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The Washington herald., 1917-09-18
Definite Decision Today.

Definite Decision Today.
The District Commissioners meet to-
day to decide the question and it is
practically certain that Gen. Crow
der's recommendations will be adopt
ed by an overwhelming majority of
the States chief executives.
Gen Crowder points out that local
boards are now accustomed to the
work. and that by continuing in the
task less confusion would result wlcn
the President issues a call for an
other .iraft army. He says further
that IL the whole list is examined
it may be possible TO arrange the order
of liability in accordance with the de-
gree Of availability and thus make
the draft more truly selective. This
cannot be done unless the whole list
is examined"
The full text of the notice follows
ITO evolve the first quota of 6SI 900
men, II is estimated that approximate
ly 100000 reSistrants have been ex-
amined. The remaining 100000 are
naturally in a state of unrest. All
are subject to call, and none knows
whether he may be taken or when.
They find employment difficult ana
they hesitate to embark Upon any en-
terprise that requires their continued
presence. This state of rrecdrious
equilibrium is bad for them, and bad
for the repose of the public mind.
These men should be examined as
socn as possible"
No More "BrenthIess" Work.
1--WE should never again attempt the
breathless schedule we have just com
pleted. BY the time the second call is
made we should have a list of avail
ables ready to fill at once"
IF the whole list is examined. 1t
may be possible to arrange the order
of liability in accordance with the de-
gree of availability and thus make
the draft more truly selective. This
cannot be done unless the whole list
is examined"
Lastly. our boards are now trained,
tried and instructed. This system is
efficient and to allow it to lapse into
disuse. even for a few months, would
destroy 1t. We must avoid this. For
this reason it Is proposed to proceed
In an unhurried manner that will per-
nit board members to attend to their
private business and still! examine the
whole list of registrants.
Personal Advice Asked.
The Secretary OF War desires your
advice on the proposal. With some
nonessential changes of method it Is
believed that the amount OF work car
The Washington herald., 1917-09-18
HUN AIRMEN DESTROY
u. S. CONSULAR AGENCY
Building in Dunkirk. France. Is Tar
get of Aviators.

Destruction of the American Con-
suIar Agency at Dunkirk, France.
by a German bomb September I. was
reported yesterday to the State De-
partment- The consular agent, Ben
jamin Morel. was uninjured and the
archives were saved.
1t is assumed the bomb had been
dropped from a German airplane.
Earlier in the war, however. Dun
kirk was bombarded from a distance
of about twenty miles by a huge
German gun which had been brought
TO bear on the city
The Washington herald., 1917-09-18
FINANCIER GETS DIVORCE.

SYRACUSE, \. Y, Sept. 17-William
H. Colebrook, jr.. miner, cement man
ufacturer and bank director, was to-
day granted divorce from Mrs.
Laura Co,ebrook. social leader and
philanthropist. Edward Murnane, Chi
caso interior decorator. was named as
correspondent. According to the evi-
dence. Mrs. Colebrook is said to have
kicked her husband out of bed and
declared "she loved only Eddie"
The Washington herald., 1917-09-18

Construction nt standstiII.
Strike riots and disorders in which
fifteen persons received injuries and
thirty rioters were arrested, con-
tinued throughout the day following
the walkout of 5000 iron workers and
shipbuilders which brought work to
standstill on more than sl50, 200. .Oc
of naval and merchant-vessel con-
struction for the government. The
strike is characterized as the most
extensive in the history of the Pa
cific Coast.
Full details OF the strike and the
demands Of the twenty-five unions In
volved for higher wages have been
reported to Washington. The employ
ers have placed the issue squarely up
to the Federal officials, closing down
their plants and making no attempt
to operate while they await govern
ment action.
The strikers. most of them skilled
mechanics. started quitting work at
3 o'clock this morning when the lo.-
900 iron workers in the Oakland and
San Francisco plants of the Union
Iron Works laid down their tools
The strike spread rapidly until every
shipyard In the bay district was closed
down and more than 100 factories. ma
chine shops. automobile concerns and
other plants affected.
$50 to Join Today.
Late this afternoon 1t was an
nounced that $50 employees of Hal
& Scott woud join the strike to-
morrow. The company is engaged
plane motors.
No demonstrations took place in
connection with the iron workers
walk-out against their employers
but when the thousands of strikers
left their work and spread through
out the city the worst rioting and
disorders took place in connection
with the strike of street car men.
Fifteen separate riots took place
during the day and as many
smaller disturbances. in which cars
were stoned, nonunion motormer
and conductors dragged from the
platforms. and passengers. includ-
ing women. injured and cars dis.
abled. The police charged the
striking iron works with the re-
sponsibility for the disorder. Ter
rioters were arrested in one place
when the mob attacked a car.
Employers in the iron trades anC
shipbuilding industry charged thai
the strike of their men was largely
prompted by sympathy for thu
striking street car men.
In a statement issued by the iror
trades council from union head
quarters tonight this charge wa!
emphatically denied. The state
ment claims that the employer
are getting all war profits, while
all the men ask is a wage suffi'
cient to maintain their families IL
decent comfort"
At final conference Of both sides
today's statement saidt the union'
The Washington herald., 1917-09-18
One German Newspaper
Foresees End of the War

