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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-13
NO RIGID BAN ON
AUSTRIANS HERE
Presidents War Proclamation Leaves
Them Free to Travel Anywhere
in the Country.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13-Austro- |
Hungarian subjects in the United
States, most of the million or more of
whom are laborers and are loyal to the
allied war cause, will suffer few re
strictions as result of war between
the lands of their birth and adoption.
In proclamation issued yesterday
declaring state of war with Austria
Hungary, in accordance with the act OF
congress, President Wilson specified
that unnaturalized Austro- Hungarlans,
unlike the Germans in this country
shall be free to live and travel any
where, except that they may not enter
or leave the United States without per
mission, and those suspected of enemy
activity may be interned. They need
not register with police or postofiice
officials, as Germans soon Will be re-
quired to do and are not barred from
| the l00yard zone about piers, docks,
and warehouses closed to Germans, and
are not required to leave the District
| of Columbia
| The President s motive in drawing
distinctions between Germans and Aus
! trians was described as twofold. First
/ / vas realized that the sympathy o.
/ H1ngarians. Rumanians, Poles, Serb
ans. Csc lis. SOlvacs and other lmml
grants frcm the Austro Hun garian en-
! pire. generally is not with the mother
country in the war, and they have not
been guilty of participation in the cam
paign of violence practiced under the
German war system Secondly. snch ii
large proportion of laborers in MUM
tions and steel plants and coal mines
consists Of Austrian subjects that It
was found practically impossible to ad-
minister against them the rigid regula-
tons imposed on the Germans, who are
not half 30 numerous and more in
dividuahstic.
The department of justice even aban-
doned its former plans to register Aus
TRANS along with Germans because of
the immensely of the task and the ad
ministration s determination to mini
mize embarrassment to Austrians, thou
sands Of whom have demonstrated theil
loyalty to this country by enlisting il
the army and navy.
As an indication of the President :
difference in feeling toward subjects OF
the dual monarchy it was pointed ou
that nowhere in the proclamation die
he use the phrase "alien enemies, a
was done in previous proclamations re
fcrring TO Germans. Repeatedly he re
ferred to "natives, denizens or sub
iects' Of Austria Hungary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-13
RAILROAD CHIEFS
CONSULT WILSON
Protection of Investors Under Proposed
Federal Control a Part Of the
Program.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 13.-From all
accounts there has been no change in
the opinion of President Wilson that
the war transportation problem re
quires that the railroads of the coun-
try should be placed under government
control for the period of the war. Aft
er conferences yesterday between the
President and representatives of rail
road, capital and labor and the inter
state commerce committee of the house
it became increasingly clear that his
views were substantially as follows:
l. The railroad executives have
handled the complex war transpor-
tation situation in a mastery way,
but to enable the railroads to reach
their maximum efficiency some
measure of government control IS
necessary.
2. Under government control ev
cry precautlon should be taken to
safeguard the interests of invest
ors in railroad securities.
3. Under government control the
actual operation of the railroads
should be left to the present rail
road organizations.
The members of the railroads war
board, who are Fairfax Harrison, How
ard Elliott, Hale Holden, Julius Krutt-
schnitt, and Samuel Rea, had an hour 8
interview with the President. Later
the President discussed the railroad sit
uatIon with Representatives Thetus w.
Sims of Tennessee, the new chairman
of the house committee on interstate
commerce. He also bad a brief CONVEX
| sation with the local legislative agents
| of the brotherhoods of railway train
men.
Immediately following the interview
between the President and the rail
| roads war board a conference took
place between that body and more than
a score of railway presidents and other
executives representing nearly all the
great railroad systems Of the country
who have been arriving in Washing
ton ever since it became known that
the President favored government con
troll for the period of the war
/ While the members Of the war boart
were very cautious in outlining tc
their fellow railroad men their under
standing Of the attitude of the Presi
dent, it was gathered that his proposed
course was practically as stated under
the three groupings.
Opinion differs among railroad of
fcials as to the effect of the Presi
dent S program. Some take a rather
gloomy view of the situation, but it i
believed that the greater number fee
easier in their understanding that h
will insist that legislation for govern
mental control must make the mos
careful provision to protect the finar
cial interests of those 100000 Amer
can citizens who hold such securities
There is also feeling of satisfae
tion that the President desires to hav
the present private management con
tlnued under government control so a
TO create as little disturbance as pos
sible and insure the largest possibl
percentage of efficient administration
and operation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-13
L. S. PLANS MOTOR
TRUCK EXPERIMENT
Train Of Thirty, Loaded with Munitions
to Start Tomorrow from De
troit Factories.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. ia train
Of 30 Detroit made motor trucks, load
ed with Detroit made munitions, manu-
featured for use at the battle front,
will start overland Friday morning for
an Atlantic coast seaport on a history
ma liking trip. The trip is expected to
require not more than five days.
For the first time the United States
government in its greatest crisis is de
pending on automobile transportation
rather than railroads for delivery of
aT supplies. Twenty eight of the
trucks viii have the regulation Unit
ed States army transport bodies; the
other two will be equipped with tank
bodies TO carry gasolene, lubricating
oil and anti-freeze mixture
The train will be in charge of Capt.
Bronson of the quartermaster corps and
10 enlisted men. From the American
seaport the trucks and their cargoes
will be transferred to a ship bound for
France.
4 unique feature is the withdrawal
of the usual secretive measures The
council of national defence has even
requested patriotic demonstrations in
every town through which the train
will pass. The war preparedness board
of Michigan is in charge of the demon.
strations in towns between Detroit and
Toledo. The townspeople have been
requested to decorate homes and bust
ness places in patriotic colors and tc
| turn out their populations in welcome
| The train will start its trip over tn,
cement stone road built by order OF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-13

