and
expressed The conviction that a revoiu-
zion muet happen IN Germany a. it
had happened 10 Russia.
We shall propose constitutional
cofumltsee.~ be said, 10 take preparn-
tory steps IN the direction Of lntroduc'
ing republic ia Germany"
In one of the most Vigorous and
plain spoken spcrchr- he has yet made
before the regch=ing since the outbreak
IT the war. the German chancellor on
May IS bluntly refused 60 enter into
discussion OF Gerluanys war aims as
deTnandcd In Interpretations BY the
conservatives and socialists.
Or. Won BethmanD. flollweg asserted
shat these called for the governments
specific peace program. the announce
nens Of which would nj the present
time no, only be premature but which
&c would he difficult 10 formulate, and
also ~ no practical service TO the ma
tlon IN the present slinntlon.
While apprceiating the passionate
desire OF sll classes 20 know the goY.
ernmeus's vlewss The chancellor plainly
declared that be would nor permit him
self 10 be s~ayrd by pressure from any
source. and that he WIS not under the
spell ~ any party Or clique. The best
Interests OF the nation. he believed, De
fnnnsis,i that the rcficcnce he had i'm.
posed npon himself ia the face 81 con
tinuons clamor since December, 1913,
sheuld h. observed by him until the
moment was ripe. He was sure that
snch q course would be Endorsed By the
satioa at large. which continued 10
rally around tls emperor and also
would meet the views 81 the majority
at the members of the reichstag.
The chancellor thea briefly reviewed
the preseai military situation and Ger.
nany's relations 60 the nenirais In
the course OF which ne warmly praised
the attitude adopted hy spain.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
TEDDY MAY LEAD TROOPS.

May Be Given Chance to Take Men
to France.
Washington The way was cleared
In Congress on May ~ for Colonel
Roosevelt, II he is given authorization
by the administration. TO raise a d.
vision OF volunteers for service in
France.
Reversing Its previous action and
overriding the conference committee
on the army draft bill. the hosse voted,
215 to i7S. to empower the president
to extend authority for recruiting such
"A division. This sent the army bill
back to conference. but the senate al
ready had adopted similar authoriza-
ton during original consideration of
the measure and It's conferees are ex-
pected TO agree quickly to II now.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
ITALIANS DESTROY
AUSTRIAN U-B0ATS
THIRTEEN SUBMARINES PUT OUT
OF BUSINESS IN THE ApHiA III
DURING THE PAST WEEN-
Allies Making Roadway In Operations
Against Warfare on ShipPins'
Germans Admitting Loss OF
Number of Submarines

Washington. to the ltailan-
embassy here on May II announced
that thirteen Austrian submarines hao
been sunk In the Adratic by ltiiilah
patrols during the previous week. Inc
same dispatches, giving no date say
that for the fourth time in a year the
Italian destroyers have penetrated the
fortified port of Durazzo, sinking Tour
transports loaded with provisions anu
ammunition. The destroyers returned
unscratched.
The increasing efficiency OF the al
lies in submarine destruction was rec
ognized in a speech by the German sec
rotary of the navy in the reichstag on
May 10. Official accounts OF the
speech reaching here report the Ger
man secretary as saying that wmie
the submarine warfare had achieved
far greater results than was expected
a certain number of submarines hau
been lost as the result of improved
means of destruction devised by the
allies.
Both French and British statistics
on submarine sinking during the last
week show a certain Improvement III
the situation, says Marcel Hutin,
usually well informed writer on the
subject He adds:
Il understand that our means OF
fighting submarines is increasing daily,
and without giving details l can say
that the number of submarines put out
of action in the last few days has risen
in very satisfactory manner"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
BRINGING ARMY Up
TO WAR STRENGTH
ORDERS ARE GIVEN TO CONVERT
EACH BATTALION INTO
FULL REGIMENT.
Over Sixty-seven Thousand hien Ac-
cepted Since April I, and Full
Number viii Have Been En-
rolled Before June IS.