Amsterdam. Sept TT hope the
war will be terminated this year
Chancellor Michaoiis is quoted by Ger
man newspapers as having said at
Stuttgart a few days aso. The NOr-
Waerts. the Gernan Socialist organ.
concludes from this utterance that the
chancellor has definite :acts" upon
which TO base his hope. Che raPer
warns, however. against undLe op;i-
mism, saying it is just as dangerous
as pessimism.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-18
Coal Strike Ended.

Springfield. III, Sept. T-Coal mines,
manufacturing plants and industries
generally resumed operations today,
when 5000 workers. idle last week Jc-
cause of a sympathetic strike, r.-
turned to work. The decision to Sc
back was reached after unionists had
been permitted TO parade through the
.ity streets yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-18
rifle DEBATE
Heats London
Socialist Bitterly Attacks
So-called Manufacturers
Unpatriotic Profits.

The people will be confronted al
the end of the war. justly or un-
justly. with the greatest scandal in
the history OF this republic"
This declaration yesterday uttered
! in the House of Representatives by
Representative Meyer London, n. Y.
Socialist, came as the climax to a
bitter debate of an hour over profits
to which rifle makers are entitled.
Representative London who had sat
!. through a Republican-D me ocrat t
wranSle over giving the rifle makers
six per cent on investment, ten per
cent profit. and an allowance for de-
probation, made the prediction.
Chairman Fitzgerald. of the Ap-
propriations Committee. in charge of
the S,7S5, 10000 urgent deficiencies
bill, tried to shut off the debate and
| push the bill to passage. He COM
planned that the House should pay no
attention to scandal monsers unless
the scandal mongers could make a
case. Rumors should not efect the
House, he said.
London Predicts "Pestering,"
These idle rumors." declared Lon
don, of which the distinguished
ehairmzFrY has complained, will come
oack again and again to pester and
annoy the administration. The diff
ficulty with the situation seems to
be that the business world has in
terpreted the slogan OF the President
that profits and patriotism should
not be mentioned together, in its
own way. The business world SAYS
that wherever patriotism and profits
come in contact, patriotism must give
way. Business exists for profits and
the business men in most cases will
be selfish"
Uncle Joe" Cannon interrupted:
Many people in the country are
engaged in striking for better wages.
many of them engaged in striking
for recognition of the union. Does
the gentlemen call these people busi-
ness men or patriotic mem"
London answered that the man who
strikes for a living wage cannot be
compared with the man who. MAX
I ing a s1,0oo,O00 profit. strikes for
100000. He then went on to pre-
dict the government will be forced to
SSA@C anu OpSid ate LhOihliOIS pidllS.
Rifle Problem Paramount.
! No matter what amendment came
up. however, representatives were
constantly recurring to the rifle prob
lem and the rifle contracts. Repre-
sentative SABBATH, of Chicago, a
| Democrat, echoed the sentiments of
the Socialist London. If it was not
possible to make contracts somewhat
advantageous to the government, he
said, the government should take the
same step in regard to the rife max
ers that it had taken with the steel
producers, literally, a form of COM
Wandering.
Representative Dallinger. of Bos-
/ ton, Republican, made the fight on
! the rifle contracts n three-party af-
fair by denouncing them as ruinous
to the labor market and the treasury
, alike. BLOOD money" was what he
called the 10 per cent profit.
Because the only way in which the
governments position in the rifle
deal can be improved is by COM
Wandering and thus terminating the
contracts. further insistence on COM
Wandering is expected today. 1t was
predicted late yesterday that IL the
House does not move on the rifle
question, the Senate will when the
urgent DEFICIENCIES measure reaches 1t.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-18
Euery Registered Man
Will Soon Be Summoned
To Determine Fitness

Every man registered for the draft will be called for physical
examination regardless of his position the list, according the
present plans of the provost marshal general
This that local boards will continue examine all of
the 100000 who registered June unless informal
of the governors States decides that
The Washington herald., 1917-09-18
Cardinal to Have Honor Roll.

