Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-14

boats. Now the South American re-
public is in the throes of a great rain
way strike which is certainly fomente&
and financed by Germans Thousands
of workmen have quit and there has
been serious destruction of property
and considerable rioting.
From AN American port" comes a3
exciting story Of a concerted ATTACKS
by seven German submarines on G
feet Of % allied merchantmen West
bound. Four of the largest of Giss
steamships were sunk by torpedaes.
but the guns of the others destrogsa&
three of the U-boats. The battle 4osaE
place 80 miles off the coast OF EelaE&
Organized Labor Loyal.
Organized labor in the Unafed
States, determined to assert it's Loyal
ty, met last week in Minneapolis to-.
gether with many radicals and Social
lsts and formed the American Allia4eaS
for Labor and Democracy. Under dffes
leadership of Samuel Gompers, Fgssnk.
T. Walsh, John Spargo and others, dks
delegates declared the new organaxa-
ton firmly back of the armed forces OF
the government in their fight for IS
victory which will mean the c0Rkssg'
of the greatest world democracy ever
dreamed Of" Definite reports haSa,
been circulated that laborites are Rhsa-
ming to cripple various industries Gg
strikes, especially the fuel industry
These reports, Mr.. Gompers declares.
do not relate to the American Fedaxv.
ton of Labor. They are, however, fGaI
well substantiated to be ignored.
The British trades union congress Gfga
a vote of 2,894,O0O to $1,000 declaneE5
itself opposed to participation ia &tAaa
Stockholm congress, and this, dal5aas
with the refusal of many countries to-
grant passports to delegates, proha&GgT
will result in the entire abandonmeats
of the gathering in the Swedish city
Pope Preparing Second Ncta.
Not wholly discouraged by the faIf-g
ure of his peace note, Pope Benedteri
is preparing second proposal for tins.
ending of the war. Premier Rib06.,
speaking on the Marine battlefield, DIS.
clared that a requisite in any pea0M
treaty acceptable to France was tdaa
restoration of Alsace-Lorraine.
The German press continues to hean
abuse and ridicule on President WSG~
son for his reply to the pope's Re&4s.
declaiming loudly against his demands
that the government of Germany ba
democratized before peace can b@I
made with it. But the reichstag naa-,
jority is insistently demanding JUST
about the reforms the president cOa-
siderS essential.
Dispatches from Switzerland say tia
central powers have determined om
the partition of Poland According to-
the plan, Germany is to take aboyfs
one-tenth of Russian Poland to rectifT
her frontier, and Austria will anneE
the remainder, unite 1t to Galicia ana
proclaim the territory the united king
dom Of Poland, with Emperor Charlea
as It's king. 1t is to have it's own par
I1duCuIp Jul lLS pOl1NJp AAdACSz1
and army are to be controlled by Aus.
tria This plan does not please Huns
gary, because that country thinks It's
influence will be lessened If the en-.
pire becomes q triple kingdom.
Led by President Wilson and menu
bers of the senate and house, and es--
corted by thousands of soldiers and
sailors, the young men of the District
of Columbia selected for service in the
National army paraded the streets OG
Washington on Tuesday, and similar
parades took place In hundreds oE
cities and towns. Next day these meRl
Of the National army began streaming
from all points Of the compass into
the 10 cantonment camps built for
their training and instruction. They
are the first 5 per cent of the 687, O0@
men selected by the draft.
The long wrangle in the senate over
war profits taxation ended in the de-
feat of the high tax group and the
adoption of the finance committees
provisions for a total levy of 81, 286,-
100000, or about third of this years
war and normal excess profits. This
would make the bill total S2,522, 000s-
600.
Thursday night the house passed
unanimously the big war credits biz
authorizing 81 ,53S 945, 400 in bonds
and certificates. Every effort of q
group of Republicans to limit Secre--
tary McAdoo's control over these is.
sues was defeated, but an amendmenE
by Congressman Cannon was adopted.
exempting from taxes interest on
bonds not In excess of $4,000.