Washlngton.-Ord to bring The
regular army to its full war strength
of $4,000 men were announced by the
war department on May IA. Organi-
cation of forty-four new regiments will
begin at once, with further efforts
to stimulate recruiting and bring in
the 116, 455 men needed to fill up the
ranks.
Since April i, 67.443 men have been
accepted and officials are confident
that the full number will have been en-
rolled as wartime volunteers before
June 10.
Expansion of the army will be ac-
complished by converting each exist
Ing battalion into full regiment.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
SHIP BUILDING BEGUN.
Contract Let for Eight of Thousand
Ships to be Built.

Washington.-Sign of the first.
contract for ship construction under
the Administrations billion dollar build
ing program was announced Sunday
by the federal shipping board The
contract went to the Los Angeles
Shipbuilding & Dry Dock company,
and called for delivery in 1913 of eight
steel vessels, each to carry $500 tons
of cargo.
The shipping board plans to have
built within the next eighteen months
at least 1000 ships, steel and wood, of
more than 100000 aggregate tonnage,
to combat the German submarine cam
paign. Bills to be introduced in con-
gress this week call for an initial APP
preparation of $500, 100000.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
MURDER CHARGE FOR MINISTER
Accused of Killing Six People in
Iowa in 1912.

Red Oak. Ia.--Rev. George ]. Kelly
IN March u. surrendered to authorities
here and was placed in county Jail TO
await trial on q charge of first degree
murder in connection with the willis
ca AK murder" in 1912, when six MEM
bers of the Moore family and two yisi-
tors were murdered at the Moore home.
At the time of the crime, Mr.. Kelly is
said to have been in charge Of Il parish
near Yillisca. Since then he has been
located at various points in Missouri,
Iowa and Illinois.
County Attorney Oscar Wenstrand,
to whom Kelly surrendered, would not
disclose the nature of the evidence, but
said warrant for the minister's ar
rest had been issued following the re
cent prolonged investigation of the
murders by u grand jury here.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
viviani Visits Divine Sarah.

New York.-Rene Viviani, head of
the French mission now in this coun-
try, on Friday paid visit to his IA
Bernhardt, who is convalescing after
an operation. When he left the ac-
tress' room after a ten-minute CONVEX
sation his face was wreathed in smiles.
Nine. Bernhardt expressed her de-
light over his visit ana seemed great
~ cheered.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
MIners Aeeept compromlse.

Cleariieid, pa.--AH probability OF a
strike OF more than 5000 bitumlnous
coal miners In the central Pennsyl-
vanst field was ended Monday by the
ratification by representatives Of the
operators association and of district
No. ?. United Mine Workers OF Ameri-
ca. OF the compromise effected at a
conference In Washington last week by
Secretary of Labor Wilson. The com
promise agreement includes wage In
crease Of 20 per cent.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
JOSEPH X. cHoATE DEAD.
Former United States Ambassador 10
Great Britain Expires Suddenly.

New York.-Joseph II. Choate, for
mer United States ambassador to
Great Britain. died at II 80 o'clock
Monday night NJ bis home In this city.
Mr.. Choate had been M only since
this morning. He had taken very
active part In the entertainment In
this city OF the British and French
war missions and attended services at
the Cathedral OF st. John the Divine
with Foreign Minister Balfour Sunday
morning.
Mr.. Choafc was referred 10 by May
or Mitchell al one Of the entertainments
In honor of the war missions ms the
foremost citizens OF New York"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
PRISONERS FORCED TO FIGHT
War captives Compelled to Serve in
kaiser's Army.