Boston. Sept. 1I.-Cardinal o'Connell
has requested pastors of all Catholic
churches in the Boston archdiocese
TO compile lists of al, Catnulic men
who join the coiors in any branch of
the national service. These Fists he
will preserve as roll Of homer.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-18
|SOLON REBUKES
Weak MINISTER
Borland Requests Mislead
Constituent to Sow
Patriotic Seeds.

4 IT this country is good enough to
live in 1t is good enough to defend"
This was the answer Representative
Borland, of Missouri, made yesterday
to a constituent who wrote asking
that his son be assigned to army duty
In this country.
Mr.. Boland requested his correspon-
dent, Rev. J. Sauer. a Kansas City
minister, to read his answer from his
pulpit. He made this request because
the letter Of Mr.. Sauer clearly showed
the effects of the anti-war and pro-
German propaganda which has al
ready been reported as spreading wide
ly and skillfully through the wheat
and corn belts in an endeavor TO make
the war unpopular.
Rev. Mr.. Sauer wrote that the far
mers have been told that soldiers weep
and mutiny when ordered to France.
that more than 10 have been killed In
fights with their officers. that one
rumor reports a transport sunk with
! loss of 600 American soldiers, and
that another report tells Of the sink
ing OF sevepteen transports.
Recognize Hun HandIwork.
All of these reports were rec
ognized by War Department and Sc
cret Service officials as the product
or the propaganda OF gossip which
German agents and possibly certain
4 hGNsa 1.aW.
ing through these agricultural COM
lnunities.
! Stories have reached the Depart
ment Of Justice during the last sew
eral weeks Of well dressed and well
equipped motorists who stop and talk
with farmers and tell them these
false things about the war. Agents
! Of the department have been hot on
the trail of several of these motoring
! parties. but so far as can be learned
i last night. have not yet rounded any
up. The motorists take advantage of
goggles and wells to disguise them
/ selves when talking with the farm
ers, and evidently have facilities for
frequently changing their cars.
Herbert Hoover. the Food Admin
| istrator, has learned of this propa-
ganda and only last Saturday stated
/ that only where 1t had been Oh
served was there any tendency on
: the farmers to withhold their crops
or refuse to cooperate with the Food
! Administration.
Would Use Influence.
Young Sauer enlisted in the Guard.
expecting quartermaster service, in
/ this country. Learning his son was
| billed for France. the Rev. Mr.. Sauer
/ wrote 80 BorIand asking him to use
/ his Influence to have the boy trans
ferred to duty 2t home.
| For your private information,
wrote the minister. 81 give you a
| few facts. / wrote twenty farmers
in Cass County this week. Nineteen
| of them are opposed TO sending SOL
Gicrs TO foreign countries. Reports
from the Eas insist regular soldiers
have TO be forceo 10 embark for
France. quite a number obey only
with tears. They have even beer
fighting their officers. with the result
of 80 killed.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-18
IT, S. Marines Are Landed
To QueH 28,OO Strikers
Who Hold Up Vital Work
Fifteen Injured and Thirty Arrested in Riot
ing in San Francisco, Where "Greatest
Strike" Is On.
nx International New. seryIc..l

San Francisco Sept VA company of United States marines
w landed this afternoon at the Union Iron Works DOCKS where
600 men went on strike today 1t reported another has
ordered Mare Island the plant and that the government
will take similar action protect the shbudns plants at other bay
The Washington herald., 1917-09-18
AWAIT ANOTHER
MOVE BY Pope
Diplomats Expect Pontif to
Consider Replies Before
UrgingPeaceAga


Washington does not expect a fur
ther note from the Pope, following
the Vitican's receipt of the German
peace terms. for many days. possibly
weeks.
1t has been indicated in authorita-
tive quarters here that Pope Benedict
will make the most careful study and
comparison Of the German terms
alongside the letter Of President Will
son, before he essays a further ex-
preston to the world. His effort
will be, 1t is believed, to find COM
mon ground or grounds that can be
made common in the two documents,
upon which to go on with peace con-
versa tions.
Speculation in Washington last
night was chiefly concerned over the
lengths to which the Pope will feel
inclined to go in guaranteeing the Of
sketch of the German terms had
been received here and comment was
accordingly very guarded.
But 1t is generally believed that the
Teuton powers Will take sharp issue
with President Wilson upon the re-
sponsibility OF the German govern
ment to the German people. 1t is
predicted that the sacrifices OF the
German army will be cited i'm proof
of the devotion OF the people TO the
imperial government and OF their
faith in the Kaiser and his advisers
as the guides for German destiny.
This will also be pictured, it is be-
lieved, as an enlightened faith. The
cooperation of the Reichstag snc
Bundesrata committees IN framing
the reply will undoubtedly be mem
toned as showing that the Kaiser
does not make his decisions alone.
1t is even predicted that the note
may contain reference to the sloof-
ness with which President Wilson
drew the reply OF the United States
to the Pope.
Germsny's Position.
In standing out for the good faith
OF the present German government.
however, II il universally conceded
that the Teutons will snd themselves
hard up against a stone wall
They must combat two of the finest
things in the world. One is tie faith
of Woodrow Wilson in the eventual
rightness OF democratic decisions. rs
expressed in ris many public utter
ances. The oh :" is the widespread
conviction in America that the gov
eminent which tore up the Belgian
! treaty and the Sussex pledge cannot
be trusted further.
There is very wide opinion here that
both the Teutons and the entente have
lately been imbued with neT con-
fidence in their respective prospe IT'S
for victory and that little will come
of peace talk at this time. The allies.
it is pointed out. have been tremen-
dously heartened by the swinging OF
the economic pressure OF events in
their favor. while Germany has been
thrilled by the Russian campaign. pic
tured in Germany as a sweeping VIC
tory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-30

now used equally literary expressions in
praise of them.
Its all right, boys" a man called out,
'The old man is on the bridge"
Don't sing too loud said an officer
laughtingly, "becauSe ! can't give orders
The order 10 .stand easy was given out.
The turn Of the navy came now. The
men knew %inStinctively that the navy would
turn up. Ii turned up. Destroyers and
trawlers appeared like magic. There was
Il moderate sea, and the ship having been
struck near the propeller began settling
down by the stern
While waiting for the boats 10 be lowered
some of the men sang, some settled down
to play cards, and most of them smoked.
The nurses remained with the medical
staff until all the patients had been pro
vided for. and the whole medical staff re-
manned with the patients until they were
safely placed in boats.
Every pet was saved. with the exception
of some of the ships eats, and eats. a.
kipling says, prefer To walk alone. over
tue Slut went Dill AhLlt, an Au~Ifallal
parrot in a cage: a gray squirrel had the
run of Il raft Il fox terrier and her pup
pies are now guests of the officers Of a de-
~troyer. And il was all lone decently and
in order.
The bandmaster who was wont 10 call
upon his band To fall in by means of n
certain call Oh his cornet had saved that
instrument and when the men were in the
water they heard from a destroyer the
old familiar cornet sing out. and across
the water came a great noise of loughter
from all the boats because the little Joke
had struck home. The men had lost their
ship, were miles from anywhere, in open
but they could see the humor Of it.
In wasn't exactly courage, because
heaps of the men were i'm a funk: and il
wasn't exactly bluff. because You can't
put up a bluff in "A sinking ship, and the
sea looks ~awfully big when one can't see
any land. and there's Just 4 handful Of
officers running the job and enough boats.
and Il fearful ignorance Of maritime geog-
raphy. Ii j. a thing which j. very diff
cult 10 define. 1t was the voice of the en-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-30

To silage n full feed of shelied corn. Lot
| received cottonseed meal in the proper
ton of n pound to six pounds of corn
and lot 2 one pound of old process lin
seed oil meal to six pounds of corn. All
lots received az much alfalfa hay and sill
age n they would eat.
THE results show that lots , and 3
made an average daily gain of 2.49 pounds
and 2.4l pounds respectively. Lots i and
, gained 1903 and 3.26 pounds daily, while
lot ) which did not receive a high protein
concentrate IN connection with the silage
shcll,d corn and alfalfa hay made a gain
of 2.65 pounds daily.
''The selling price was: Lot /, S1240:
lot ,, 1928; lot 3, Sl1.s5: lot 4, $1,000.
and lot 5, sl2.25. The profit on each steer
with corn AT $50 n bu>hel and silage
$3.50 q ton, l. a follows: Lot l, sos
tio~sl. lot ,. Sln.0S; lot B.. Sll.59: lot 4.
S15.54; lot 5. $l.2i.
An average of lots 3 and 4 shows that
with BIG tons of corn silage; $50 pounds
OF hay and SOB pounds of cottonseed meal
or old process linseed oil meal. a choice
two-year-old steer can elin 81 pounds.
live weight. IN $50 days. BY the use Of
such rationS a fair grade of beef can be
produced with great economy IN the use of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-30
WHAT HAPPENS
IF TRANSPORT
SUNK BY SUB
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF WHAT &C.
Ours WHEN TRANSPORT BALlAR-
At WAS STRUCK BY TORPEDO
FROM A GERMAN SUBMARINE.
Its ALL RIGHT, BOYS, THE OLD MAN
Is ON THE BRIDGE" SERVES TO
STEADY SHIPLOAD OF MEN
EVEN PETS ARE SAVED.
ASSOCIATED Press correspondcncc.)

LONDON. Nav 30.-What happens when
a transport loaded with troops j. sunk by
"a German submarine l. graphically told in
the story of the sinking OF the steamer
Ballarat which was torpedo4d April >
while carrying Australian troops Ia Eng
land and sunk without the loss Of Il man.
Drill. discipline and tradition counted.
There were no heroicS, fuss or panic. but
considerable humor and much efficiency.
As the vessel did not sink for four hours.
there was ample time To save even the
ships pets and the soldiers maScoiS.
Ii was Amaze Day and the officers were
planning 10 hold 4 memorial service. The
commanding officer was dealing with Il re-
manded ease. "And what have Won been
.doing2" he asked. when then came a dull
crash, n sound hat seemed n he said,
.to lift the skin off Your face and the
ship began To take 4 list. The alarm
was instantly sounded by the bugle~. in
followed by the advance" With
out confusion of any kind the men in four
minutes, fell in ut their boat stations. Dur
ing the voyage they had been told the
stories of the southland and "Birken-
head" of the behavior of the troops and
mon on these occasions. Those men who
had used flowery and fluent parts of
speech condemning the previous boat drills
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-30
URGES SILAGE IN
FEEDING CATTLE
METHOD OF FATTENlKG CATTLE BY
!. the LAVISH USE OF CORN TOO
EXPENSIVE IN WAR TIME.
tAssociated Press Correspondents. }

K tASSofiated lFe<S t0rreSppnlenre.l
COLUMBIA, May 30.-With the pre-
vailing high prices of foods and the recog-
niSed Importance of an abundant supply Of
meats, the problems to be considered in
furnishing beet cattle have increased in
their significance. says a statement issued
recently by the Missouri College of Agri-
culture.
TIL method of fattening cattle hy the
lavish use of corn. such az was the COM
mon practice when the price of grain was
low, the statement declares, may not be
profitable at the present prices. The ex-
combined with other feeds, has demon
strated its efficiency and economy. The
statement continues:
"The University Of Missouri marketed
five lots of fwo-year-old steers on May s.
which marks the completion of n l30-,lay
feeding test. The object OF the test was
to study the possibility of fattening cattle
by the extensive use of corn Silage with
out the addition of corn in the ration. In
addition the value and relative value Of
cotton seed meal and old process linseed
oil meal. when used in ratioRs consisting
largely of silage, also was studied.
This Is the second of two tests conduct
ed during two different years. The eat
tie used were ~ohrthom steers which cost
in feed lots $S.45 a hundred in Decem-
Der. Their average weight was 917
pounds.
There were eight steers in each lot.
Two of the lots, Nos. , and :. received no
corn other than that contained in the sill
age. On Of these received IN addition an
average daily ration of 4.35 pounds Of
cottonsed meal and the other the same
amount of Old process linseed oil meal.
The other three lots received in addition
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-30
TABLET TO REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER

BUTLER. Ia, Nav 3U.-A tablet erect
cd 10 the memory Of Gen. Richard Butler,
4 celebrated soldier Of the revolution and
in honor Of whose memory this city was
named, was unveiled here today with in
tere~ting exercises conducted under the
auspices of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. General Butler was born in
Ireland. the eldest Of four brothers. all
noted soldiers in the American revolution.
He served with distinction through the en-
tire war, and in 1871 he was made a brig
adier-gcneral and commanded the right
wing in the st. Clair expedition against the
Indians. lie was killed and -calped in the
disastrous engagement Of Nov. IL, 1T9l.