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, 1917-06-21
Allies Seize Another City In Greece

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Laris-
sa, Greece, by the A~nglo-French
forces, was announced in a dispatch
received at an entente embassy. The
occupation was declared to be a mill
tary and political necessity.
London.-German airships made a
raid on the east and southeast coasts
of England Sunday morning. One Yep
pelin was brought down in flames.
Two persons were killed and sixteen
injured.
On the battlefront south of Yrres in
Flanders, British troops made addi-
tional gains and took some more pris-
Oners.
, 1917-06-21
WYOMING CROP REPORT
JUNE 1 FORECAST FOR $4,000
BUSHELS SPRING WHEAT.
Estimated Yield Of Winter Wheat and
Barley Below Production for
Last Year-Oats Gain.
western Newspaper Union New, Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cheyenne.-A summary Of the June
crop report for the state of Wyoming,
as compiled by the Bureau of Crop Es-
Inmates (and transmitted through the
Weather Bureau, U. 8. Department Of
Agriculture. is as follows:
Winter Wheat-June 1 forecast, l.
10000 bushels; production last year
Cfinal estimate), 1,470,oo0 bushels.
Spring Wheat-June 1 forecast, g.
100000 bushels; production last year
(final estimate), 100000 bushels.
Oats-June 1 forecast, $4,000
bushels; production last year (final
estimate), s,575,000 bushels.
Barley-June 1 forecast, S19. 900
bushels; production last year (final
estimate), Sz5. 900 bushels.
ALI Hay-June l forecast, 1880, 900
tons; production last year (final esti-
mate), 1928, 900 tons.
Pasture-June 1 condition SO COM
pared with the ten-year average Of 90.
Prices-The first price given below
is the average on June l this year. and
the second on June 1 last year:
Wheat, 20S and 81 cents per bushel.
Corn, 103 and 60. Oats, SO and 4S. Po-
t%atoes, 249 and 70. Hay, s22.50 and
$3.50 per ton. Eggs, So and % cents
per dozen.
, 1917-06-21

Jirech-Having accidentally set fire
to the ranch home Of her foster moth
er, IL miles southwest of here, Miss
Irene Harland, II, became demented
and rushed into the burning house,
where she persisted. The girl was
alone, but the flames attracted her
foster mother, Mrs. James Harland,
who was out in the fields. The wom-
an a screaming to the house, where
she saw the adopted girl standing
in an upstairs window weeping pit,
eously. When the girl caught sight
Of the m she began laughing.
The woman secured a ladder and
raised it to the upstairs window and
pleaded with the girl to come down,
but in her delirium she turned in
stead and ran into the flames, where
she persisted. Her body was burned
beyond recognition.
, 1917-06-21
GENERAL

Rumors of a serious revolutionary
movement in Spain are reported.
John d. Rockefeller made his fourth
$5,OO0,000 subscription to the Liberty
loan.
A total of $%1O,O9O,871 toward the
Red Cross war fund of 500, 900, 900
was reached Friday through dividends
and subscriptions, it was announced
in New York.
j. Holland Keet, father of Baby
Keet who was slain by kidnapers at
Springfield, Mo-, received a letter
from the alleged murderers of his
baby, threatening him with death If
he sanctions any activities for their
capture.
Nearly 5000 persons at liberty I'M
der suspended sentence imposed by
federal courts have been granted full
amnesty and pardon" by President
Wilson in a proclamation carrying
GU the recently announced policy Of
extending clemency in such cases.
Fourteen bodies were taken from
the Spectator and Granite Mountain
mines at Butte, Mont, where fire
caught 412 men under ground. Ac-
cOrding to the coroner less than ten
bodies remain under ground. The vic
tins of the disaster now are esti-
mated at 173.
A resolution was adopted at a Joint
meeting of the coal operators of Col
orado, New Mexico and Utah, and del
egates from the United Mine Workers
of America, pledging the existence of
peace and harmony between the EN-.
ployers and men until the cessation Of
the war.
Emma Goldman and Alexander
Berkman, known to the police as an.
archists, were arrested by the federal
authorities in New York in the office
of the No.Conscription League,
charged with conspiracy to Illustrate
the operation of the ~selective draft
law.
United States secret service agents
are investigating the source of a DO.
gus message sem from New York to
a Toxic newspaper disappearing
the attitude Of this country in China
and causing the Japanese foreign OF.
flee to make inquiries of Washington.
, 1917-06-21
Incorporate IT'S OH Companies.