London.-Herr Kunert, a socialist
member of the reichstag, at the sitting
on Friday, according to a Reuter- dis
patch from Amsterdam which quotes
the Norddeutsche All Gemeine Zeitung,
questioned the government about the
incorporation of foreigners into the
Germany army. He declared the for
eignerS in this category included North
American citizens who had been pro
vided with official identification pap
ers. Herr Kunert asked what the
chancellor contemplated doing in con-
nection with this subject
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
psrA,s HEADS FRENCH ARMY.
10 the Man Expected by Freuehren 10
Win Decisive Success-

Paris. General Peiain WAS appoint.
cd as e1nmanderin-ehief ~ the French
armies operating On the French front
81 enbsnct meeting on May 10.
General Fetain. who was q retired
colonel az the outbreak Of the war. IS
the nms TO whom many Frenchmen
have been booking for the initiative
which would wln decisive sHcces> on
Ne French front. 70 him more flnn
to any oshar commander now ia active
ss'rvlce with the French the legend OF
sncccsss attaches He became popu-
iar hero ard the Idol 81 The soldiers
for BIS csfcnee OF Nersiun.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
MORE LlFEBoATs ORDERED.

All American Ships Must Provide Ac-
Communications for All on Board.
Washington.-TO further reduce sub
marine risk drastic changes were or
dered on May L, in the present life
boat regulations. The notifications
We're made by the department of com
merce on reports showing that only
two Americans aboard torpedoed ships
have lost their lives by guniire or tor
pedo explosions, and that all others
were drowned or died of exposure.
Hereafter all American steam YES
sells entering the war zone must carry
enough lifeboats to accommodate every
person aboard and in addition must
have enough life RATS for % per cent.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
Soldiers Against Separate Peace.

Petrograd.-The council OF soldiers
and workmen's deputies has issued an
appeal 10 the army In which 1t declares
that German imperialism is seeking TO
destroy revolutionary Russia and en-
slave the Russian people. II appeals 10
the soldiers TO defend Russia with all
their power and declares that sep
arate peace IN impossible.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18

London proposal that the thou
sands OF Americans serving with the
British forces should be formed into
q emit to fight under the American flag
80 Frasee is understood 10 be the sub
jecz Of conversation between the Bal
four rmnisSion and the United States
gDserssssnt
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
TRADING Stamp LOSING Out.

New York.-In sections of the city
where the trading stamp was popular
before the advent of war prices, the
onion and potato have been substi-
tuted. In the Ridgewood section of
Brooklyn small potato or onion is
given with each 10-cent purchase.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
McAdoo Boosts for War Fund.

Washington.--Secre McAdoo viii
make tour of the middle west. be-
ginning May II at Chicago and going
as far west as Denver, to bring home
To the middle west the need of unani-
nous cooperation with the govern
ment in making the Liberty loan more
than success.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
SPECTATORS Fighting Food Control.

that lobby Of food gamblers, some
of them men of immense wealth" al
ready is at work IN Washington seek
ing 10 defeat the administration food
control bills. were made Friday in a
formal statement by Assistant Secre-
tary vrooman Of the department of
agriculture.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18

Aasbiogtnn. The senate GA May IS
ssssed the house hili increasing the
sniisted strength OF the navy 70 i5o.-
osDo ueu that Of the marine corps 70
5000 pen, and granting Increases Ia
par 10 the nayy's enlisted personnel
equal 10 those provided for the army
fors~e~
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18

Washington. broad presidential au-
fhorits over transportation. including
power - determine what commodities
shall be given preference in the move
n,ent az freight. WAS asked Of congress
Tuesday ~ President Wilson with the
plea that -the exercise OF such anthofi-
8 has hecome lsuperauyely necessary.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
Foresee Ruin in War Time.

Washington.-The wartime tax sche-
dulles OF the $500. 10000 revenue bill
were attacked as threatening the life
OF many industries by score of wit,
nesses Saturday before the senate
finance committee
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
First Chaser Launched.

Washington.-The first boat of the
navy's fleet of submarine chasers has
just been launched, IL has been an
nounced.. and the second will be
launched In few days.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
Wilson Encourages sunragists.

Washington. - President Wilson
pleased committee of women sUf-
frage advocates who called on him
AT the White House on April II by
saying that his mind was TO let" on
the question OF universal suffrage By
federal constitutional amendment and
that the question was constantly on his
MUD for reconsideration.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
German Newspapers to Suspend.