the war department and on which the
war preparedness board of Michigan
spent 100000. On the success of the
trip depends to a great extent the gov
eminent S action in carrying out plan
TO build overland highways between
the seaports and the principal Western
cities Detroit would figure prominent
lv in this chain.
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
hAIG REPORTS PROGRESS
IN VILLAGE OF ROEux

London, May 14.-Progress In the
village of Roeux was announced by
British Field Marshal Haig today.
Northeast of Epehy and to the
north of Ypres hostile raids at night
were repulsed," he reported "A few
were taken prisoners. At Roeux we
progressed during the night in the
village"
Roeux has been a storm center of
fighting for. the past three or four
days. AS at Fresnoy and Bullecourt
the German counter attacks there
have been almost continuous and the
fighting of greatest intensity. Roeux
is one key in the Oppy supplemental
line of German defense.
BY progressing in Roeux and main
faining an unbreakable hold on Bulle-
court, the British today have a grip
on two parts of the Wanted Hipden-
bnurg line. The Oppy front is a So
called switch line" to the main Ger
man positions. Bullecourt itself lies
directly on the Hindenburg line.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
new REGIMENTS
OF REGULARS TO
Be ORGANIZED
At Army POSTS
Additional Increments Ap-
proximating 10000 Men
Authorized and Orders
Given to Prepare Shelter
for Them.
TRAINED TROOPS
BE USED AS A BASIS

Washington. May 1.-THE president
today authorized four additional incre-
nents for the regular army, approx
mately 100000 men.
The new regiments, each of which
will have a nucleus of trained reg
ulars. will be raised as follows:
Thirty eighth and Thirty ninth
Y. Twelfth field artillery at Fort
Myer. Pa; Forty-seventh to fiftieth
regiments Of infantry at Syracuse
Fifteenth field artillery, Syracuse;
ifty-eighth to Sixty first dnclusive)
infantry. Gettysberg national park;
Nineteenth and Twentieth field
L. L. Fifty-first to Fifty sixth nelu- '
sive) infantry, Chickamauga park,
Ca; Twenty second and Twenty
third cavalry, Chickamauga, Ga;
Fortieth and Forty first infantry, Fort
Smelling. Mimi; Forty second and
Forty third infantry, Fort Douglas,
Utah; Tenth and Eleventh field artil-
lery, Fort Riley; Twentieth and Twen-
ty-first cavalry. Fort Riley; Sixteenth
and Seventeenth field artillery, Sparta,
Wis; Thirteenth and Fourteenth field
artillery. Fort Sill, Okla; Fifty
seventh infantry, Sixty fourth infan-
try and Eighteenth and Twenty first
field artillery, not yet designated;
Forty-fourth infantry, Vancouver
barracks. Washington state; Sixty
second and Sixty-third infantry, Pre-
sidio, San FGpncisco; Twenty fourth
and Twenty fifth cavalry, Fort D. A.
Russell, Wyoming.
TRAINED MEN AS NUCLEUS.
In most cases, one regiment of al
ready trained regulars will be used as
the basis for the formation of two
regiments of recruits.
Under the order issued today the
regular army will be filled to its full
war quota of nearly 100000 men.
More than $4,000 of the troops an
thorized in the four increments have
already been recruited since April 1.
Orders were given the quartermas-
ter general to prepare shelter for the |
troops at the points designated for
each regiment.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
COUNT BERNSTORFF
GOING TO SWEDEN

Copenhagen, May 14.-The struggle
between supporters and opponents OF
Imperial German Chancellor Won Beth
mann Hollweg has reached a critical
stage, according to private advices
from Berlin today. A show down OF
forces seems likely at Tuesdays reich
stag meeting.
In the meantime, Count Won Bern
storff, former ambassador to the Unit
ed States. has accepted appointment
as German minister to Sweden, but Of
ficial announcement of his new post
has been tnexplicably withheld The
circumstances of this failure to an
nounce Bernstorff's appointment fit in
with reports that the former envoy to
Washington is being groomed to sue
coed either Won Bethmann- H ollweg or
Foreign Secretary Zimmerman.
Many German radicals, liberals So
cialists and adherents of Macmillan
Harden are favoring Bernstorffs re-
placement of one or the other of these
two officials. Berlin information indi-
Gates Zimmerman, even more than
Hollweg, is objected to by these liber-
al elements
Opposition to Holrweg is said to be
more due to alleged lack OF steadfast-
ness of purpose than to specific acts
charged against him. His enemies in
sist he would be unable to arrange
favorable peace terms, even If the
claimed naval and military victories
continue.
Hollweg is fighting determinedly.
Information here indicates he may
succeed in weathering the present
storm-but 1t Is believed he will be
forced out before Germany actually be-
gins dickering for peace.
zimmerman is seeking to re-
trieVe his reputation, considerably
damaged in the bungling of the Mexi-
can-Japanese matter, by achieving
success In German intrigue In Russia.
There Is no doubt of the tremendous
efforts which are directed toward q
separate peace with Russia. thinner
mann is constantly instigating vague,
semi circumstantial reports that a
Russian armistice is impending.
Bernstorff's friends here declare his
seiectaon as the Stockholm minister Is
an effort by Zimmerman and his
friends to sidetrack Bernstorff
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
POWER COUNTY GETS
LAND FROM ONEIDA

A strip OF territory six miles long
and two miles wide annexed to Power
county and taken from Oneida county,
Is now part and parcel of the former.
This Is the opinion of B. w. Oppenheim.
| state code commissioner, who has been
spending some time endeavoring to de-
! termine to just which county the strip
OF land belonged in order that he might
definitely locate the boundary lines of
the respective counties in codifying
the laws. A letter received by the
code commissioner from Jenkin Jones.
auditor and recorder from Oneida
county, says the election was held
Nov. 7. 1916; that IL votes were case
and all were for annexation; that the
law was complied with in every par
ticular, the exception being the com
missioners of the two counties have
not Strengthened up their records and
arranged for the transfer of the pro-
perty from the books of Oneida to the
books of Power county.
Commissioner Oppenheim discovered
while codifying the law there was no
record of the election being held. He
Immediately took the matter up with
the recorders of both Oneida and
Power counties. The recorder of
Power county said he knew nothing
about the annexation nor had he ever
been informed that an election had
taken place. The recorder of the
Oneida county declared the election
had been duly and properly held. He
referred the commissioner to the sec
rotary Of state to which official he
said the certificate of election had
been sent. Inquiry at the secretary
of states office brought cut the denial
that such certificate has ever been
received and the claim was made
there was no record in that office.
The matter was again taken up with
the county officials. The recorder of
Oneida county has straightened out
the controversy by submitting proof
that properly printed ballots allowing
Tor a preferential vote on annexation
were distributed and voted. While
there were but q few votes cast, all of
them were for annexation. The county
commissioners failed to follow up tho
election with a settlement between the
two counties. This was overlooked but
u to be given immediate attention.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
HEAVY LOSSES. FOR
GER MAN FORCES
IN RECENT BATTLES.
CHANCELLOR WILL
DELIVER HIS LONG.
DELAYEDADDRESS|

London. May 14.-,According to an
Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph. Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg is scheduled to make his
speech to the reichstag tomorrow. It
Is not known whether he will make
any peace proposals or not, the dis
patch said.
Other information from Germany,
via Holland. today, indicated that the
chancellor on Tuesday would make a
speech in the reichstag. outlining the
general military and political situation,
but not covering Germanys peace
aims. Such a statement will be with
held until July, when the reichstag is
to be reconvened, according to Ger
man newspapers.
OFFERED TO RESIGN.
That section of the German press
which is hostile to Won Bethmann-
Hollweg declared today that the chan
cellor recently went to the front to
present his resignation to the kaiser.
The most circumstantial of these
stories insisted that Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg raised a storm Of objec-
ton to the reform recommended by
the constitution committee, which
would grant the reichstag control over
the army and that he and his junker
friends conceived the plan of nullify-
ing the committees recommendation
by terminating the reichstag sitting,
rather than recessing that body until
later in the summer. or fall. Such pro-
cedCre would mean automatic death of
the constitution committee, necessary
for disappointment and repetition of
its work-which would avert another
issue between the reichstag and the
army for several months.
Hollweg returned from German
headquarters Saturday and left the
same evening for Vienna. On Sunday
night he started the return trip to Ber-
lin.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
ADJUSTMENTS.
A NOVEL MINSTREL SHOW.

Tonight at the Pinney Roscoe c..
Stith offers the American Minstrels to
the playgoers of this city, featuring
the irresistible comedienne, Miss
Gladys Higgie. She Is surrounded by
a talented bunch of girls, each one an
individual performer. This show
promises to be the bright, sparkling
event of the season. The show Is all
girls-no men at any time during the
entire performance. Singing, dancing,
music, juggling, acrobats, and every
thing one can imagine, all make up
the program.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
SHARP FIGHTING
FOR POSSE SSION
OF BULfECOURT

With the British Armies in the
Field, May 14.-Only two posts remain
In German hands in the village of
Bullecourt at the time this dispatch Is
written today. The liveliest sort of
fighting which continued all through
the night, was still in progress in and
around the village.
The two posts to which the Ger
mans still tenaciously cling are to the
south and north. Around these
swaying fight is centering.
AT Roeux the Tommies strengthen
ed their hold during the night fighting.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
FATS PILE Up BIG.
SCORE ON LEANS IN
THE annual GAME.
Leans Almost Shut Out, Be-
ing Able to Put Over but
Ten Runs = Decided in
Second Inning.

Nobody knows what's going to hap
pen in an exhibition Of the national
pastime, and that was conclusively
proven Sunday afternoon when the Of
fetal scorer of the Fat-Lean annual
swatfest ran up the s. o. s. flag. He
was suffering from writer's cramp.
First aid is all that saved him. 1t
was found after they had packed him
in Ice. that the Fats won the matt
nee by the close and exciting score
of Is to 10. The Leans today are tell
ing fans what the trouble was and
how they happened to get off so bad.
Davis and his husky proteges declare
the outcome was what they expected.
The blow-up took place when the
Leans started to butter the pellets
driven to all parts OF the gardens by
the heavy swatting Fats. It sounded
like barrier of artillery fire import
ed from Somewhere in France" Many
of the center field boards were dented
and cracked by the shower Of horse
hide projectiles that struck them.
While not a few of the Fats was
thrown out at first base on what
would ordinarily be home run. the
persistency with which they rode the
offerings Of Silversmith, Hindman and
working overtime.
But 1t Is Davis the Mighty" who |
must be hailed as the hero of the day. |,
Did he not whit Is OF the human bean
poles and have them churning the
ozone like a lot of milk maids? He
could not have fielded his position bet
ter II he had been supplied with a l
tractor Leaning his 295 pounds into /
every one of the pills that he smoked 4
over the pan, Davis had the toothpicks 1
trotting back to the bench on pink Il
passes. He made the very remarkable /
record of allowing but IL hits!
It all happened in the second frame.
In that hour of agony-for the Leans
the Fats did an alkali one-step around
the sands and punctured the score
board with seven runs. Incidentally II
they also punctured the hopes Of. the
Leans at the same time. From that
time on 1t was only a question OF how
low the mercury would go In the re- II
frigerator in which the elongated team
had toboggoned.
The summary which tells the bal II
ance of the sad story looks something
like this: II
RH.E.
Fats -. 3701 1 2 8 0-1S 8 10
Leans :. II o 8 2 0 2--10 ~ lSj
Batteries--Davis and Chrisman; Sill
versmith. Hindman, Cummock and
Brown. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
iii
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
HIGH PRAISE FOR
STATE OFFICIAL,

In report on the condition OF the
office of State Insurance Commissioner
Steele. the deputy state examiner,
James Munro. pays a high compliment
to Mr.. Steele. who retires tomorrow to
be succeeded by w. r. Hyatt OF Ru-
pert. The examiner finds the finances
of the office correctly reported and
everything properly accounted for. The
total amount OF business handled by
Commissioner Steele during the period
covered by the report, Jan. /, 1915, to
April %, 1917, was over $32S,0o0.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
HEAVY GERMAN ATTACKS
REPUlSED BY THE FRENCH

Paris, May 14.-French troops in
flicted bloody losses on German recon-
noissance parties at number of
points along the front last night, to-
days official statement asserted. The
German attacks were particularly
strong northeast of Vauxillon, west of
Craonne, Hill 108 and in the Cham
payne.
The war office said the usual can
nonading was in progress over most
of the front
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
Millions of Germs
Taken Through the Nose and
Mouth. .
Beni9t
- , 4SIsSc1

1t Is the germs we breathe through
the nose and mouth which cause diph-
liberia. pneumonia, whooping cough,
typhoid fever, dysentery and other cpl
demic diseases.
You guard and fortify yourself against
these terrible ills by gargling the mouth
and throat, also by washing nasal
passages as directed. Benetol will kill
the germs and stop their breeding
Get bottle today and follow direc-
tons In booklet packed in all cartons.
For sale by all druggists in the
original Red Cartons.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
OMAHA FOLLOWS CHICAGO.

Omaha, May 1.-THE Omaha grain
exchange today followed the lead Of the
Chicago board of trade in shutting down
on dealing in wheat futures for July
and September delivery. The local ex-
change had prohibited dealings in May
wheat several weeks ago.
Cash wheat broke from 10 to is cents
- a consequence today.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-14
TRADE NOT RESTRICTED.

Minneapolis, May 14.-TradinE was
not restricted on the Minneapolis ex-
change today despite the suspension of
trading in wheat futures in Chicago
and other centers. The pit was wild
At the opening. September opened up
cents over Saturdays close but
Apickly dropped cents to 32.37.