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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
CONGRESS IS CALLED
into EXTRA SESSION
PRESIDENT FULLY DETERMINED
TO PROTECT AMERICAN RIGHTS
ON SEAS, ISSUES ORDERS.
Outbreak May FoIIow-LegaI Authori-
ties Decide Executive Has Power
Despite Failure to Pass Bill.

hington.--President Wilson or
dered the arming of American mer-
chant ships against Germany's ruth
less submarine warfare, and at the
same time issued a proclamation call
ing an extra session of Congress to
meet April 10. The Presidents de-
cision came suddenly, following action
OF the Senate in revising its rules to
permit prompt action on important
questions and the submission of formal
opinions by Secretary Lansing and
Atty Gen. Gregory that he has the
power to arm merchantmen without
action by Congress.
Details of the Governments armed
neutrality plans for defending the mer-
chant marine were withheld to avoid
endangering Americans and their
ships by permitting the information
to reach Germany.
Long before the order was given
from the White House all necessary
preparations for the arming of mer'
chantmen had been completed at the
Navy Department. Secretary Dan
iels, however, issued an appeal to the
press of the nation to refrain from dis.
cussing these preparations.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
OVER 100000 ARE DEAD
AS RESULT OF CONFLICT
Casualties on BattIefieIds During Euro
pean War Are Estimated to
Exceed 100000.

Neutrality-suspicious. than 100000
men are recorded as killed, wounded,
captured or missing as u result OF the
European war in the first complete
tabulation of official and authenticated
semi-otficial reports of the various bel.
ligerents received here.
Among the military proper 4,441 200
are reported dead, 2,59S,50O wounded
and 2,564,500 captured and missing.
Among civilians, especially on the Rus
sian and Balkan fronts and in Arme-
mia, another 100000 are figured as
either dead or wounded
These figures are admittedly only
approximate, and in some instances
necessarily several weeks old They
are not called exact in any sense. but
are known to be so nearly SO as to
give a fairly reliable picture of the
wars results. They depend for their
accuracy first on the reports of the va.
rious belligerents, which are certainly
minimum figures and then on a careful
recheCking with all available authentic
information. The Entente's losses are
given as 6,3l8,400, as against 3,3S4, 500
for the Central Empires.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
AMERICANS ARE freed
PRISONERS TAKEN FROM VAR
RoWDALE BY GERMANS RE-
PORTED LIBERATED.
Were Detained in German Camps
Where Contagious Disease Ragged
Quarantine Is Lifted.

Berlin (by wireless to Tuckerton, N.
Fifty-nine Americans, taken from
vessels sunk by the German raider in
the South Atlantic and brought to
SWinemuende Jan. on board the cap
tured steamer Yarrowdale, have just
been released from quarantine and i'm
mediately left for the Swiss frontier.
The route over which they departed
was the one chosen for their return by
the United States Government, and in
cluded Berne.
News of their impending release
was conveyed to them in the deten-
tion camp at Brandenburg by an Amer
ican correspondent. Their attire and
wardrobe hardly qualified them for a
walk up Fifth avenue, but the infor-
nation that their quarantine had end
ed and that they soon would be home
ward-bound elected an instant cheer.
Most of them were seamen, and
were unaware that the GeOrgiC and
Mt. Temple, upon which steamers they
had shipped, were armed merchant
men, and were considered by Germany
as fair prizes of war.
The majority of them live in Boston,
Brooklyn or Philadelphia. Their de
tention for the past 80 days was due
to the discovery of spotted typhoid fe.
yer in their camp.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
Won BERNsTORFF SURPRISED
Former Ambassador Claimed To Be
Ignorant of PIot-SiIent Regard.
ing Developments.

Christiania, Norway.-Count Won
Bernstorff. formerly German Ambassa-
dor to the United States, on arriving
here on board the steamship FrederiE
VIII, declared that he was ignorant OF
the political developments of the last
four weeks and was not in position,
therefore, to make any comment re-
garding them. When the former Am
bassador learned of the disclosure of
Germanys effort to make an alliance
with Mexico he expressed surprise and
added: at is news to me-"
The Count was told Of President
Wilson's progress toward the arming
of merchantmen, but he made no com
ment, although seeming eager to hear
of the latest developments on both
sides of the Atlantic.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
As II Visits Hyde Park, Mt.
Lookout, Delta, Red Bank and
Eastern Cincinnati
THREE KILLED; FIFTY INJURED
Imperiled Ely Live Wires in Stricken
Dlstriet-Property Damage VIII Run
Into Many Thousand Dollars-Slx
Buildings Entirely Destroyed.