Amsterdam. = German newspapers
say the Berlin government admits its
inability TO augment the supplies OF
print paper and that many journals
must cease publication. Other news
papers will publish one or two editions
weekly.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
LYMAN Loses AppeaI.

San Francisco.-'Dr." j. Grant Ly-
man, convicted In Los Angeles in 1913
on charge of using the mails to de-
fraud in the sale of Panama lands, lost
his appeal in the United States circuit
court of appeals here.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18

Washington. --conferees Of senate
and houss agreed upon the bin on May
II. dscsaing TO retain the senate
ernsncnsnt. under which Colonel
Roosevelt pasy be authorized to raise
NOT more than four divisions OF In
fanfry FOR service In France.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18

Lcnds~. The report II The weeks
.oSzes tisroagh suhasArines. issued Mny
sc. II she most favorable Ia several
sses,kx The nuinher Of ships torpedo.~i
VAS ~eH Ds,'ow the ayersge white the
sunbsz 1 SHIPS e~enping attack wa~
tsry nrEe
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18

San Military necessity"
ran line Of railroad track across pri-
vate property and connected the Pre-
sidio Of San Francisco With all rail
and water terminals In San Francisco
On SUNDAY.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
Russians Want Peace Conference.

Petrograd.-An appeal to the peo-
pies Of the world concerning the cali
Ing of peace conference in a neutral
country will be published Immediately
by the council of soldiers and working.
mems delegates.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
viIlist.. Threaten Border Town.

Preside, Textile port Of Ojinaga.
Mex, opposite here, was closed Sat
urday because of a rumor that villa in
tended to attack the town. The wife
OF the garrison commander crossed
TO the American side of the boundary.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18

New YorkIn manufacturing there
can be firsie apprehension a. 10 pro-
cucsioa. bat the food problem Is a
serious eae. IN the opinion OF Col
George rope president Of the National
-Asssociatioa u Manufactures. which is
holding sts nnEual meeting here.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18

Philadelphla.-Alan Seeger. the
young American poet. killed himself
with bullet from his own pistol, after
he was wounded In a charge Of this
Foreign Legion IN France.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18
Gives Warming to Strikers.

London.-The government issued
grave warning to munitions workers
on May II, saying that 1t can nos per-
NIT strikes to continue and aggravate
the delay in the production Of NUM-
lions.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-18

San Franeisca,---Leon H. Douglass.
millionaire grapbophone inventor OF
San Rafael. admitted Saturday that he
had discovered mechanical device
which be believed would solve the sub
marine problem.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-25

the Illinois Steel company spent one mil
lion dollars on its docks that it might save
forty-five minutes unloading each steamer.
They will spend thousands of dollars to save
cents, provided they think the saving will
continue and, at South Chicago and Gary
they are now coming millions out OF tho
stuff that only few years ago floated away
on the air. The gas from these furnaces
formerly went to waste Today it is saved,
and used for heating the stoves which fur
nish the blast and for running the machinery
OF whole plant. 1t goes to the boilers,
where it generates steam andto gas engines
which are used for blowing air and gener-
ating electric power In one station at the
Illinois steel plants | saw 5000 horsepower
created in this way, and Invent through
large rooms where dynamos were running
through the waste gas of the furnace
One Of the latest things in gas saving is
washing this gas from the smelling in order
that iron dust in it may be saved and melted
over again. In this process the gas is
passed through water which washes it, the
iron dust falling to the bottom in the form
of flour 1t is too fine to be smelted but
IL IS put ftHi OuSH processes WlllSH idHSlolih
it to Jumps the size of a peanut or larger
These nuts can then be turned back into
the furnaces, and made into steel
One of the great problems Of steelmak
ing has been the waste which has passed off
into Stag or refuse Of the furnaces Until
recently this has all gone to waste and you
may see great mountains of it still lying
about the iron works in different parts of
the country. During my stay at Birming-
ham l saw them using this Stag for making
building brick and sulphate of ammonia.
The latter is an excellent fertilizer, and the
president OF the steel plant there told me
{ it has become valuable by-product. Here
at the foot of Lake Michigan the steel
plants use their Stag for making cement and
this has been done at other plants Of the
United States Steel corporation. The Stag,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-25
MAKING STEEL FOR THE WAR