Cheyenne-The extent to which
corporation promoters are talking ad'
vantage of Wyoming oil boom lie
shown by the fact that companies
are being capitalized under the laws
of this state at the rate of more than
one million dollars a day. The aver
age daily capitalization during 1917
has been $~1,09S,9S1. The total CAPT
talization of oil companies chartered
by the state of Wyoming since Janu
airy l, last, is $14s,3 800. During
that period ITS oil companies have
filed their articles of incorporation.
, 1917-06-21

Laramie-Fifty-three seniors of the
University of Wyoming, several Oh
them now serving in the United
States army, received diplomas at the
annual commencement exercises. The
commencement address was delivered
by Prof. Melanchthon F. Libby of the
University of Colorado. Sixteen re.
ceived degrees in the college of liberal
arts; four in agriculture; three in
~engineeringj five in music; two in ed.
u~oation, and thirteen in the normal
school.
, 1917-06-21
Cheyenne Must Furnish 1925 Men.

Cheyenne.-A semi-official estimate
of the number of men that Cheyenne
will have to furnish for the new draft
army places the number at 125 men.
Wyoming has furnished her quota of
men for the regular army, leaving on
ly the National Guard and an am
munition train and supply train to
fill. This state is required to furnish
the following increments Of men; in
fantry, 2,0o2; artillery, $40; ammuni.
ton train, 14O; supply train, $50.
, 1917-06-21
George Powers browns In Rawhlde.

Torrington.-George Powers, ~.
year-old son Of Senator Thomas G..
Powers, was drowned while bathing
with two companions at the mouth Of
Rawhide creek, which empties into
the Platte river near here. The boys
with whom he had been bathing re
ported the drowning and a party was
at once organized to search for the
body. Young Powers was found after
an hours search. Efforts at resuci.
tation were useless.
, 1917-06-21
Eight Counties Report Registration.

Cheyenne, June 12.-Wyoming will
furnish 21,566 to the nations service
through the selective draft If the pres
ent standard is kept up until all the
counties report to the governor. OF.
ficials believe the total may reach
$4,000. Eight counties have reported
q total of $3.50 men registered and
the PERCENTAGE seems to be about 1e
per cent of the population. 1t was
estimated by the federal census bu.
reau that 10 per cent of the popula
ton would be included in the age
limits.
, 1917-06-21

Several Brussels officials sentenced
to prison by Germans. Cause not an
nounced.
Russian cabinet decides to suggest
q conference with the allies to exam
Inc various treaties.
Great Britain prohibits Importation
of newspapers. magazines, books and
catalogs other than single copies.
The newspapers say that Gen.
SHUTS, the celebrated Boer leader. has
been invited to join the war cabinet.
Paraguay and Uruguay formally an
nounced an embargo against exporta-
ton of flour and wheat from their
borders.
Prince" Tan, said to be the most
famous actor the Chinese stage has
eve known, died at Picking at the
age of ~.
Major General Pershing was tumult-
uously cheered when he and American
Ambassador Sharp visited the French
chamber Of deputies.
The Russian cabinet has decided t
suggest a conference with the allies
to examine the various treaties among
the several allied powers.
French committee on industry and
agriculture will investigate possibili-
ties of new commercial convention
between United States and France.
The death by starvation within
three months of 500 Belgians interned
in Germany is reported in a semi-of-
fetal statement given out at Havre.
Horses will be put on oats rations
in Germany, according to an ordin-
ance issued in Berlin, varying from
one and a half to three pounds daily.
OF 10000 students registered dur
ing the last winter in the German uni
versities and technical schools, $4,000
are under arms, according to an esti-
mate by the Berlin Tageblatt.
Foreign Minister Lindman made a
statement to Parliament at Stockholm
in which he declared that the Swedish
government intended to continue to
observe unequivocal loyal neutrality.
According to a Vienna dispatch dur
ing a discussion of the budget in the
Austrian lower house, Karl Seitz, So
%cialist, made a strong plea for peace
on the basis of no annexations or
indemnities.
The sinking of several more Nor
wegian vessels by German submarines
with considerable loss of life is re-
ported by the Norwegian foreign Of
flee as quoted in a Central News dis
patch from Copenhagen.
Maj. Gen. John ]. Pershing, COM
mander of the American military
forces in France, spent his third and
last day in Paris before leaving for
the front in making official calls, pay
ing a visit to Marshal Joffre, with
whom he had luncheon, and visiting
the Senate.
, 1917-06-21
SPORTING NEWS