Cincinnati, O.-ThTee persons were
killed, more than fifty others injured
seriously and property damage done
which, it is believed, will approximate
more than half a million dollars in a
tornado which visited Hyde Park, Mt.
Lookout, Delta, Red Bank and other
Eastern Cincinnati suburbs. Fires,
caused by gas explosions, followed in
more than a dozen houses, compelling
the efforts of the fire department to
be distributed over as many places.
Half a dozen of these buildings were
damaged badly by fire alone. The
light of morning will reveal, it is be-
! lieved, a scene of wreckage and debris
comparable at least to that which was
in the wake of the tornado which
swept Cincinnati July Z, 1915, in which
3S lives were lost. Bodies of the VIC
tins were taken from their respective
/ dwellings, in which the rushing tornado
! caught them unawares. Hundreds of
| persons caught in the path of the
storm, which appeared to center in
/ EIu6 TdIh anu WI. lIOOhOut, oulOlOu
minor injuries and fright, and others
escaped through the vagaries of fate
and the winds.
Darkness covered the entire storm
stricken section until almost midnight
! Twisted tree trunks and telegraph
poles, stray porches and house roofs
obstructed the streets. Traffic east OF
st. John Park was impossible until
early morning. Street and interurban
cars were left dead on their tracks
when the storm severed the electric
feed wires. Disconnected telephone
and telegraph lines delayed notifica
tion to police and firemen half an hour
When relief finally commenced to ar
rive the workers amid the ruins toiled
by the light of camp fires, built at in
tersections along the streets by resi-
dents OF the neighborhood. According
to stories of persons who claimed tC
have heard first the approach of the
wind, the tornado arrived with roal
comparable to that OF a dozen express
trains. Many persons were caught a
supper. Others were on their way t(
. churches and the theaters when the
storm came.
Chief of Police Copean and Fire
Chief Barney Houston accompanied
their men to the scene and directed
the work of rescue and relief. Chic
Houston estimated the property dam
age to be more than 100000. Few
persons carried tornado insurance
Many of the minor injuries inciden
to the tornado were caused by bits o
flying glass. Thousands of windows il
the vicinity of the storm were blown
out, or were broken by flying timber'
and wreckage.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
GERMANY SEEKING EXCUSE
For Purpose of Leaving Belgium <
ShackIed Nation, So Says Baron
Beyens, Discussing Alliance.

Havre.-Baron Reyens, Belgian Min
lister of Foreign Affairs, has taken
note of the publication in the semi
official Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeit.
ung, of Berlin, of documents purport.
ing to have been taken from the Bel
gian archives in Brussels tending to
show that Belgium. in 1906, was in
negotiation with the British Govern
ment for the entrance of British troops
in the eventuality Of Belgium being
attacked by Germany, and for an in
vasion of Germany through Belgium.
These documents, says Baron Beyens,
were not new, but were annexed to
memoranda of conversations between
British and Belgian officers as to meas.
ures to resist violation of Belgian
neutrality by Germany.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
Think Gunners Scarce.

Amsterdam.-The Koelnische Volks
Zeitung, a copy of which has been re-
ceived here, admits that the arming of
American merchantmen will make
Germany's position more difficult. 1t
expresses the belief that the Amer
leans will not find it easy to provide
guns and gun crews and says it does
not believe the danger to German sub
marines will be increased. I'VE have
always maintained" says the news
paper, that victory over England
would be impossible unless we also
determined to face America"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
MISS WILSON'S HAND is WON
BY Wealthy Chicago Publisker-En-
gaeement To Presidents Oldest
Daughter Announced.

Grand Rapids, Members of
the family of Frank R. Compton,
wealthy Chicago publisher and ma
tive of Grand Rapids, have just admit,
ted his engagement to Margaret vii,
son, oldest daughter of President Will
son. Mr.. Compton recently returned
to Chicago from Washington, where
it is said, his suit for the hand OF Miss
Wilson was a success.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
Live Stock.
Tornado Plays Havoc In Wayne.

Richmond, Ind.-Two children were
killed and one man injured, perhaps
fatally, in a tornado which swept
through Wayne county, entailing dam
age to property that will mount into
the thousands. The two children are
those of Ernest Gray, farmer, resid-
ing one-half mile south of Hagerstown.
They were killed when the brick resi-
dence was destroyed. Ora Smith, a
farmer residing in shanty near Ha-
gerstown, was carried 100 feet by the
wind and dropped into pond. He
was injured seriously and may die.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
Injured In Preearlous Condition.

Indianapolis, Ind.-George Dyer,
General Superintendent of the Lake
Erie and Western Railroad, received
message from railroad officials at
Newcastle declaring AZ bodies had
been removed from the wreckage in
the storm swept district 1t wns said
that at the time so persons had been
removed to the hospitals, about % Of
them so badly injured that they were
expected to die. The report was from
the Division Superintendent of the
railroad at Newcastle, who had made
trip through the devastated district
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
GERARD ARRIVES AT HAVANA
Voyage Was UneVentfuI, Says Party
Sixteen Hundred Immigrants
Aboard Steamer

Havana.-James w. Gerard, former
American Ambassador to Germany,
and his party has arrived at Havana
from Corunna, Spain, on board the
Spanish steamship Infanta Isabel. Mr..
Gerard then left for Key West, Fla, on
board the steamship Governor Cobb.
The voyage of the Infanta Isabel,
which began at Corunna under threat.
ening auspices, was without incident
There had been apprehension before
embarking at the Spanish port be-
cause Of the submarine menace, not.
withstanding that the lnfanta Isabel
is a neutral ship. She carried more
than 1000 Spanish emigrants, and Ger
many is known to be anxious to main
tain good relations with Spain.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
AMERICANS GIVE MILLIONS
In Restoring the Famous University
of LouVain, Destroyed BY Ger
man Bunbardment.

4Iew York.-The University of Lou
vain, damaged by fire and lombard
ment when the city was taken by the
Germans in the early days of the war,
is to be restored through the efforts
of American educational institutions, it
was learned here upon the arrival from
France and England on the steamship
Adriatic of Clifford N. Carver, former
secretary to Ambassador Page at Lon.
don, end later secretary to Col. +. NJ.
House on his last trip to Europe
Mr.. Carver said that plans for this
work, which will entail an expenditure
of approximately $5,OO0,OOO, have been
under preparation for some time.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
SYRUP Of figs FOR
A CH|LD'S BOWELS
1t is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh phySiC into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children revolt is weIi-found.
ed Their tender little "insides' are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love TO take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
EN- the stomach. and that teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for a 5O.cent bottle
Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
Resistance To Submarine War.

Madrid.-The Socialist party in
Spain has taken up a strong position
in favor of measures of resistance to
the German submarine campaign and
for the punishment of espionage. The
party has adopted an appeal to Span.
iards on the subject. The appeal re-
views the origin of the war, the crush
ing of Serbia, the invasion of Belgium
and the treatment accorded the pOpula-
tions of the invaded countries. Sub
marine warfare on the merchant ships
is characterized as being ''in contempt
of humane sentiments"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
COINCIDENCE is EXPRESSED
lncaIcuIabIe Service Done BY Ambassa-
dor Guthrie In Promoting and &C.
menting Closer Friendship.

Washington.-A statement by the
Japanese Foreign Minister expressing
the nations regret at the death Of
George W. Guthrie, the American Am
bassador at Tokyo, was cabled to the
State Department by the American
Embassy.
Mr.. Guthrie has done an incalcula-
BILE service" said the Foreign Minis
ter, "in promoting and cementing the
closer friendship the United States
and Japan His demise at the present
time is an unmeasurable loss, not only
to America, but to Japan also With
sincere regret | extend my heartfelt
sympathy and coincidence to America
and the American people"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
SEES GROUPING OF POWERS
German Statesman Predicts That
Affect That Wilson Policies win
Have on the World.

Berlin.-ln forecast of the world S
political situation after the war, DR..
Siefried HeCkscher, a member of the
Foreign Relations Committee of the
Reichstag, predicted to an American
correspondent that President Wilson S
War policies" would result in the for.
nation of two new groups of world
powers. He said:
Il even go so far as to assert that
uninfuenCed by fate and the calcula
tions of statesmen. President Wilson S
war policies ultimately will result, for
decades to come, in two new groups o!
world powers
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
Storm Sweeps Montqomery Count

Dayton, O.-Two persons were, per-
haps, fatally injured and number of
others more or less seriously hurt,
several houses were blown down, trees
uprooted and traction and electric
service paralyGed as the result of cy-
clone that swept over the western
section of Montgomery county. A por-
ton of the track along the Dayton and
Northern division of the Ohio Electric
Traction Railway and number of
bridges were swept away, necessitat-
ing complete suspension of service
over that line.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
, More Freidnters Arrive.

New York.-Four freight steamships
have just arrived here after avoiding
the perils in the submarine zones.
They were the Mississippi, of the
French Line, from Bordeaux; the Brit
ish steamships Port Napir and st.
George, which were under orders for
the Cunard Line, and the Shonga,
from Dakar, in Senegambia, Africa.
Capt. Fortay, of the st. George, when
reporters sought to interview him,
said he had been ordered by the Brit
ish Admiralty not to talk
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
BELGIUM HAS COAL FAMINE
Industries to Be Tied Up Completely
Within Few Days, Amster-
dam Paper Says.

Amsterdam.-The Telegraaf says
there will be an almost complete stop
page of industries in Belgium within
few days, the German authorities
asserting that this is necessary owing
to the lack of coal and transportation
facilities. Practically the entire pop
ulation of Belgium will be thus un-
employed, with such few exceptions
as receive special permission from
civil authorities to continue their
businesses.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
MEANING is PUZZLING

New York.-The Mexican Con-
suiate General in New York is issu-
ing passports to Germans at the
rate Of more than 100 day. Four
hundred Germans have applied for
and received passports during the
past week.
Most Of those now emisratine to
Mexico, it is said, 90 by rail
through San Antonio, Texas, al
though many are going through
El Paso, Eagle Pass and other
points along the border west Of
Laredo.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
Mayor Wires Appeal.

Mayor Lebb Watkins sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Governor Good
rich: Cyclone here wrecked 500
houses. We need troops to guard
property" Mayor Watkins received
word from General Smith that the
Governor had instructed him to send
all the troops that are necessary.
Field Hospital Corps No. 2, of the Ma
tional Guard, in command of Major l..
d. Carter, arrived and Immediately
went to work among the injured. The
hospital corps only recently returned
from the Mexican border.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
FOUND WIRELESS STATION
Plant Set up by Germans on Appam
in Norfolk Harbor So They Could
Read American Messages.

Norfolk, Va.--When United States
Marshal Saunders took possession Of
the liner Appam after the break with
Germany he found installed there a
secret wireless apparatus by which all
wireless messages sent in this section
of the country were read.
Investigation, it is said, led to the
discovery that the wires ran to the
room occupied by Lieutenant Hans
Berg, where the messages were re-
corded by flash from an electric light
bulb
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
CANADA'S BONUS
TO FARM LABORERS
Offering l60 Acres to Farm
Hands.

Canada today, with the grent de-
mand that is made upon it for food
stuffs, finds itself almost in the thrOes
of a labor famine. A novel means OF
solving the problem has been evolved
by the Canadian Government at Ottawa
on Wednesday last, when 1t was de-
cided to practically bonus every farm
hand going to Canada, by giving him
100 acres free as a homestead, and tC
allow the time he would be working out
for, the good wages offered, to count as
residence duties ON the homestead.
Western Canada has been big pro-
ducer of grain and it is estimated that
there is a shortage Of over thirty thou
sand men, necessary to produce an av-
erage crop in 1917. This shortage has
been caused by so many young men
having left the farms to go to war, and
1t is essential TO make an unprecedent-
ed offer of this kind, to fill their places
on the land at once.
1t has been required in the past to
do three years duties on hOmeSteadS
to get title, but an additional induce
ment has been offered by practically
reducing this term to two years. As
explained by an official of the CanGdi-
an Government, Canada's need for
farm labOrers is intense, and excep-
tional inducements are being offered
to get the needed farm workers at
once. A farmland will make his en-
try for one of the 160-acre farms, sat
isfy the Government that he is work
ing for farmer and that time will ap-
ply as residence on the land filed for
just the same as if he was actually
living on it.--Advertisement.
A., ott,ch,un,,t for tiopn medals IN
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
Petroerad Newspapers suspe

London.-A Reuter- dispatch from
Petrograd says that owing to disorders
in recent days, Gen. Chavaloff has for.
bid all assemblages in tie streets. The
Petrograd newspapers are not appear
ing and the tramway service has been
suspended.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15

Havre, France.-The German mill
terry administration in Belgium has be.
gun systematically reQuisitioning the
trees throughout the country, accord
ING to information received.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
MERCHANTMEN ARM
TO PROTECT SELVES
AGAINST U-BOATS
PREPARE TO MAKE DASH
THROUGH GERMAN "5ARREo"
ZONE AFTER PRESIDENT GIVES
THEM AUTHORITY TO FIRE ON
SUBMARINES AT SIGHT.
QUESTION OF PEACE OR WAR

VIII Be Decided When First Undersea
Boat Is Met-5ut Hope Still Reiens
In Washington That Americas
Rights Will Be Respected-Ten
Days Expected to Pass Before Next
Crisis Is Reached-"Watehtu Wait
ing" Begun.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
Memorial For Hovs.

London.-A memorial service for
Mrs. Mary Hoy and her daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Hoy, of Chicago, who
lost their lives by the sinking OF the
British steamship Laconia, was held
here
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15

Mr.. Guthrie, the American Amhas-
sador to Japan, passed away at Toxic
after stroke of apopIexy. Mr.. Guth-
rie, before being connected with
national affairs was an attorney in
Pittsburo and a prominent figure IL,
state and national Democratic circles.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15

A recently patented porch and lawn
seat can be converted into swing
or crib for q small child
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15
CINCINNATI MAR RKETS
Flour, Hay and Grain.

Winter patent $925@9.75, winter
fancy $8.75@9.25, winter family 1925
@8.75, winter extras $725@7.75, low.
grade $675@725.
Corn--No. white $1.07@1.09, No. 3
yellow $111@112, No. 3 mixed Sill
@1.12, white ear $115. mixed ear $1.15,
yellow ear $1.15@1.16.
Oats-No. 2 white 66c, standard
white 6514c. No. 3 white Csc, No. 4
white Sic, No 2 mixed G3R @6413c, No.
8 mixed 63@63Rc, No. 4 mixed 61@63c.
Wheat-No. red $2.06@2.08, No. 8
red $$197@2.03, No. 4 red $1.80@1,95.
Hay-No. / timothy $3.50, No. 2
$15.75@16.25. No. 3 $15@15.50, No. l
clover mixed $16@16.50, No. 2 $4,000
16, No. 1 clover $1S01S.50, No. 2
$17.5O@1S.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery extras
43c, centralized creamery extras 4Oc,
firsts CSC, seconds 34c.
Eggs-Prime firsts 25c, firsts 24c,
ordinary tirsts 23c, seconds 22c.
Live Poultry-Broilers, IL lb and
under, 35c; fryers, over IA lb, 25c,
fowls, 5 lbs and over, 22c; under 5 lbs,
22c; roosters, 15kc; young stays
1712c.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Shippers $S.5O@1050, butch
or steers, extra $9.75@10.35, good to
choice $969.75, common to fair $6.50@
S.75; heifers, extra $9@935, good to
choice $8@8.75, common to fair SEQ
IT'S; cows, extra $825@S.75, good to
choice $7@8, common to fair $500 q
feeders $608.75.
Bulls-Bologna $70S.5O, fat bulls
$S.50@9.
Hogs-Selected heavy shippers
$3.50, good to choice packers and
butchers $15O5015.1O, mixed packers
$1485@15O5, stays $9@12.25, common
to choice heavy fat sows $10@14.1O
light shippers $13.25@13.75, pigs Q1C
lbs and less) $10@12.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15

An attachment for plano pedals to
permit children to operate them easily
has been invented.