Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11

public. One member of this body will
be John f. Stevens, who was chief
engineer of the Panama canal COM
mission before General Goethals.
There was no great change in the
| fighting line in France during the week.
The French and British both made
some gains and consolidated the posi-
tiOns they had already won, and the
| fierce artillery duels continued, day
and night. But the Germans brought
up more and more of their reserves
and contested every inch of ground. 1t
seems probable that they will continue
to give way slowly in order to save
| their men, and st. Quentin may be
evacuated before long. The bloodiest
| fighting OF the week took place at Ar
leuX and Oppy, east of Arras, where
the British were attacking.
The British began another drive on
| Thursday, attacking on a 12-mile front,
! both north and south of the Scarpe
! river. Despite desperate resistance
| by the Germans they took a number Of
| important strategic positions including
| the town of Fresnoy. The Germans
are constructing new emergency line
of trenches from Queant, north to
| Drocourt, and trying to hold the Brit,
| ish back until it is completed.
In MesOpOtamia the Turks were de-
| feated by General Maude's troops on
both banks of the Shatt-ei-Adham and
driven back into the Jebel Hamrin
hills From COnstantinOpe came the
surprising news that the city of Mush,
in Turkish Armenia, had been evacu-
ated by the Russians and occupied by
! the Turks. Petrograd has not con-
firmed this announcement.
Recruiting Speeds UP.
! Recruiting for the regular army was
satisfactory last week, and the navy de-
partment announced on Tuesday that
| the enlisted personnel was S7,0S2 or 80
more than the maximum strength OF
| the navy under existing law. The pas
sage of the army bill with the selec-
tive draft feature, the prospect that
American troops would soon be sent to
| France and Colonel Roosevelt's rous-
| ing address in Chicago all contributed
to help the recruiting campaign.
A great strike of union bakers in
| Chicago alarmed the big city by the
| lake and incidentally attracted the at
| tention of the federal authorities be-
| cause most of the strikers are of Ger
man birth or parentage, and might be
| taken into custody as alien enemies.
| There were intimati0ns also that the
government might take over the opera
| ton of some of the large bakeries be-
cause the naval training station at
Great Lakes is dependent on the city
| for its bread supply. Fortunately for
all concerned, the strike was ended
Friday through the efforts of United
| States District Attorney Clyne.
In New York two Germans were ar
rested with picric acid bomb in their
| possession and confessed to a plot to
blow up "big Wall street institution"
and commit other outrages to affect
| the stock market for speculative pur-
| poses.
Capt. Franz Won Rintelen was put
on trial in New York as the agent
| through whom Germany is alleged TO
have expended more than 100000 in
an effort to abrogate foreign policies
of this nation and to corrupt American
labor.
Another German, Baron Alhard Won
! dem Busche Muench, said TO be cous-
| i'm of Count Won Bernstorff. was arrest
| ed in San Francisco as an enemy alien.
The United States government on
Thursday took two important steps in
the effort TO reduce the high cost of
| foodstuffs The first was the an
nouncement that the United States and
! Canada had agreed to cooperate in
regulating the price of wheat In all
| North America, This is to be done
in such q way that increased produc-
| ton will be stimulated and the price
| to the consumer steadied by the guar
anteeing of a minimum price to the
producer and the prevention of specu-
| lation by middlemen.
The second step was the introduce
| ton of n bill in the house giving the
president the widest possible powers
in dealing with foodstuffs, clothing.
| fuel and other necessities of life.
Guatemala has joined the enemies
of Germany by severing diplomatic re-
lations and the Chilean minister TO
Germany has demanded his passports.
BraZil's early entry into the war Is
forecast by the resignation OF DR..
Lauro Mueller, the Brazilian foreign
minister, who has been attacked az
being unduly friendly to Germany.