Jack Britton of Chicago, and Ted
(Kid) Lewis fought ten fast rounds to
q draw in New York.
At Philadelphia the Baltimore Fed.
eral League Club dropped its suit
against organized baseball.
President A. T. Baum of the Pacific
Coast League expressed the opinion in
San Francisco that differences be,
tween the players and the clubs in
regard to proposed salary reductions
would be amicably settled.
, 1917-06-21
THREE DEAD in FOREST FIRE.
Town Wiped Out and 10000 Homeless
in Coast Blaze.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Three women
are dead, the residence section of one
town has been wiped out, crops over
a wide area have been destroyed,
about 10000 persons have been made
homeless n several settlements and
resorts were in peril at last reports,
from two fires which for twenty-four
hours had been burning furiously in
the Santa Barbara national forest.
, 1917-06-21
AGE Records Leads to Arrest.

Casper.-Arthur Freeman, an EN-.
ploye of the Casper branch of the
Wyoming State Hospital, was arrest
ed here for having failed to register
under the CONSUMPTION law. Freeman
claims he is 20 years of age, although
the records at the hospital where he
is employed show that he gave his
age as 20.
, 1917-06-21
Appearaneee Are peeeIvIna.

Wife-Don't you think a great, big
tall, married man ought to be taken
into the army just the same as any
body else7
Hub-My dear, he only looks tall;
as a matter Of fact, he is probably
short.-Judge.
, 1917-06-21
Red Gross campaIan Under Way.

Washington.-The Red Cross war
finance committee, charged with the
task of raising a 100000 900 relief
fund, started its campaign with a rush
and had its work well under way at
the beginning of Red Cross week on
June 1S.
, 1917-06-21
How Money Gets Into clreuIatloI

Money is sent from treasury to SUBJ
treasures and from these 1t is distrib-
uted to banks. 1t is drawn out of banks
to be used in payment of wages, sal
aries Or exchange and thus gets into
circulation.
, 1917-06-21
WASHINGTON

Conspiracy charges preferred against
western lumber dealers.
Congress is to be asked to appropri.
ate $500, 100000 for aviation.
President Wilson in Flag Day ad-
dress exposes German intrigue.
Returns indicate that 9,G2l, 900 regis
tered on June 5th, being 90 per cent
of estimates.
Garbled version of message to China
nearly causes break between United
States and Japan.
Steel shipbuilders called by the
Shipping Board and Maj. Gen. Goe-
thals, chairman of the emergency
fleet corporation, were told the gov
eminent would commander immedl-
ately all s%hlpbuilding contracts.
Food control by the people, instead
of by Congress, may be necessary, at
least for edibles derived from the first
haryests.
Retail food prices in the United
States jumped ON an average of 0 per
cent between March 18th and April
10th, as shown in statistics compiled
by the Department of Labor.
The Liberty loan has been tremen,
dOusly oversubscribed. When the
books closed on June 18th treasury of,
ficials estimated hat the total would
reach at least $500, 900, 900 and
might soar to 81. 900 600
, 1917-06-21