this to the height of eighty feet and drops
it into the furnace. 1t requires two tons of
ore for each charge. The limestone and
coke go the same way, and the furnace is
practically filled with the aid of one man.
The handling of the iron and Stag as they
come from the furnace is largely done by
machinery, and iron, steel and electricity do
most of the work.
Steel making is rapidly becoming an ex-
act science and everything is tested by
chemical and physical analysis. The ore is
analysed when it comes from the mine, and
it is analysed again at the furnaces. The
limestone is analysed and so is the coke,
and when the pig iron flows forth a sample
is taken from every forty-ton lade and car
ried away to the laboratory to see that it is
exactly right for the making OF steel. There
are more than one hundred chemists at
Gary alone, and there is practically an equal
number at South Chicago. Their work goes
on day and night and they aid in the expert.
ments made for saving the waste as well
as to the lettering of the steel
Few people realize how closely the great
industrial plants of today watch the pen
MES, and how much they will spend to save
a fraction of cent in process. Last year
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-25
How One Million Work
men and Four Billions
Of Money Are Fighting
the Germans.

amounts to about one hundred million cubic
feet every twenty-four hours. This is run
through by-product plant which takes out
of the gas vast quantities OF ammonia
liquor and the ammonia sulphate which IS
now being used to increase our food supply.
From this same gas also comes benzol,
which has many of the properties of gaso-
line, and is used largely in the industrial
arts. 1t furnishes also a certain percentage
of taluol, powerful explosive which is now
used on the battlefelds of Europe and also
tar and Napthalene. Indeed, of all that goes
into the coke plant today practically moth
ing is lost The meat packers claim to save
all of the hog but the squeal. The steel
makers are now saving almost every bit OF
the raw materials, except the noise and
shrek of the engines, and in the electric
work of today, that seems to have almost
disappeared. "
AS it is now, they have here at Gary 500
of these great by-product ovens, and they
expect to increase this number to 7OO so
many that it will require IL, 500 tons of coal
per day to operate them. In the past the
coal went into the beehive oven in lump.
1t is now crushed to powder or flour, SO
: fine that the grains will pass through
mesh of 90 holes to the inch. After crush
ing it is carried into the furnaces by convey
ors and it drops automatically into the oven
When the oven is full it is so sealed that it
is impossible for the air to get in or the gas
to get out 1t is then in huge steel box,
about which blazing heat of 1900 degrees
Fahrenheit plays. 1t takes this heat to re-
lease the gases of which the by-products are
made, and to transform the coal to coke of
just the right quality for the making Of
steel.
And now let me tell you something about
the soldiers of this great branch of Our in
dustral army AS | have said, there are
more than million iron and steel makers
now in the ranks and they are among the
most efficient OF our troops here at home.
There are more than 100000 men in the
employ of the United States Steel Corpora
ton alone and here at the foot of Lake
Michigan they have twenty or thirty thou
sand working away in the plants have de-
scribed A large number of the men arc
foreigners, many being Russians and Poles.
They are nearly all patriots, and they are
subscribing literally to the Red Cross funds
and the liberty bonds. When the Y. M c.
A. raised its first war fund of $3,00O,000,
$4,000 was expected from South Chicago.
The matter was brought before the en-
ploves OF the Illinois Steel company there,
and it was suggested that each of them give
the pay of one hour month for the term of
eight months. Nearly every employee prom
ised to do this, and the result was that they
raised $4,000 instead of $4,000. The $4,000
employees of Gary have also done more than
their share, and this is true of nearly every
branch OF steel workers all over thescou
try.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER