Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-10

U-boats. One British warship, the old
cruiser Ariadne, was sunk by torpe-
do and 3S of its crew killed.
What Congress Is Doing.
One month behind time, the admins.
tration food control bill was reported
out of conference without the features
that were Objectionable to the presi-
dent. Its enactment within a week
was confidently predicted. The chief
features that were eliminated were the
congressional war expenditure COM
mittee and the three-member food con-
troll board. The price-fxing and con-
and the prohibition section is less dras-
tic.
Partly as a result of the compromise
on the food control bill, the senate
adopted the Sheppard resolution for a
national prohibition amendment to the
constitution. The votes to 20
would have been much closer had the
dry forces not consented to provision
that the amendment shall not be opera
tive unless it is ratified by the states
within six years. The constitutionality
of that limitation is doubtful.
The dry leaders decided to await the
December session of congress before
trying to get the resolution through the
lower house.
Another commendable action of the
senate was the adoption of McCum
ber's resolution calling upon the presi
| of the European nations allied against
the central powers to the draft of theil
subjects in the United States for the
war. 1t is believed the allies will
quickly agree to this and that the plar
will be in operation before long.
The new war industries board, will
Frank A. Scott instead of Bernard Ba
ruch as it's chairman, has taken VI
with vigOr its work of government
buying and supervision over the gen
eral industrial activity. Mr.. Scott an
nounced that profit-making must nov
| yield to patriotism, extravaganza t,
economy and selfishness to service
The reorganized shipping board also i
speeding up and last week it made tn
Southern pine producers promis
prompter delivery of the timber the,
have pledged, for the board intends t.
build as many wooden ships as pos
sible.
The embargo that is designed to shu
off Germany's supplies of food an
war munitions is going to have an ef
feet on the supply of shipping. MOI
way already has proposed to place al
most it's entire merchant fleet at tn
disposal of the allies and promised t
export nothing but fish to Germany
assured of receiving American foo
products, and Holland, too, is willin
to exchange ships for food if the We:
sells are not to be sent into the DANCE
zone. Sweden and Denmark, it is bC
lieved, will follow suit. The effective
ness of the embargo policy, howeve
depends to a considerable extent, o
whether or not the shipment of fOOC
stuffs from Russia into Germany ca
be prevented.
The shipping board last week pr
pared to commander all America
shipping, and President Wilson issue
an order that has the effect of cuttin
off steel exports to Japan unless JaI
anese vessels are diverted to war use
Exemption Boards Busy.
The examination of drafted men /
the exemption boards is going on ra
idly and smoothly, and under instru
tions from Provost Marshal Gener
, Crowder the boards have tightened l
, on the exemptions. They have bee
; told to keep in mind that the tv
: things to be accomplished are the raj
ing of armies and the maintaining
5 industries. Meanwhile the federal al
: local authorities all over the count
; are rounding up the slackers.
/ Continuing their work of co-opers
ing with the Germans, the Industri
l Workers of the World stirred up va
: Gus troubles for mine owners, lumb
S producers and themselves, in MAJ
|, Western localities. Some towns f
r lowed the example of Bisbee and
e ported the disturbers, and one of thC
: leaders, Frank Little, was taken Q
e and hanged by masked men at But
n Mont. Such occurrences, of cOur
S must be deplored-theoretically.
e The government cannot and will I
n tolerate strikes that tie up industri
= that are vital TO the successful cOndl
g of the war. This was demonstrated
l. the quick ending of a strike Of thC
e sands of railway switchmen Il
started at Chicago. When the fede
E authorities took a hand, both siC
n found they could yield points a