Kaiser Blocked In "Peaoe" Plot.
Washington.-No alarm is felt here
over the outcome of the peace offer
Germany was reported to have made
to RnRaiR
, 1917-06-21
WESTERN

C~oloradoans bought about $4,000
600 in Liberty Loan bonds.
Roosevelt in vigorous speech at Lin
coin, Neb,, drives home principles of
Americanism.
Colorado's prosperity never was
more clearly shown than by the result
of the Liberty bond sale. Denver and
the state of Colorado bought approx
imately s~17,OOO,OOO of the bonds.
German newspapers published in
Cincinnati upheld the German air raid
over London in which ~ninety-seven
persons, among them twenty-siX chill
dren and sixteen women, were killed.
Cheyenne, the capital of Wyoming,
subscribed more than 5000, 900 to the
wal bond issue, and Wyoming bank.
ers believe hat the quota Of 50, 100000
for the state has been oversubscribed.
Cheyenne's subscription is on a basis
of SIS per capita.
, 1917-06-21
ROOT SPEAKS
IN PETROGRAD
AMERICAN MISSION DELIVERS A
STIRRING MESSAGE TO PRO-
vIsIoNAL OFFICIALS.
RUSSIA IN WAR TO EMO
TWO NATIONS, HANDIN-HAND, To
FIGHT FOR LIBERTY AND HAP
PINEss OF THE WORLD.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Wosterh Newspaper UNION news SerVics.
Petrograd, June 1S.-A stirring proc.
lamation placing the Council of Work.
men and Soldiers delegates on record
as ~irrevocably opposed to a separate
peace was adopted by the council.
The proclamation was prompted by
Austrian efforts to lure Russia into a
separate peace.
, 1917-06-21

Petrograd.-"The Russian people
consider war inevitable and will con-
tinue it. The Russians have no i'm
perialistic wishes. We know that you
have none. We shall fight together
to secure liberty, freedom and happi-
ness for all the world. / am happy
to say that l do not see any moral Idea
or factor between America and Rus
STA to divide us. We two peoples
Russia fighting tyranny and America
standing as the oldest democracy
hand in hand will show the way of
happiness to nations great and small"
These ringing words, expressing the
attitude of the Russian government
toward America and the American
mission headed by Elihu Root, were
voiced by NJ. Tereschtenko. minister
of foreign affairs. responding for the
Council Of Ministers to Mr.. Roots ad-
dress of sympathy and good will on
the part of the American government.
The American ambassador, David
r. Francis, presented tue Root mis-
sion to the ministers in Marinsky pal
ace, explaining that the members Of
the mission had come to Russia to
discover how America can best CO.
operate with its ally in forwarding the
fight against the common enemy.
The ministers listened with rapt
attention to Mr.. Roots address, which
was an impressive utterance both in
substance n manner.
NJ. Tereschtenko rose from a sick
bed to attend the presentation. He
said that Russia's revolution was
based on the wonderful words uttered
by America in 1916. He read part of
the declaration of independence and
exclaimed: Russia holds with the
United States that all men are Great
ed free and equal"
Russia now faces two problems, said
the minister, the necessity of creating
boundaries and the fighting of an ex-
ternal foe. Then he declared for wal
and expressed unbounded confidence
in the power of Russia to meet the
situation.
Petrograd.-The Duma, in secret
session, passed a resolution for an
immediate offensive by the Russian
troops. The resolution declares a sep
arate peace with Germany or pro-
longed inactivity on the battle front
to be ignoble reason toward Russia's
allies. The first act of the pan-Rus-
sian congress of all councils of work
mems and soldiers delegates, upon
which depends that immediate destiny
of Russia in regard to both interna-
tional and domestic questions, was to
ratify the expulsion of the provisional
government of the Swiss Socialist,
Robert Grimm, who is reported to
have been the medium through which
the Germans attempted to arrange a
separate peace with Russia.
, 1917-06-21
WYOMING
STATE NEWS
COMING EVENTS
Nem-pnper Union New. Service.

WtHteFh 1NuWsphpeF HIO
COMING EVENTS.
July 7-1o.-Tournament Wyo. Trap
shooters Association at Douglas.
fully 23-2s-Twenty-first celebration of
Frontier Days at Cheyenne.
Sept. 1l-14-Stnte Fair at Douglas.
, 1917-06-21
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
ABOUT THE WAR

British capture the village OF Gas
pard in Belgium.
Italian airmen are unusually active
against the Austrians.
The French steamer Sequana was
~torpedoed and 1870 lives lost.
Portion of General Pershing's staff
In France arranging for camps.
Fort Saliff on the Red Sea, has been
captured by British warships.
England has released all prisoners
taken in the Irish revolt of 1916.
The American mission, headed by
Elihu Root. has reached Petrograd.
British make advance on two mile
front and capture village Of Gaspard.
Norwegian steamships Soerland,
T~ordeRvore and Brioid, sunk by sub
marii
The American tanker Moreni, after
a battle with a submarine, was sunk.
Four lives were lost.
Nearly 100 killed and more than
4S0 injured is the toll of a German
airplane raid over London.
The territory regained by the Brit
tsh on the western front since July l,
1916, amounts to 600 square miles.
The British armed merchant cruiser
Avenger was torpedoed and Junk in
the North sea. All but one were
saved.
The entente allies have forced the
abdication of King Constantine OF
Greece in favor of his second son,
Prince Alexander.
England is spending G7,75O,OO a
day ($37,2 $4,000 in her warning, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law
told the House of Commons.
Weekly British report of vessels
sunk by submarines or mines shows
twenty-five vessels of more than 1900
tons and ten of less han 1000 tons.
Great Britain follows the United
States in a note to Russia on war
aims and indorses Wilson's principles
laid down in his message to Congress.
More than 100000 prisoners have
been taken by the British during the
war, James Ian MACPHERSON, parlia,
mentary secretary to the wal office,
announced in the House of Commons.
British have captured portions of
the H~indenburg line near Bullecourt
and extended their gains astride the
Ypres-C Confines canal. Since June It'll
the British have occupied the German
front trenches from the River Lys to
the River Warnave on a seven-mile
front for from 500 to 1000 yards. Ger
mans officially admit their retreat be
fore the British of the front line be
tween Ypres and Armentieres, east Of
MeSsinaS
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WILL ENTERTAIN
PITTSBURGHERS
TRADE PARTY WILL DISCUSS
WAR PROBLEMS ONLY
WHILE HERE.
Wheeling Commercial Association to
{ We Smoker in Honor Of
Bio Delegation.

Preliminary plans are being made d!
the Wheeling Commercial ASSOCIATION
To receive and informally entertain
delegation of $50 prominent Pits
burgh district men who will arrive IN
this city Thursday. May Il, on their
seventeenth annual trade extension
tour The itinerary includes Wes%
ern Pennsylvania. WrSr Virginia and
Eastern Ohio. They will travel in
special train, whirh will arrive here al
$40 O'Clock on the" evening OF the
l7lh. and leave the following day
Friday, at 1850 p. m.
Thursday evening y smoker ana
luncheon will be given the big dele
cation in the Hotel Windsor banquet
hall upon their arrival. The affair
will be- very informal. The committee
in charge Of the smoker Will be
named this week.
An official Of the Commercial aSSo-
citation said last evening that owing
10 the crisis facing This country ~
business questions will be discussed
at the smoker but the meeting VIII
resolve itself INTO IL conference 10 dis
cusS matters pertaining ~ The war
and TO devise IL cooperative move
mpnl between this section and the
PITTSBURGH district 10 assist the gov
eminent in every way possible in the
event Of active warfare.
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Thirty ARMY
RECRUITS LEAVE
Major E. A. Stuart Of Huntington Ar
rives in Wheeling Yesterday
and Passes Men.

Major +. \. Stuart, field artillery,
retired. in charge Of the Huntington
regular army recruiting district, ar
rived in Wheeling yesterday morning
and gave the final examination TO
thrty-onn applicants for enlistment al
the local station. They passed success
fully and were sent TO the barracks at
Columbus.
The recruits TO leave were: Ed
Reid. student. city: William A. Hickey.
railroader: Frank Miller. German,
blacksmith. city: William A. Hum
phrey. machiniSt. city: Jozef PanIaS'
XII, Russian. laborer. city; Ernest
Vance. teamSter. city; Herman g..
thinner. chauffeur. city; Fido DIN
alcz. Russian. mill worker, Benwood;
John FrissoS. Greek, miner. Richland:
Robert II. N1illiken. farmer Trladei-
phia: John E.. Caruthers. clerk. city;
Donnie Sarchicha Italian. iaborer,
city: Howard VI. Gosney, machinist,
Martins Ferry: John l.. Matthews. me-
chanic. City: Charles W. Schwinn.
drug clerk. city: Kenneth X. Craw-
ford, carpenter. Falsron: Armfry We
solowski. Russian. laborer. CITY: J. Il.
Witten, farmer, Ely. Ohio; William II.
Gilbert, laborer. Fulton; James Hutch.
inson, foundry worker. Fulton: Clyde
W. Coens. glass worker, Moundsrlllc:
Harry +. StilwelI. teamSter. bridge
port: John P. Stole. chauffeur Beech
Glen: George Clark. iron worker. city;
Frank Selman. blacksmith, Cameron :
David D. Roberts miner. Barton.
Ohio: John H. Brown. stenograph"r.
McMcchen: James Mcbride. miner.
Short Greek; Harry e. Hope, TN
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worker. city: James !. McGreal, type.
writer repairman, city.
FARMERS BRIGADE"
RECRUITING STATIONS
Will Be Opened Monday Morning in rs
Stores, Banks and Office Build
mas for EnIistments.

twenty-five recruiting stations Will
be opened Monday throughout the city
for enlistment OF men in the Farm
err Brigade" who will volunteer 10 as
sist the farmers of Ohio county This
summer and fall in raising the biggest
crops ever.
The recruiting stations will be IN
charge of members Of Wheeling Red
Cross chapter. Woman's club and Boy
Scouts. They will be located in The
principal stores. office buildings and
banks
The stations will he under The super
vision OF the Wheeling Commercial as
sociaton. which inaugurated the prov
cct of raising It regiment of men from
all walks Of life 10 volunteer their
services a few days or weeks during
the summer and fall in helping farm
crS. The PanhandletA Gricullu ral club
is working In conjunction with the as
ISOLATION. II is expected thar Il lull
regiment Of men can he raised within
the next few weeks. The brigade VIII
be organized and conducted under
army regulations
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AGRICULTURAL CLUB
Meets Saturday to Plan to Plant the
Biggest Crops Ever in
Ohio County

The Panhandl" Agricultural. club
will meet in The Market Auditorium
Saturday afternoon at 1:"0 o'clock.
The meeting promises 10 be Of unu-
sual importance 10 all members III
planning 10 have the largest crops this
year in the history OF Ohio county.
County Aepnl Isaac s. Cook. who has
been attending 4 meeting Of all the
state and county agricultural officials
and agents at Elkins This week. VIII
speak.
The notices sent out by The club an.
nouncing the meeting read in part:
"Farners have decided to increase
their acreage Of food crops this seat
son and will need an additional amount
Of phosphorus to increase their yields.
In order 10 assist farmers in This mar
ter the club has ordered a carload or
Is per cent acid phosphate for Imme.
diain shipment. which will b. placed
in storage 10 be- available TO farmers
needing same. Those notifying the
club office of their needs by Saturday
and arrange, 10 take their order from
the car will save the necessary storage
charges"